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Overconfidence and technology adoption in health care

Comin, Diego; Skinner, Jonathan; Staiger, Douglas - 2022

Variation in technology adoption is a key driver of differences in productivity. Previous studies sought to explain variations in technology adoption by heterogeneity in profitability, costs of adoption, or other factors. Less is known about how adoption is affected by bias in the perceived...

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Measuring service quality: The opinion of Europeans about utilities

Ferrari, Pieralda A.; Salini, Silvia - 2008

This paper provides a comparative analysis of statistical methods to evaluate the consumer perception about the quality of Services of General Interest. The evaluation of the service quality perceived by users is usually based on Customer Satisfaction Survey data and an ex-post evaluation is...

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The sociology of groups and the economics of incentives: theory and evidence on compensation systems

Encinosa, William E.; Gaynor, Martin; Rebitzer, James B. - 2005

When working together, people engage in non-contractual and informal interactions that constitute the sociology of the group. We use behavioral models and a unique survey of medical groups to analyze how group sociology influences physician incentive pay and behavior. We conclude that informal...

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Occupational mismatch and moonlighting among Spanish physicians: do couples matter?

Dolado, Juan José; Felgueroso, Florentino - 2008

physicians have lower participation rates than male physicians plus they are subject to higher occupational mismatch, and (ii …) moonlighting is more frequent among male physicians. In this paper we investigate whether such differences are related to the … university graduates, Spanish physicians are the ones most often coupled to partners with the same educational level and/or same …

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Grenzen des Wettbewerbs im Gesundheitswesen

Kumpmann, Ingmar - 2008

Many health economists demand more competition in the health care system. They focus on the competition between sickness funds for insured and the competition between health care providers for contracts with sickness funds. But they neglect the competition between health care providers for...

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Kassenärztliche Vereinigungen: Garanten für Qualität und Effizienz

Köhler, Andreas - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 86 (2006) 5, pp. 292-295

Bisher stand bei den Reformen der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung die Finanzierungsseite im Vordergrund, nun will sich die Bundesregierung auf die Leistungsseite konzentrieren. Wie kann mehr Wettbewerb im Gesundheitswesen etabliert werden? Welche Erfahrungen wurden damit im Ausland gemacht?...

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Auswirkungen des DRG-Entgeltsystems auf Arbeitsbedingungen und berufliches Selbstverständnis von Ärzten und die Versorgungsqualität in deutschen Krankenhäusern: Teil II. Detailergebnisse einer Befragung Hessischer Krankenhausärzte im Jahre 2004

Klinke, Sebastian - 2007

physicians. Working conditions and aspects of quality of care are presented and to what extent changes in hospital funding have … consists of three quantitative longitudinal surveys (physicians, nurses and patients) and repeated qualitative case studies in … four German hospitals. In this paper we present results from the 2004 physicians survey (W1 Quanti - Ärzte). The project is …

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Auswirkungen des DRG-Entgeltsystems auf Arbeitsbedingungen von Krankenhausärzten und die Versorgungsqualität in deutschen Krankenhäusern: Zusammenfassung der Ergebnisse und Dokumentation der Daten einer Befragung Hessischer Krankenhausärzte im Jahre 2004

Klinke, Sebastian; Kühn, Hagen - 2006

physicians. They show to what extent changes in hospital funding have invoked shifts in attitude and behaviour on the part of … longitudinal surveys (physicians, nurses and patients) and repeated qualitative case studies in four German hospitals. In this … paper we present results from the 2004 physicians survey (W1 Quanti - Ärzte). …

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Physician incentives in managed care organizations: Medical practice norms and the quality of care

Cooper, David J.; Rebitzer, James B. - 2002

information asymmetry: physicians perceive the quality of care they offer perfectly and their patients do not perceive it at all. …

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Towards More Sustainable Food Systems

Kusch-Brandt, Sigrid (contributor) - 2023

Food systems are under increasing pressure. They must meet the food requirements of a growing world population, and socio-economic changes also influence the type of foods which are under demand. At the same time, food systems are a major contributor to global environmental change, and...

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