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Nexus between healthcare financing and output per capita: Analysis of countries in ECOWAS sub-region

Anowor, Oluchukwu F.; Ichoku, Hyacinth E.; Onodugo, … - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 8 (2020) 1, pp. 1-14

. Expenditure on health and education are recognized by experts as key predictors of human capital development. The latter is … theoretically adjudged as a major driver of socio-economic development. This study investigated the relation- ship between health … commitment and allocate more resources towards improved health care in the Sub-region if the cycle of stunted economic …

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Barszczewska, Olga; Chami, Ralph; Piechota, Anna - In: Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe 23 (2020) 2, pp. 103-115

database, the Polish reimbursement list published by the Polish Ministry of Health, and two French reimbursement databases … published by the French Ministry of Health. An additional literature review was conducted. The expected results concentrate on …

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Do COVID-19 containment measures work? Evidence from Switzerland

Pleninger, Regina; Streicher, Sina; Sturm, Jan-Egbert - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 158 (2022) 1, pp. 1-24

We study the interplay of non-pharmaceutical containment measures, human behavior, and the spread of COVID-19 in Switzerland. First, we collect sub-national data and construct indices that capture the stringency of containment measures at the cantonal level. Second, we use a vector...

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Has the fall in oil prices shifted the healthcare spending burden from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries' governments onto private spending?

Mustanyir, Salem Al - In: Cogent Business & Management 9 (2022) 1, pp. 1-15

The OPEC countries rely on oil to fund their budgets, similar to many countries worldwide. However, the fall in oil prices in 2008 and 2014 put significant strain on their public finances, including healthcare finances. This study examines the effect of the fall in oil prices on OPEC countries'...

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Editorial: Social, technological and health innovation: Opportunities and limitations for social policy, health policy, and environmental policy

Klimczuk, Andrzej; Klimczuk-Kochańska, Magdalena; … - In: Frontiers in Political Science 4 (2022), pp. 1-4

innovation" that combines the coordinated implementation of social, technological, and health innovation co-created by entities … technical specifications, components, materials, software, design, or other functional features. Third, health innovation that … focuses on novel or enhanced health policies, systems, products, technologies, services, and care delivery schemes to improve …

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The Cost of Restricting Abortion Access

Slusky, David - In: Intereconomics 57 (2022) 3, pp. 199-200

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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

The German health care reform implemented in 2009 led to a considerable increase in price transparency within the … 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 …

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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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