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Venture capital healthcare investments and health care sector growth : a panel data analysis of Europe

Frimpong, Fauna Atta; Akwaa-Sekyi, Ellis Kofi; … - In: Borsa Istanbul Review 22 (2022) 2, pp. 388-399

We examine the effect of venture capital investments on health sector growth, using a macro sample data from EVCA (now Invest Europe), World Bank, OECD and Eurostat databases covering 23 EU/EEA countries between 2000 and 2019. We follow the system GLS fixed effect and random effect approach,...

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Evaluation of selected indicators of health care in the context of health care systems : case of 27 European Union countries

Halásková, Renata; Bednář, Pavel - In: Scientific papers of the University of Pardubice 29 (2021) 3, pp. 1-14

Healthcare in European countries is provided through different systems run at national levels. The aim of the article is to evaluate selected health care indicators in EU countries, while accentuating similarities and differences between the EU countries in the context of health care systems....

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

Leśniowska, Małgorzata; Nedyalkova, Anna - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 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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An analysis of factors influencing technical efficiency of health expenditures in China

Cheng, Jingjing; Kuang, Xianming; Zhou, Ping; Sha, Weiran - 2024

China's primary healthcare (PHC) system, together with rural healthcare services, remains the Achilles' heel in the national healthcare system. Healthcare workers, specifically village doctors, are an integral part of the healthcare system. Using the two-stage data envelopment analysis (DEA) and...

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Does patient behaviour drive physicians to practice defensive medicine? : evidence from a video experiment

Daniels, Lotte; Marneffe, Wim - In: Health economics review 13 (2023) 1, pp. 1-13

Objective By manipulating patients' critical attitude in a video experiment, we examined whether physicians are more … neutral questions and expressions). We asked the physicians about the care they would administer in the presented cases and … discover diferential treatment styles driven by physicians' perceived liability risk among patients with a diferent critical …

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Physicians' financial incentives and treatment choices in heart attack management

Coey, Dominic - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 6 (2015) 3, pp. 703-748

Using a large set of private health insurance claims, we estimate how physicians’ financial incentives affect their … treatment choices in heart attack management. Different insurance plans pay physicians different amounts for the same services … physicians more for more invasive treatments are associated with a larger fraction of such treatments. To interpret this …

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Use of eHealth tools by primary care physicians according to the provided healthcare in the Czech Republic

Ardielli, Eva - In: Scientific papers of the University of Pardubice 29 (2021) 3, pp. 1-13

One of the main goals at the European level is that healthcare systems must be accessible but at the same time cost-effective and sustainable in the long term. The implementation of eHealth is one way to contribute to this goal. The presented paper is focused on the evaluation of the usage of...

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Insurance barriers and inequalities in health care access : evidence from dual practice

Goetjes, Eva; Blankart, Katharina - 2024

choices. We utilize data from a prescriber panel comprising 681 physicians collectively serving 68,362 patients under- going … treatments compared to those with public insurance. Furthermore, the composition of physicians' practices plays a crucial role in …

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An assessment of out of pocket payments in public sector health facilities under the free maternal healthcare policy in Ghana

Kumbeni, Maxwell Tii; Afaya, Agani; Apanga, Paschal Awingura - In: Health economics review 13 (2023) 1, pp. 1-13

Objectives To optimise planning of public health services, the impact of high-cost users needs to be considered. However, most of the existing statistical models for costs do not include many clinical and social variables from administrative data that are associated with elevated health care...

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Healthcare expenditures vs. health of the population

Miszczyńska, Katarzyna - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 9 (2013) 2, pp. 47-56

Healthcare tends to play a crucial role in every country and its society. Appropriate and well-performing healthcare systems constitute an important aspect of national policy. The most important issue connected with this matter is the appropriate adjustment of the health financing system. That...

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