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In the first two quarters of 2013 the Georgian government introduced and fully implemented a universal health care (UHC) plan covering all those not-yet publicly or privately insured. We estimate the effect of the introduction of the universal healthcare plan on the level of out-of-pocket (OOP)...
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opportunity to examine the impact of health policy reform on public hospital admissions using a difference-in-difference approach …
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Krankenversicherungspflicht gewährleistet. Mit dem Nebeneinander von privater und gesetzlicher Krankenversicherung lässt sich deshalb unter den … already characterised by a comparatively large number of hospital beds. Particularly the intensive care equipment could be … increased - potentially favoured by a mix of private and public hospital operators in Germany. Bottlenecks are more likely to be …
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Starting from December 2012, insurers in the European Union were prohibited from charging gender-discriminatory prices. We examine the effect of this unisex mandate on risk segmentation in the German health insurance market. While gender used to be a pricing factor in Germany's private health...
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Starting from December 2012, insurers in the European Union were prohibited from charging gender-discriminatory prices. We examine the effect of this unisex mandate on risk segmentation in the German health insurance market. While gender used to be a pricing factor in Germany's private health...
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Starting from December 2012, insurers in the European Union were prohibited from charging gender-discriminatory prices. We examine the effect of this unisex mandate on risk segmentation in the German health insurance market. While gender used to be a pricing factor in Germany's private health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011951076
The health landscape in Latin America and the Caribbean is changing quickly. The region is undergoing a demographic and epidemiological transition in which health problems are highly concentrated on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). In light of this, the region faces two main challenges: (1)...
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We study the effects of Massachusetts' healthcare reform on individuals' subjective well-being. Using data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, we find that the reform significantly improved Massachusetts residents' overall life-satisfaction. This result is robust to various...
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literature focuses on upcoding/no upcoding for inpatient hospital care inMedicare Part A, where reimbursements requested are … from 2013 – 2019, only 0.39% were for upcoding of hospital admissions, or 7.2% of all prosecutions for hospitals. Other … forms of improper billing/fraud constituted more than 90% of all cases, both for hospital admissions and for Medicare Part B …
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We study the effects of Massachusetts' healthcare reform on individuals' subjective well-being. Using data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, we find that the reform significantly improved Massachusetts residents' overall life-satisfaction. This result is robust to various...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012908868