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The net effects of medical malpractice tort reform on health insurance losses: The Texas experience

Born, Patricia; Karl, J. Bradley; Viscusi, W. Kip - In: Health Economics Review 7 (2017) 42, pp. 1-16

In this paper, we examine the influence of medical malpractice tort reform on the level of private health insurance company losses incurred. We employ a natural experiment framework centered on a series of tort reform measures enacted in Texas in 2003 that drastically altered the medical...

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Firm Liability When Third Parties and Consumers Incur Cumulative Harm

Friehe, Tim; Langlais, Eric; Schulte, Elisabeth - In: Environmental and Resource Economics 81 (2021) 1, pp. 53-71

This paper analyzes liability rules when consumers and third parties/the environment incur harm. Expected harm is … convex in the level of output and modeled as a power function. We show that the social ranking of liability rules previously … established for the case in which only consumers suffer harm (Strict Liability dominates No Liability and Negligence) may be …

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Analysis of Polish healthcare system fianancing in 2000-2009

Hady, Joanna; Leśniowska, Małgorzata - In: e-Finanse: Financial Internet Quarterly 9 (2013) 1, pp. 1-11

Healthcare is a very important, and at the same time difficult element of each state's policy. For many countries, the issue of financing the healthcare system is a delicate matter, while at the same time one of the basic economic and social issues. Nevertheless, decisions concerning the sources...

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Private health insurance as a source of financing the healthcare system in Poland

Rodzinka, Jacek; Paszkowska, Małgorzata - In: e-Finanse: Financial Internet Quarterly 9 (2013) 1, pp. 60-73

The medical services market in Poland is financed mainly with funds from national health insurance, yet year by year, an increasing importance of private resources in financing health services can be noticed. Apart from common (national) health insurance, medical care is primarily financed...

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Public financing of healthcare services

Bem, Agnieszka - In: e-Finanse: Financial Internet Quarterly 9 (2013) 2, pp. 1-23

Healthcare in Poland is mainly financed by public sector entities, among them the National Health Fund (NFZ), state budget and local government budgets. The task of the National Health Fund, as the main payer in the system, is chiefly currently financing the services. The state budget plays a...

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Integrated IT systems and their influence on managing the finances of a healthcare unit

Litwin, Daniel - In: e-Finanse: Financial Internet Quarterly 9 (2013) 3, pp. 52-63

This paper describes the properties and components of integrated hospital IT systems, and the correlations of those comprehensive systems with the use of tools supporting financial management of the units. The first part discusses the essence of Integrated IT Systems and attempts to apply the...

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Medical entities: Financing types and sources in light of the act on medical activity

Paszkowska, Małgorzata - In: e-Finanse: Financial Internet Quarterly 9 (2013) 4, pp. 61-69

Defining legally permitted financing sources is fundamental for each medical entity. The act on medical activity of 15th April 2011introduced many changes for medical service suppliers also as concerns the permitted financing sources. This paper aims to present the types of medical entities and...

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Expenditures on healthcare versus health conditions among new member countries of the EU

Leśniowska, Małgorzata; Nedyalkova, Anna - In: e-Finanse: Financial Internet Quarterly 10 (2014) 1, pp. 35-48

The aging population, the increasing number of lifestyle diseases and the increasing proportion of difficult-to-cure illnesses in the EU demands the use of modern medicine and modern medical technology. Such a situation leads to an increase of funds spent on the health sector. Therefore the...

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The casual nexus between child mortality rate, fertility rate, GDP, household final consumption expenditure, and food production index

Asumadu-Sarkodie, Samuel; Owusu, Phebe Asantewaa - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 4 (2016) 1, pp. 1-15

In this study, the causal nexus between child mortality rate, fertility rate, GDP, household final consumption expenditure, and food production index in Ghana was investigated spanning from 1971 to 2013 using the Autoregressive and Distributed Lag (ARDL) method. The study tested for unit root,...

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Greece in Economic Crisis: The Case of Health and Education

Dassiou, Xeni - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 84 (2015) 3, pp. 145-164

In 2010 the Greek economy entered a deep economic crisis. This was the result of an accumulation of structural problems in the economy, including overspending and loss of competitiveness during the previous decades, translating into persistently large budget and trade deficits. In 2015, under...

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