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The Effect of Patient Cost Sharing on Utilization, Health, and Risk Protection
Shigeoka, Hitoshi - In: American Economic Review 104 (2014) 7, pp. 2152-84
This paper exploits a sharp reduction in patient cost sharing at age 70 in Japan, using a regression discontinuity design to examine its effect on utilization, health, and financial risk arising from out-of-pocket expenditures. Due to the national policy, cost sharing is 60–80 percent lower at...
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Managing Hospital Volumes: Germany and Experiences from OECD Countries
Kumar, Ankit; Schoenstein, Michael - Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs … - 2013
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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Hospital specialisation within a DRG-Framework: The Austrian Case
Kobel, Conrad; Theurl, Engelbert - Institut für Finanzwissenschaft, Fakultät für … - 2013
Evaluation of the true relationship between costs and specialisation in hospitals is hindered by the lack of a standard measure. Specialised hospitals might produce at lower costs because their staff builds expertise and care is better organised. On the other hand specialised hospitals might be...
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Finanzierung, Planung und Steuerung des Krankenhaussektors : Dualistik und Monistik im Strukturvergleich
Goedereis, Klaus - 1999
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Comparison of Public, Non-Profit and Private Hospitals
Held, Bärbel - Instytut Badañ Gospodarczych (IBG) - 2014
The health care system in Germany is undergoing a phase of transformation. The resulting challenges and fields of …
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Social health insurance improves women’s healthcare use: Evidence from Indonesia
Samarakoon, Shanika; Parinduri, Rasyad - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
To improve the poor’s access to healthcare services, the Indonesian government introduced Askeskin, a subsidized social health insurance for the poor. We examine the effects of this social health insurance on women’s use of healthcare—maternal, preventive, and curative...
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Kommunal finansiering av utskrivningsklare pasienter. Erfaringer fra første året.
Hagen, Terje P.; McArthur, David P.; Tjerbo, Trond - Helseøkonomisk Forskningsprogram (HERO), Universitetet … - 2013
Analyser av korttidseffekter av de finansielle virkemidlene i Samhandlingsreformen, i første rekke betalingsordningen for utskrivningsklare pasienter og kommunal medfinansiering av innleggelser innen medisinske DRG-er.
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Tratamiento farmacológico de primera línea para la depresión en la población adulta (>18 años): evaluación económica para Colombia
Rojas, María Ximena; Parada, Ludy Alexandra; … - In: COYUNTURA ECONÓMICA (2013)
Objetivo: identificar, el tratamiento farmacológico más costo-efectivo para el tratamiento de la depresión en Colombia. Población: hombres y mujeres de 19 años de edad en adelante, con diagnóstico reciente de depresión, vistos en atención primaria quienes no han recibido tratamiento...
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Análisis de costo efectividad del zinc para la prevención de la enfermedad diarreica aguda en niños menores de 5 años en Colombia
Mejía, Aurelio; Atehortúa, Sara; Flórez, Iván Darío; … - In: COYUNTURA ECONÓMICA (2013)
Objetivo: determinar, desde la perspectiva del sistema de salud colombiano, la relación de costo-efectividad de la suplementación con zinc para la prevención de la enfermedad diarreica aguda (EDA) en niños menores de cinco años.
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