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Optimal cost reimbursement of health insurers to reduce risk selection
Kifmann, Mathias (contributor); Lorenz, Normann (contributor) - 2005
health care and have incentives for risk selection. We derive the optimal cost reimbursement function which balances the … reimbursement scheme should reimburse costs only up to a limit. -- health insurance ; risk selection ; risk adjustment …
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Biosimilars inthe French and Polish system : chosen aspects of reimbursement and access
Barszczewska, Olga; Chami, Ralph; Piechota, Anna - In: Comparative economic research : Central and Eastern Europe 23 (2020) 2, pp. 103-115
unique reimbursement system, which results in significant differences in patients’ access to biosimilars. The importance of …. The aim of this paper is to compare selected aspects of reimbursement and access to the EMA authorized biosimilar … database, the Polish reimbursement list published by the Polish Ministry of Health, and two French reimbursement databases …
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Improving data on pharmaceutical expenditure in hospitals and other health care settings
Morgan, David - 2022
As a key component of health care, a full understanding of how much is spent on prescription medicines is increasingly important. Only a partial understanding of total expenditures across health systems is currently possible, as reporting is often limited to medicines dispensed in community...
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Chapter Eight. Cost Effectiveness and Payment Policy
Garber, Alan M.; Sculpher, Mark J. - In: Handbook of health economics : volume 2, (pp. 471-497). 2011
Cost-effectiveness analysis is versatile and used widely to assist in health care decision making. This chapter discusses how cost-effectiveness analysis is used at the system or national level, particularly in the domain of coverage and payment policy. We describe its relationship to other...
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Pricing and competition in specialist medical services : an overview for South Africa
Kumar, Ankit; De Lagasnerie, Grégoire; Maiorano, Frederica - 2014
Major disparities in the cost of health care have made the pricing of specialist and hospital services a contentious issue in South Africa, particularly in the private sector. To help inform policy debate, this paper profiles selected experiences on the pricing of health services, competition...
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Comparison of Two Public Sector Tertiary Care Hospitals’ Management in Reducing Direct Medical Cost Burden on Breast Carcinoma Patients in Lahore, Pakistan
Khaliq, Imran Hameed - 2018
Purpose: Breast cancer is one of the major causes of death incurring highest morbidity and mortality amongst women of Pakistan. The purpose of this study was to assess and compare the role of two public sector tertiary care hospitals' management in reducing out of pocket (OOP) expenses on direct...
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Picking Your Patients : Selective Admissions in the Nursing Home Industry
Gandhi, Ashvin - 2021
simulate two additional policies intended to mitigate selective admissions: raising the Medicaid reimbursement rate and …
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The impact of increased cost-sharing on utilization of low value services : evidence from the state of Oregon
Gruber, Jonathan; Maclean, Johanna Catherine; Wright, Bill - 2017
In this study we examine the impact of a value-based insurance design (V-BID) program implemented between 2010 and 2013 at a large public employer in the state of Oregon. The program substantially increased cost-sharing, specifically copayments and coinsurance, for several healthcare services...
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The Impact of Increased Cost-Sharing on Utilization of Low Value Services : Evidence from the State of Oregon
Gruber, Jonathan - 2017
In this study we examine the impact of a value-based insurance design (V-BID) program implemented between 2010 and 2013 at a large public employer in the state of Oregon. The program substantially increased cost-sharing, specifically copayments and coinsurance, for several healthcare services...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012965015
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Healthcare Spending : The Role of Healthcare Institutions from an International Perspective
Titeca, Hannes - 2016
Healthcare systems differ greatly across the world, however, it appears that the extent of public insurance (publicly/government funded healthcare) is the only institutional characteristic that plays a significant role in accounting for the large disparities in total healthcare spending. Other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014124984