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Geographic variation in inpatient care utilization, outcomes and costs for dementia patients in China

Lin, Zhuoer; Ba, Fang; Allore, Heather; Liu, Gordon G.; … - 2022

Dementia leads public health issue worldwide. China has the largest population of adults living with dementia in the world, imposing increasing burdens on the public health and healthcare systems. Despite improved access to health services, inadequate and uneven dementia management remains...

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Trust and health care-seeking behavior

Darden, Michael; Macis, Mario - 2024

We present results from a nationally representative survey of American adults, guided by a simple theoretical model expressing health care-seeking behavior as a function of economic and behavioral fundamentals and highlighting the role of trust. We report several findings. First, we document a...

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Information signal and medical diagnosis : audit study evidence from Georgia

Hartwig, Renate; Japaridze, Dimitri; Khetsuriani, Nana; … - 2024 - This version: October 2024

Evidence on how digital technologies, such as online health information platforms, affect the doctor-patient relationship in general, and the diagnosis and treatment of patients in particular, is still limited. In this study, we explore the effects of alternative information from an online...

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Prison Health Care : Is Contracting Out Healthy?

Frech, H.E. (Ted); Bedard, Kelly - 2007

U.S. Prison health care has recently been in the news and in the courts. A particular issue is whether prisons should contract out for health care. Contracting out has been growing over the past few decadest. The stated motivation for this change ranges from a desire to improve the prison health...

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Cost containment and managed care: Evidence from German macro data

Ehlert, Andree; Oberschachtsiek, Dirk; Prawda, Stefan - 2013

The major German health care reforms undertaken since the late 1990s resulted in the adoption of selective contracting mechanisms in a formerly sectorally separated health care system. These reforms marked the launch of managed care in Germany that is expected to yield both a higher quality of...

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Cost containment and managed care : evidence from German macro data

Ehlert, Andree; Oberschachtsiek, Dirk; Prawda, Stefan - 2013

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Entry and exit of physicians in a two-tiered public/private health care system

Gächter, Martin; Schwazer, Peter; Theurl, Engelbert - 2011

results, as higher competitive forces positively influence the market exit of private physicians. -- entry ; exit ; health …Firm turnover has recently attracted increased interest in economic research. The entry of new firms increases … entry usually leads to increased innovation. The health care market exhibits important differences as compared to other …

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Die Ausgestaltung von Versorgungsvertraegen: Eine vertragstheoretische Analyse

Muehlbacher, Axel - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 227 (2007) 5+6, pp. 765-786

Transaction costs are an obstacle to the efficient operation of selective contracting. Health care delivery systems (§140 a-d SGB V) and selective contracting between networks of service providers and purchasers are advocated as an effective method to improve the performance of the German...

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Regulating Vertical Relationships in Prescription Drug Markets : Evidence from Medicaid

Yde, Eric - 2023

Insurers subcontract with pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) to administer drug insurance. PBMs typically profit from the difference between a fixed amount and the reimbursement paid to pharmacies (i.e., "spread pricing"). Some states require insurers and PBMs to use cost-plus contracts, in which...

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Entry and exit of physicians in a two-tiered public/private health care system

Gächter, Martin; Schwazer, Peter; Theurl, Engelbert - 2011

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