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Overall, the health of the Irish population has improved substantially during recent decades and is quite good compared with other OECD countries. However, spending is elevated, partly reflecting a system that is strongly based on hospitals. Population ageing is exacerbating spending pressures....
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With rapid advancements in oncology, even the wealthiest countries around the globe find it increasingly challenging to provide – and sustain – access to new medicines. Challenges include managing the uncertainty surrounding the extent of benefit of new treatments; complexities in...
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characterizing Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. …
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variation in the rollout of a universal insurance program-the introduction of long-term care (LTC) insurance in Germany in 1995 … 1,000 elderly in Germany. Wages did not rise, but the quality of newly hired workers declined. We find suggestive …
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Recent healthcare reforms have sought to increase efficiency by introducing managed care (MC) as an alternative to conventional care. This article proposes an institutional change designed to let German consumers choose between the two settings through directing payments from the Federal Health...
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In Germany, private health insurance covers more innovative and costly treatments than public insurance. Moreover …
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To help inform a conference organised by the Germany Ministry of Health (BMG) and the OECD on ‘Managing Hospital … Volumes’ on the 11th April 2013, the OECD Secretariat produced this paper giving an international perspective on Germany … Germany. It begins by arguing that Germany has a more open-ended approach to the financing of hospital services and weaker …
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Taking into account recent health care reforms in Germany a change of the structure in the provision of HIV health care …
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variation in the rollout of a universal insurance program-the introduction of long-term care (LTC) insurance in Germany in 1995 … 1,000 elderly in Germany. Wages did not rise, but the quality of newly hired workers declined. We find suggestive …
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