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Health Financing Mechanisms, Access to Health and Economic Growth

Bender, Katja - Institut für Entwicklungsforschung und … - 2011

The paper analyzes the comparative effects of alternative health financing mechanisms on economic growth within a two-sector model with human capital. The transitional growth effects of a social insurance system are stronger than those of an out-of-pocket payment system. A private health...

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Growth and welfare effects of health care in knowledge based economies

Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2012

We study the effects of a labor-intensive health care sector within an R&D-driven growth model with overlapping generations. Health care increases longevity and labor participation/productivity. We examine under which conditions expanding health care enhances growth and welfare. Even if the...

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Growth and welfare effects of health care in knowledge based economies : conference paper

Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2013

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Growth and welfare effects of health care in knowledge based economies

Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2012

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Growth and welfare effects of health care in knowledge based economies

Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2012

We consider an endogenous growth model with Blanchard-Yaari-type overlapping generations that is built around four sectors: final and intermediate goods production, an R&D sector and a health care sector. Health care serves to lower mortality and morbidity, the latter being related to...

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Medical Innovation, Life Expectancy, and Economic Growth

Kuhn, Michael; Minniti, Antonio; Prettner, Klaus; … - 2023

Despite an increasing recognition of the importance of health for economic growth, there is still a lack of understanding of the role of medical innovation in this process. Specifically, what are the causal effects of medical innovation on economic growth and which non-linearities matter in this...

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Medical Provisions Post-Brexit

Hewson, Victoria - 2021

There are three main factors behind the fears in relation to medical provisions post-Brexit. Here we examine what the potential problems are and the available solutions. The flexibility available to the UK government and regulators means that they should be able to overcome the regulatory...

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The Gatekeeping Role of General Practitioners' : Does Patients' Information Matter?

Gonzalez, Paula - 2007

We deal with a principal-agent model in which the health authority acts as a principal for both a patient and a General Practitioner (GP). In this framework, we study the role of GPs as filters for secondary care, emphasizing the implications that patients' information may have for health...

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How payment systems affect physicians' provision behaviour : an experimental investigation

Hennig-Schmidt, Heike; Selten, Reinhard; Wiesen, Daniel - 2009

physicians' behavior. Medical students decide as experimental physicians on the quantity of medical services. Real patients gain …. Financial incentives are not the only motivation for physicians' quantity decisions, though. The patient benefit is of … physicians are paid by FFS. -- Physician payment system ; laboratory experiment ; incentives ; fee-for-service ; capitation …

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Incentive compatible reimbursement schemes for physicians

Emons, Winand - 2010

We consider physicians with fixed capacity levels. If a physician's capacity exceeds demand, she may have an incentive …

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