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This paper analyzes the impact of type of insurance, income, and reason for appointment on waiting time for an … appointment and waiting time in the physician's practice in the outpatient sector. Data were obtained from a German patient survey … waiting time in practices and on waiting time for an appointment in GP practices. Whether inequalities in access to health …
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Growth in the number of days between an appointment request and the actual appointment reduces demand. Although such waiting times are relatively low in the US, current policy initiatives could cause them to increase. We estimate multiple-equation models of physician utilization and insurance...
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The opportunity for patient choice in the health care system in CIS countries was created by the partial destruction of the referral system and the development of paid medical services. The data of two population surveys conducted in Russia in 2009 and 2011 show that patient choice of medical...
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This book provides key economic facts, explains the economic concepts needed to examine the implications of these facts, and summarizes the results of empirical studies regarding our healthcare system's access, cost, and quality problems as well as identifying six key trends that are reforming...
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