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eHealth adoption factors in medical hospitals: A focus on the Netherlands

Geenhuizen, Marina Van; Faber, Sander - 2015

The Netherlands can be seen as one of the best healthcare systems in Europe. However, ICT application in hospitals in … this country is somewhat behind the Nordic countries, with many hospitals ?stuck? in the stage of search and ?being …. To better understand these differences, we develop a model of organizational adoption of ICT in hospitals and explore …

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Do elderly choose nursing homes by quality, price or location?

Stroka, Magdalena; Schmitz, Hendrik - 2015

Quality report cards addressing information asymmetry in the health care market have become a popular strategy used by policymakers to improve the quality of care for elderly. Using individual level data from the largest German sickness fund merged with institutional level data, we examine the...

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Organ Donation in the Lab: Preferences and Votes on the Priority Rule

Herr, Annika; Normann, Hans-Theo - 2015

An allocation rule that prioritizes registered donors increases the willingness to register for organ donation, as laboratory experiments show. In public opinion, however, this priority rule faces repugnance. We explore the discrepancy by implementing a vote on the rule in a donation experiment,...

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Public and Private Health Insurance in Germany: The Ignored Risk Selection Problem

Grunow, Martina; Nuscheler, Robert - 2010

While risk selection within the German public health insurance system has received considerable attention, risk selection between public and private health insurers has largely been ignored. This is surprising since - given the institutional structure - risk selection between systems is likely...

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When crime hits communities: A story of fear and depression in Mexico

Heesemann, Esther; Yakubenko, Slava - 2019

Illegal activities harm individuals and society as a whole. Besides the physical harm and immediate wealth loss, crime can entail more subtle, long-lasting consequences, namely, impaired mental health. This article presents significant evidence that the surge of crime rates in Mexico contributed...

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How Much Priority Bonus Should be Given to Registered Organ Donors? An Experimental Analysis

Herr, Annika; Normann, Hans-Theo - 2017

Experiments show that prioritizing registered donors on the waiting list impressively increases the willingness to register as an organ donor. We are the first to provide a comparative-statics analysis of the priority treatment by varying the number of bonus periods a registered person can skip...

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The impact of regional health care coverage on infant mortality and disease incidence

Liebert, Helge; Mäder, Beatrice - 2017

This paper investigates the effect of changes in the physician coverage ratio on infant and disease mortality, utilizing historical data from Germany. The results indicate substantial health effects. One additional physician per 1,000 of population reduces infant mortality by 23%. We find...

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Electronic Health Records Prospects in Egypt: A Demand-Side Perspective

Badran, Mona Farid - 2017

The present study sheds light on the expected factors that would impact the Electronic Health Records (EHR) service in Egypt from the demand-side perspective, i.e. the health care consumer. This empirical study is motivated by the widespread use of EHR as a method of promoting health services...

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The Effect of Copayments on Children's and Adolescents' Demand for Medical Care

Paul, Alexander; Nilsson, Anton - 2014

We exploit a policy change in Sweden to estimate the effect of copayments on the demand for children's and adolescents' usage of medical care. To this end, we use population-wide registry data including detailed characteristics of individuals and their medical visits. We examine whether the...

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Do Deductibles reduce Moral Hazard in the German Statutory Health Insurance? - Empirical Evidence

Thönnes, Stefanie - 2015

This paper estimates the effect of participating in the optional tariff "Premium Refund", an implicit optional deductible tariff, on different measures of medical demand. Specifically, it analyzes whether participating in the tariff can reduce ex-post moral hazard. Therefore, I use panel data...

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