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Does patient behaviour drive physicians to practice defensive medicine? : evidence from a video experiment

Daniels, Lotte; Marneffe, Wim - In: Health economics review 13 (2023) 1, pp. 1-13

Objective By manipulating patients' critical attitude in a video experiment, we examined whether physicians are more … neutral questions and expressions). We asked the physicians about the care they would administer in the presented cases and … discover diferential treatment styles driven by physicians' perceived liability risk among patients with a diferent critical …

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The possibilities of day surgery system development within the health policy in Slovakia

Soltes, Vincent; Gavurová, Beáta - In: Health economics review 4 (2014) 35, pp. 1-12

Background: In the day surgery system are intertwined elements of state health policy, health care payers' interests, employers of health care system, as well as the interests and wishes of patients. A problem in the health policy is to find a way to regulate ambulatory and short-term surgical...

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Patient dumping, outlier payments, and optimal healthcare payment policy under asymmetric information

Takahara, Tsuyoshi - In: Health economics review 6 (2016) 57, pp. 1-11

We analyze a rationale for official authorization of patient dumping in the prospective payment policy framework. We show that when the insurer designs the healthcare payment policy to let hospitals dump high-cost patients, there is a trade-off between the disutility of dumped patients (changes...

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Do public healthcare programs make societies more equal? : cross-country evidence on subjective wellbeing

Dizon, Ryan Joseph R. - In: Health economics review 13 (2023) 1, pp. 1-18

Background Universal health coverage (UHC) aims to provide quality healthcare services and safeguard the population from the fnancial burden of catastrophic health expenditure. Its primary objectives are to improve longevity and enhance overall quality of life. This study investigates the...

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Regional differences in health care of patients with inflammatory bowel disease in Germany

Lange, Ansgar; Prenzler, Anne; Bachmann, Frank Oliver; … - In: Health economics review 5 (2015) 29, pp. 1-11

Background: The regional availability of specialized physicians is an important aspect in healthcare of patients with …

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Health care service provision in Europe and regional diversity : a stochastic metafrontier approach

Schley, Katharina - In: Health economics review 8 (2018) 11, pp. 1-11

In the last decades, demographic change coupled with new and expensive medical innovations have put most health care systems in developed countries under financial pressure. Therefore, ensuring efficient service provision is essential for a sustainable health care system. This paper investigates...

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No theory : an explanation of the lack of consistency in cross-country health care comparisons using non-parametric estimators

Gearhart, Richard - In: Health economics review 6 (2016) 40, pp. 1-12

Since 2000 several papers have examined the efficiency of healthcare delivery systems worldwide. These papers have extended the literature using drastically different input and output combinations from one another, with little theoretical or empirical support backing these specifications. Issues...

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Factors associated with geographic variation in cost per episode of care for three medical conditions

Hadley, Jack; Reschovsky, James D.; O’Malley, James A.; … - In: Health economics review 4 (2014) 8, pp. 1-19

-surgical treatment and the availability of primary care and specialty physicians. We used Symmetry’s Episode Treatment Groups (ETG … and higher cost per episode for all three conditions, while greater availability of primary care physicians is … for surgical vs. non-surgical treatments and the availability of both primary care physicians and relevant specialists are …

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Regional disparities in medical equipment distribution in the Slovak Republic : a platform for a health policy regulatory mechanism

Gavurová, Beáta; Kováč, Viliam; Fedačko, Ján - In: Health economics review 7 (2017) 39, pp. 1-13

Background: This study aims to examine the localisation of selected parameters in the deployment and use of medical equipment in the Slovak Republic and to verify potential regional disparities. The study evaluates the benefits of an analytical platform for regulatory mechanisms in the...

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Balance billing: the patients’ perspective

Kifmann, Mathias; Scheuer, Florian - In: Health economics review 1 (2011) 14, pp. 1-14

We study the effects of "balance billing", i.e., allowing physicians to charge a fee from patients in addition to the …

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