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Impact of Preventive Health Care on Indian Industry and Economy

Chadha, Alka; Mehdi, Ali; Malik, Garima - 2007

In this study, the authors have tried to examine the empirical evidence on the relationship between preventive health care and labour productivity and corporate profitability. While doing so, they try to generate awareness on the positive role of preventive health care in boosting the corporate...

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Learning-by-doing and productivity growth among high-skilled workers: Evidence from the treatment of heart attacks

James, Stefan; Lagerqvist, Bo; Lundborg, Petter; … - 2022

the context of heart attack treatments in Sweden, where we exploit quasirandom assignment of physicians to patients. We …

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Learning-by-doing in a highly skilled profession when stakes are high: Evidence from advanced cancer surgery

Avdic, Daniel; Lundborg, Petter; Vikström, Johan - 2014

or by other changes at the hospital level. …

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Medicare's prospective payment system for hospitals: new evidence on transitions among health care settings

Qian, Xufeng; Russell, Louise B.; Valiyeva, Elmira; … - 2007

first few years, using data collected during the hospital stay to control for patients’ health. We examine transitions among …Previous studies of Medicare’s prospective payment system for hospitals (PPS), introduced in 1983, evaluated only its … to rise as PPS matured, hospital readmissions from the community dropped after the early years, and risk of nursing home …

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Age and choice in health insurance: Evidence from Switzerland

Becker, Karolin; Zweifel, Peter - 2007

Elements of regulation inherent in most social health insurance systems are a uniform package of benefits and uniform cost sharing. Both elements risk to burden the population with a welfare loss if preferences differ. This suggests introducing more contracted choice; however, it is widely...

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Consumer resistance against regulation: The case of health care

Zweifel, Peter; Telser, Harry; Vaterlaus, Stephan - 2005

Regulation fostering Managed Care alternatives in health insurance is spreading. This work reports on an experiment designed to measure the amounts of compensation asked by the Swiss population (in terms of reduced premiums) for Managed-Care type restrictions in the provision of health care. It...

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A moving target: Universal access to healthcare services in Latin America and the Caribbean

Savedoff, William D. - 2009

Healthcare services are more widespread in Latin America and the Caribbean today than 50 years ago, yet this availability is not necessarily reflected in popular perceptions. This study documents the expansion of healthcare services in the Region in terms of medically-trained professionals,...

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India's platform economy and emerging regulatory challenges

Kathuria, Rajat; Kedia, Mansi; Bagchi, Kaushambi - 2021

The phenomenal rise of the platform economy has reshaped how economies operate across the world. The importance of digital platforms has never been more evident than in combatting the ongoing corona virus (Covid-19) pandemic. Even with the threat of a global recession looming large, technology...

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If you think 9-ending prices are low, think again

Snir, Avichai; Levy, Daniel C. - 2019

9-ending prices are a dominant feature of many retail settings, which according to the existing literature, is because consumers perceive them as being relatively low. Are 9-ending prices really lower than comparable non 9-ending prices? Surprisingly, the empirical evidence on this question is...

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Sticky information and price controls: Evidence from a natural experiment

Sayag, Doron; Snir, Avichai; Levy, Daniel C. - 2025

We test the predictions of the sticky information model using a survey dataset by comparing shoppers' accuracy in recalling the prices of regulated and comparable unregulated products. Because regulated product prices are capped, they are sold more than comparable unregulated products, while...

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