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Health care systems are under reform in many countries. This typically involves a shift towards more competition. But still, markets are highly regulated. This study analyzes competition and regulatory measures in four important fields using the modern tools of microeconomic theory and...
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Health spending has risen rapidly in Japan. We find two-thirds of the spending increase over 1990–2011 resulted from ageing, and the rest from excess cost growth. The spending level will rise further: ageing alone will raise it by 3½ percentage points of GDP over 2010–30, and excess cost...
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Health spending has risen rapidly in Japan. We find two-thirds of the spending increase over 1990–2011 resulted from ageing, and the rest from excess cost growth. The spending level will rise further: ageing alone will raise it by 31⁄2 percentage points of GDP over 2010–30, and excess cost...
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We study the design of provider incentives in the post-acute care setting – a high-stakes but under-studied segment of … relatively better health. Despite the large financial incentives and behavioral response in a high mortality population, we are … highlight how improved financial incentives may be able to reduce healthcare spending, without negative consequences for …
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We study the design of provider incentives in the post-acute care setting - a high-stakes but under-studied segment of … threshold, with the marginal discharged patient in relatively better health. Despite the large financial incentives and … in LTCH profits has potential out-of-sample consequences. Our results highlight how improved financial incentives may be …
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We study the design of provider incentives in the post-acute care setting - a high-stakes but under-studied segment of … relatively better health. Despite the large financial incentives and behavioral response in a high mortality population, we are … highlight how improved financial incentives may be able to reduce healthcare spending, without negative consequences for …
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