help. This hypothesis is examined for the case of demand for hospital care which covers the largest part of public … insurance expenditures. The paper applies various methods for count data analysis of the frequency of hospital trips. Contrary …

: restructuring hospital financing and overhauling emergency services. While past efforts to reform emergency care have failed, the … providers hinder progress. The Minister's plan includes integrated emergency centres and improved coordination between hospital … and pre-hospital acute care. Achieving these goals, however, remains fraught with legal and political obstacles. …

help. This hypothesis is examined for the case of demand for hospital care which covers the largest part of public … insurance expenditures. The paper applies various methods for count data analysis of the frequency of hospital trips. Contrary …

increased competition between healthcare providers on prescription of antibiotics. We make use of a competition- inducing reform … different subcategories of antibiotics. The results indicate that increased competition had a positive and significant effect on …