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On the effectiveness of case management for people with disabilities
Draheim, Matthias; Schanbacher, Peter; Seiberlich, Ruben - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 55 (2021) 1, pp. 1-16
data from a large insurance company we find that overall, 43.9% of the people in our sample could be reintegrated …
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Waiting time distribution in public health care: Empirics and theory
Dimakou, Sofia; Dimakou, Ourania; Basso, Henrique S. - In: Health Economics Review 5 (2015) 25, pp. 1-27
Excessive waiting times for elective surgery have been a long-standing concern in many national healthcare systems in the OECD. How do the hospital admission patterns that generate waiting lists affect different patients? What are the hospitals characteristics that determine waiting times? By...
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Zusatzbeiträge erhöhen die Preistransparenz: mehr Versicherte wechseln die Krankenkasse
Eibich, Peter; Schmitz, Hendrik; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - In: DIW Wochenbericht 78 (2011) 51/52, pp. 3-12
Die 2009 implementierte Gesundheitsreform hat die Preistransparenz und somit die Verbraucherfreundlichkeit innerhalb der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung (GKV) zunächst deutlich erhöht und die Bereitschaft der Versicherten gefördert, auf Preiserhöhungen mit einem Wechsel der Krankenkasse zu...
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Add-on premiums increase price transparency: More policy holders switch health plans
Eibich, Peter; Schmitz, Hendrik; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 2 (2012) 2, pp. 15-24
statutory health insurance (SHI) (Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung, GKV) system and also made it more consumer-friendly which, in … turn, has encouraged policy holders to react to price hikes by switching to a different health insurance fund (sickness …The German health care reform implemented in 2009 led to a considerable increase in price transparency within the …
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Balance billing: the patients' perspective
Kifmann, Mathias; Scheuer, Florian - In: Health Economics Review 1 (2011) 14, pp. 1-14
We study the effects of balance billing, i.e., allowing physicians to charge a fee from patients in addition to the fee paid by Medicare. First, we show that on pure efficiency grounds the optimal Medicare fee under balance billing is zero. An active Medicare policy thus can only be justified...
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Economic evaluation of process utility: Elucidating preferences for a non-invasive procedure to treat restenosis
Aviles-Blanco, Maria V. - In: Health Economics Review 11 (2021) 1, pp. 1-10
Background: In health economic evaluation, utility associated with a health state is outcome-oriented and usually … thresholds established in different countries to consider health programs as beneficial to society. Our results reflect how … could support health programs even with a higher cost. Conclusion: WTP methodology captures outcome and process factors …
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The impact of quality on hospital choice. Which information affects patients’ behavior for colorectal resection or knee replacement?
Kuklinski, David; Vogel, Justus; Geissler, Alexander - In: Health Care Management Science 24 (2021) 1, pp. 185-202
Quality competition among hospitals, induced by patients freely choosing their hospital in a price regulated market, can only be realized if quality differences between hospitals are transparent, understandable, and thus influence patients' hospital choice. We use data from ~145,000 German...
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Macroeconomic and health care aspects of the coronavirus epidemic: EU, US and global perspectives
Welfens, Paul J. J. - In: International Economics and Economic Policy 17 (2020) 2, pp. 295-362
include growth analysis, is an important task. The role of health quality - and health insurance coverage - for endogenous … patients as well as a higher case fatality ratio. Health care expenditures in the US could increase more than in the Eurozone … analysis suggests that per capita income is a positive function of the effective trade openness and of the new Global Health …
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Patients with coronary artery disease after acute myocardial infarction: effects of continuous enrollment in a structured Disease Management Program on adherence to guideline-recom...
Kirsch, Florian; Becker, Christian; Schramm, Anja; … - In: The European Journal of Health Economics 21 (2020) 4, pp. 607-619
is based on routinely collected data from a regional statutory health insurance fund (n = 15,360). A propensity score … Programs (DMPs) providing guideline-recommended care for chronic diseases seem an intuitively appealing way to enhance health …-recommended medication, health care expenditures and survival of patients enrolled and not enrolled in the German DMP for coronary artery …
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Neighborhood characteristics as determinants of healthcare utilization: A theoretical model
Mohnen, Sigrid M.; Schneider, Sven Andreas; Droomers, … - In: Health Economics Review 9 (2019) 7, pp. 1-9
on all relevant neighborhood characteristics relating to health and healthcare utilization. Conclusion: Potential …
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