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Analyzing Regional Variation in Health Care Utilization Using (Rich) Household Microdata

Eibich, Peter; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - In: Health Policy 114 (2014) 1, pp. 41–53

This paper exploits rich SOEP microdata to analyze state-level variation in health care utilization in Germany. Unlike most studies in the field of the Small Area Variation (SAV) literature, our approach allows us to net out a large array of individual-level and state-level factors that may...

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The casual nexus between child mortality rate, fertility rate, GDP, household final consumption expenditure, and food production index

Asumadu-Sarkodie, Samuel; Owusu, Phebe Asantewaa - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 4 (2016) 1, pp. 1-15

In this study, the causal nexus between child mortality rate, fertility rate, GDP, household final consumption … running from fertility rate, food production index, GDP, and household final consumption expenditure to the mortality rate …. Evidence from the Variance Decomposition Analysis shows that, almost 6% of future fluctuations in mortality rate are due to …

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Price Changes in Regulated Healthcare Markets: Do Public Hospitals Respond and How?

Verzulli, Rossella; Fiorentini, Gianluca; Lippi Bruni, … - 2015

This paper examines the behaviour of public hospitals in response to the average payment incentives created by price changes for patients classified in different Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs). Using panel data on public hospitals located within the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, we test...

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The effect of private health insurance on self-assessed health status and health satisfaction in Germany

Petilliot, René - 2017

In Germany, private health insurance covers more innovative and costly treatments than public insurance. Moreover, privately insured individuals are treated preferentially by doctors. In this article, I use subjective health data to examine whether these superior features of private insurance...

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A comparative study of the Turkish and German health care systems with regard to quality management in psychiatric hospitals

Yilmaz, Fatma Kantas; Ugur, Tarik Naci Norbert; Rese, … - In: International Journal of Management, Economics and … 8 (2019) 3, pp. 223-241

This paper investigated the delivery of health services based on data recorded at two medium-sized hospitals: Erenkoy Mental Health Research and Training Hospital located in Istanbul/Turkey and LVR-Klinik Viersen in Germany. A comparison of quality management systems in terms of certification...

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Health insurance, endogenous medical progress, and health expenditure growth

Frankovic, Ivan; Kuhn, Michael - 2018

overlapping generations economy in which individuals purchase health care to lower mortality. We consider three sectors: final …

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Information Provision and Streamlined Medical Service: Evidence from a Mobile Appointment App

Song, Changcheng; Yang, Nan; Yi, Junjian; Yuan, Ye - 2018

We examine the launch of a mobile outpatient appointment app in China to study the effect of information provision and a streamlined appointment process on hospital operations and the alignment of healthcare supply and demand. Using a longitudinal dataset on hospital operations and a...

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The Economics of Hospital Trips and Health Care Reform

Million, Andreas; Rotte, Ralph; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1998

One cornerstone of current attempts to reform the German public health care system by introducing private insurance schemes is the assumption that economic incentives play an important role in individual decision-making about using medical help. This hypothesis is examined for the case of demand...

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Poverty, Inequality and Health: A case study of Armenia

Tonoyan, Tamara - 2005

The paper describes the issue of the impact of poverty and income inequality on the health of the population using Armenia as a case study. In the framework of this paper author provides an overview of research relating to inequalities in health to the disadvantage of the poor, and to changes in...

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Ausgliederung von Leistungen für Zahnersatz aus der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung : Eigenverantwortung der Versicherten und Folgen für die GKV

Kern, Axel Olaf - 2003

Im Rahmen der Diskussion um eine Verringerung der Ausgaben in der Gesetz-lichen Krankenversicherung (GKV) wird eine Ausgliederung von Zahnersatzleis-tungen erwogen. Auf Grund beobachtbarer, schichtenspezifisch ungleicher In-anspruchnahme zahnärztlicher Leistungen und schichtenspezifisch...

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