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A method for classifying blockchains and crypto-assets using "switching circuits"

Gola, Carlo; Befani, Guido; Fiorenza, Patrizio; Lesina, … - In: Risk management magazine 19 (2024) 1, pp. 4-25

and regulatory purposes. Blockchains - and more generally systems based on Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) - adopt … identifying types of cryptoassets, also known as digital tokens, generated and transferred through this technology. The work …

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Corporate governance and the adoption of health information technology within integrated delivery systems

Baird, Aaron; Furukawa, Michael F.; Rahman, Bushra; … - In: Health care management review : HCM review 39 (2014) 3, pp. 234-244

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Chronic Disease Management under Different Payment Systems and the Promise of mHealth

Rajan, Balaraman - 2020

target the growing inefficiencies in the healthcare delivery. Simultaneously, rapid innovations in technology have created … opportunities for a different mode of healthcare delivery. mHealth technology is promising to provide efficient, effective, and … patient-centered healthcare to manage chronic conditions. However, the economics associated with the adoption of mHealth and …

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Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Children and Adolescents

Bhardwaj, Atul - 2015

Worldwide 10-20% of children and adolescents experience mental disorders. Mental disorders, if remain untreated, can impose enormous and lifelong burden to the individual, family and society. Yet, a large proportion of affected children do not receive treatment owing to poor accessibility to...

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Does uninsurance affect the health outcomes of the insured? : evidence from heart attack patients in California

Daysal, N. Meltem - 2012

In this paper, I examine the impact of uninsured patients on the health of the insured, focusing on one health outcome - the in-hospital mortality rate of insured heart attack patients. I employ panel data models using patient discharge and hospital financial data from California (1999-2006). My...

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Lessons for Health Care Policy in the United States : Comparing Health Care Systems

Aspalter, Christian - 2012

This paper compares health care systems. It looks beyond normal academic, political, or journalistic rhetoric, by exactly sticking to facts, i.e. empirical data (in particular data provided by the WHO) and comprehensive case study analyses. The paper finds that a number of myths and common...

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Rising geographic disparities in US mortality

Couillard, Benjamin K.; Foote, Christopher L.; Gandhi, … - 2021 - This version: September 2021

The 21st century has been a period of rising inequality in both income and health. In this study, we find that geographic inequality in mortality for midlife Americans increased by about 70 percent from 1992 to 2016. This was not simply because states such as New York or California benefited...

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The impact of increased cost-sharing on utilization of low value services : evidence from the state of Oregon

Gruber, Jonathan; Maclean, Johanna Catherine; Wright, Bill - 2017

copayments and coinsurance, for several healthcare services believed to be of low value and overused (sleep studies, endoscopies … insurance claims data, we estimate the change in low value healthcare service utilization among beneficiaries before and after … public and private healthcare policies as V-BID principles are rapidly proliferating in healthcare markets. …

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Time is Money : Outpatient Waiting Times and Health Insurance Choices of Elderly Veterans in the United States

Pizer, Steven D.; Prentice, Julia C. - 2011

Growth in the number of days between an appointment request and the actual appointment reduces demand. Although such waiting times are relatively low in the US, current policy initiatives could cause them to increase. We estimate multiple-equation models of physician utilization and insurance...

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Phantoms in the Snow : Canadians Use of Health Care Services in the United States

Katz, Steven J.; Cardiff, Karen; Pascali, Marina; … - 2005

To examine the extent to which Canadian residents seek medical care across the border, we collected data about Canadians' use of services from ambulatory care facilities and hospitals located in Michigan, New York State, and Washington State during 1994-1998. We also collected information from...

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