higher than the standard inflation rate, creating high real costs that push up the expenditure for healthcare. Consequently …

to increase the coinsurance rate by 10% both for those insured and their and dependants, national medical costs may be … costs by 60 billion yen (500 million US dollars) at most, with a corresponding increase in the demand for OTC medications by …

percent lower healthcare costs and mortality rates, depending on age groups and type of CAM. The lower costs result from fewer … used containing quarterly information on healthcare costs (care by general practitioner (GP), hospital care, pharmaceutical … neighborhood specific fixed effects at a highly detailed level, the lower costs and longer lives are unlikely to be related to …

In efforts to decrease emergency department (ED) crowding and health care costs, frequent users of ED services have …, hospital inpatient length of stay, payment method, costs, and demographics. Results: Patients with three to 20 visits were more … lower average costs than patients visiting once. Patients with six to 20 visits had traditional Medicaid coverage more often …

reduce costs by optimising processes in hospitals and beyond. They thereby respond to demographic shifts and the resulting …