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The effects of fluoride in the drinking water
Aggeborn, Linuz; Öhman, Mattias - 2017
clear that fluoride is good for dental health, concerns have been raised regarding potential negative effects on cognitive … development. We study the effects of fluoride exposure through the drinking water throughout life on cognitive and non … cohorts born 1985–1992 in the main analysis, together with drinking water fluoride data. To estimate the effects, we exploit …
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Prioritizing public health expenditures when there is a private alternative
Hoel, Michael - 2005
Cost-effectiveness analysis often plays an important role in prioritization among different types of public health expenditures. Cost-effectiveness is defined as the maximal health benefits for given expenditures on health care. With a private health sector as a supplement to the public sector,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284383
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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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Desigualdad en los programas sociales en el Perú
Lavado, Pablo (contributor) - Departamento Académico de Economía, Universidad del … - 2007
Los programas sociales en el Perú han sido objeto de muchas críticas en cuanto a su focalización, tanto medida como la proporción de la población pobre que se beneficia de los programas, como la proporción del presupuesto que se gasta en esta población. Con el objetivo de conocer el por...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010842533
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International Risk Sharing and Health Insurance Financing.
Jack, W. - Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, College … - 1997
When medical care prices and individual health needs follow stochastic processes with non-zero trends, community rating facilitates lifetime insurance and intergenerational risk sharing. While such policies are unsustainable in competitive private insurance markets, they provide the basis for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005776601
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Prioritizing public health expenditures when there is a private alternative
Hoel, Michael - Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo - 2005
Cost-effectiveness analysis often plays an important role in prioritization among different types of public health expenditures. Cost-effectiveness is defined as the maximal health benefits for given expenditures on health care. With a private health sector as a supplement to the public sector,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652180
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Desigualdad en los programas sociales en el Perú
Lavado, Pablo - Departamento Académico de Economía, Universidad del … - 2007
Los programas sociales en el Perú han sido objeto de muchas críticas en cuanto a su focalización, tanto medida como la proporción de la población pobre que se beneficia de los programas, como la proporción del presupuesto que se gasta en esta población. Con el objetivo de conocer el por...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010770513
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Market conditions and general practitioners’ referrals
MA, Ching-to Albert; Iversen, Tor - Department of Economics, Boston University - 2010
We study how market conditions influence referrals of patients by general practitioners (GPs).We set up a model ofGP referral for theNorwegian health care system, where a GP receives capitation payment based on the number of patients in his practice, as well as fee-for-service reimbursements. A...
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Un Test sulle Ipotesi delle Proiezioni a Medio-Lungo Termine della Spesa Farmaceutica
SALERNO, Nicola Carmine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
We use the same methodology, that Ecofin-Oecd apply for projecting expenditure in the medium-long term, to reconstruct expenditure in the medium-long past. It is possible to compare the effective expenditure with the reconstructed one. The effective expenditure is of course influenced by policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114476
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Társadalmi különbségek a magyarországi gyerekek fogainak állapotában és egészségmagatartásában
Hajdu, Tamás; Kertesi, Gábor; Fadgyas-Freyler, Petra - 2023
Our study examines social inequalities in dental visits, the status of primary and permanent teeth, the dental treatments, the availability of publicly funded dental care and health behaviours related to dental health among Hungarian children. We use all available administrative and survey data...
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