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This paper examines the impact of universal, free, and easily accessible primary healthcare on population health as measured by age-specific birth and mortality rates, focusing on a nationwide socialized medicine program implemented in Turkey. The Family Medicine Program (FMP), launched in 2005,...
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As the healthcare sector grows in significance due to social and technical developments the EU competition rules are likely to be more frequently applied to healthcare both as a result of the broad interpretation of the concept of undertaking and because the applicable antitrust rules are since...
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It was significant the reduction of child mortality rate associated with waterborne diseases in Brazil in the last two decades. Applying an epidemiological model we were able to identify that not only improvement in sanitation coverage as well as access to educational and health services were...
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Difference-in-Difference (DID) estimators are a valuable method for identifying causal effects in the public health researcher's toolkit. A growing methods literature points out potential problems with DID estimators when treatment is staggered in adoption and varies with time. Despite this, no...
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Mobile applications users consider it especially important to have quality certification, and particularly in an e … (certified and non-certified mHealth apps). However, quality certification labels as a guarantee of the quality of apps do not … partial association between "certification" and "online user reviews" (Z = 2.174; sig = 0.042)] and between "download" and …
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In dynamic markets, organizations have to be ambidextrous to adapt to constant change. Simultaneously, organizations are increasingly required to adopt quality management accreditation. Standardization through accreditation bares the risk of limiting an organization’s dynamic capabilities. In...
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Because employers select the health plans they offer to their employees, this paper examined the dissemination of mental health care quality measures to 325 employers interested in improving depression treatment to determine their knowledge of HEDIS scores for depression. Only 7% of employers...
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This paper explores how reviewing time affects the physicians' decisions. Insufficient examination time may hamper the physicians' care and diagnostic provision, leaving physicians more inclined to over-prescribe medication. I test this prediction using high frequency data from a Spanish...
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The contraction in health care consumption at the start of the pandemic provides insight into central economic questions of waste and productivity in the U.S. health care system. Using linked mortality and Electronic Medical Records, we compare people who had outpatient appointments scheduled...
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