Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 12,804
Cover Image
Impact of specialization on health outcomes: Evidence from U.S. cancer data
Schoder, Johannes; Lichtenberg, Frank R. - 2010
-outcome relationship on a regional (county or cancer registry) level. Using data from the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance …, Epidemiology and End Results program we find that regions with relatively more of the same cancer type exhibit relatively better …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315567
Cover Image
Do Medical Treatments Work for Work? Evidence from Breast Cancer Patients
Daysal, N. Meltem; Pedersen, Mikkel Hasse; Evans, William N. - 2024
We investigate the impact of adjuvant radiation therapy (RT) treatment on the labor market outcomes of breast cancer … patients. In order to address the endogeneity in receipt of adjuvant radiotherapy, we use a 2SLS strategy that exploits …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014551606
Cover Image
Inequities in Noncommunicable Diseases
Ulep, Valerie Gilbert T.; Ortiz, Danica Aisa P.; Go, … - 2012
This report presents the findings of the research conducted by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) on leading noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). With the collaborative efforts of the World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI), this research...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421240
Cover Image
Income redistribution and access to innovations in health care
García-Alonso, María del Carmen; O'Donnell, Owen - 2001
We study the impact a redistribution of income has on the decisions of a health care innovator and the utility of consumers. We find that income redistribution from rich to poor increases the quality of the medical innovation, reduces its price and increases the utility of some of the consumers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290644
Cover Image
Sales force deployment by genetic concepts
Sprecher, Arno - 1999
Sales force management decisions belong to the major issues considered in marketing research. Among others, the alignment of sales territories has been one of the main field of work for years. Recent results have reported a strong impact of the alignment of sales territories on profit, and,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011558753
Cover Image
The economics of screening programs
Strøm, Steiner - 1999
The purpose of screening programs is to discover at an early point in time serious diseases, such as cervical cancer … and colorectal cancer, that can be treated at lower social costs than would be the case if detected at later stages of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284461
Cover Image
Technology, skills, and performance: The case of robots in surgery
Tafti, Elena Ashtari - 2022
This paper investigates the potential of new technologies to reduce disparities in the provision of healthcare services … performance and a convergence in outcomes between high and lower-skilled surgeons for prostate cancer patients. I study whether …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014480572
Cover Image
Critical Success Factors for Online-Shops of Drugstores
Svechla, Sabrina; Fischer, Jessica; Ferdinand, Hans-Michael - In: Markenbrand (2014) 2/2014, pp. 17-25
The digitalization of the every-day life also affects buying habits of customers. Changes that take place regarding these habits result in an increasing number of e-commerce retailers. Online-shops in the business-to-consumer field are especially successful with apparel and electronic products....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010420966
Cover Image
Operationalizing Experience: Donor Approaches to Service Delivery in Fragile States
DiCaprio, Alisa - 2013
This study explores the different approaches to service delivery in fragile states by surveying donors' own evaluations of their existing fragile states policies. Because there is limited understanding of what works in risky environments, monitoring and evaluation are critical components of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010507362
Cover Image
Wizards of Oz? What the UK can learn from Australia's healthcare system
Niemietz, Kristian - 2021
healthcare outcomes than the UK. Cancer survival rates are several percentage points higher, while heart attack and stroke …Australia and the UK had very similar healthcare systems until the end of the 1940s, when they diverged. The UK created … Australian system as a plausible counterfactual for how healthcare in Britain might have evolved if the NHS had never been …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015334194