density of general and medical practitioner and the quality of care provided to the frail elderly. The quality of care is … studied considering prescriptions of potentially inappropriate drugs. We find evidence for a significant positive effect of …Im Allgemeinen gilt als eindeutig belegt, dass ein erhöhter Wettbewerb mit sinkenden Preisen und/oder steigender …

psychoactive drugs as well as analgesics and gastrointestinal agents. Thus, informal caregiving appears to be a burdensome task …

, payers, and providers. We conceptualize and empirically estimate the prevalence and cost of prolonged stays among elderly … each source. This estimation is based on administrative records on discharges from public sector hospitals in 2019. Our …

-line extension (an upgrade through innovation) before it faces generic competition. There are two types of physicians: loyal …-loyal ones prescribe taking into account the prices of the drugs. We consider a two-stage game. In the first stage, the incumbent … competition ; pharmaceutical markets ; innovation …

development on mortality among adults and the elderly. Our research design exploits the variation in the timing of the deployment … indicate that the expansion of natural gas services has caused significant reductions in both the adult and the elderly … services would lower the overall mortality rate by 1.4 percent, the adult mortality rate by 1.9 percent, and the elderly …