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Mergers that affiliate a hospital with a Catholic owner, network, or system reduce the set of possible reproductive medical procedures since Catholic hospitals have strict prohibitions on contraception. Using changes in ownership of hospitals, we find that Catholic hospitals reduce the per bed...
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This paper examines the impact of coinsurance exemption for prescription medicines applied to elderly individuals in Spain after retirement. To evaluate this coinsurance change we use a rich administrative dataset that links pharmaceutical consumption and hospital discharge records for the full...
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Spanish Abstract: Los Hospitales Universitarios son escenarios que sirven de prácticas docentes para estudiantes de medicina y a pesar de que gozan de buena reputación por sus actividades académicas y de investigación, existe debate en cuanto a la calidad de atención. Esta Investigación...
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Increasing healthcare spending and lacking of efficiency in the healthcare market have spurred government and insurers interest in hospital price and quality transparency tools. This systematic review synthesized literature examing the impact of hospital price and quality transparency tools on...
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The modern hospital is at once the site of healing, the locus of medical learning and a cornerstone of the welfare state. Its technological and infrastructural costs have transformed health services into one of today's fastest growing sectors, absorbing substantial proportions of national income...
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Medicare has increased the use of performance pay incentives for hospitals, with the goal of increasing care coordination across providers, reducing market frictions, and ultimately to improve quality of care. This paper provides new empirical evidence by using novel operations and claims data...
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