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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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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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The Impact of Privatization : Evidence from the Hospital Sector

Duggan, Mark G.; Gupta, Atul; Jackson, Emilie; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Privatization has been shown to increase growth and profitability of public firms. However, effects on consumers are understudied. We study potential trade-offs in the US hospital sector where public control declined by 42% over 1983-2019. Private operators may improve hospitals' financial...

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Mortality Effects of Healthcare Supply Shocks : Evidence Using Linked Deaths and Electronic Health Records

Ziedan, Engy; Simon, Kosali Ilayperuma; Wing, Coady - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

from care, and a cascade of delayed or missed follow-up care that lasted for about 3 months. Healthcare spending accounted …

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The Fight for Birth : The Economic Competition that Determines Birth Options in the United States

Brown, Jessica E. - 2018

The United States has the most expensive maternal and infant care system in the world, yet it also has the highest rate of maternal and infant mortality of any wealthy country. This paradox is a direct result of the economics of birth care. The piecemeal nature of services paid for by insurance,...

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Knowledge-Sharing in the Development of Science and Technology Parks

Mellor, Robert B - 2020

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Regulations and technology gap in Europe : the role of firm dynamics

Amoroso, Sara; Martino, Roberto - 2020

regulation always favours productivity growth and the diffusion of technology, our results provide a more nuanced picture …. Deregulation is not a one-size-fits-all solution that leads to faster technology diffusion, instead heterogeneity in business … international technology spillovers stemming from the use of imported intermediate goods. The trade-weighted technological distance …

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Nätläkare i primärvården : lindring eller lidande?

Blix, Mårten; Jeansson, Johanna - In: Ekonomisk debatt 46 (2018) 3, pp. 66-78

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Annual costs attributed to atrial fibrillation management : cross‑sectional study of primary healthcare electronic records

Casajuana, Marc; Giner-Soriano, Maria; Roso-Llorach, Albert - In: The European journal of health economics : HEPAC ; … 19 (2018) 8, pp. 1129-1136

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