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The psychological costs of war: Military combat and mental health

Cesur, Resul; Sabia, Joseph J.; Tekin, Erdal - 2011

While descriptive evidence suggests that deployment in the Global War on Terrorism is associated with adverse mental health, the causal effect of combat is not well established. Using data drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, we exploit exogenous variation in...

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Adjusting health spending for the presence of comorbidities: An application to United States national inpatient data

Dieleman, Joseph L.; Baral, Ranju; Johnson, Elizabeth; … - In: Health Economics Review 7 (2017) 30, pp. 1-10

simultaneously, allowing causes of illness to appear as either a primary diagnosis or a comorbidity. Our adjustment method … adjustment to the National Inpatient Survey data in the United States for years 1996-2012 to generate comorbidity-adjusted health … diseases, comorbidity adjustments had varying effects on spending for different age groups. Conclusions: Our methodology takes …

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Supplier discretion over provision : theory and an application to medical care

Malcomson, James M. - 2005

Suppliers who are better informed than purchasers, such as physicians treating insured patients, often have discretion over what to provide. This paper shows how, when the purchaser observes what is supplied but can observe neither recipient type nor the actual cost incurred, optimal provision...

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Coronary artery bypass grafts and diagnosis related groups: Patient classification and hospital reimbursement in 10 European countries

Gaughan, James; Kobel, Conrad - In: Health Economics Review 4 (2014) 4, pp. 1-13

different systems pay for particular circumstances, such as the occurrence of catheterisation or presence of comorbidity …

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Paying for the quantity and quality of hospital care: The foundations and evolution of payment policy in England

Grašič, Katja; Mason, Anne R.; Street, Andrew - In: Health Economics Review 5 (2015) 15, pp. 1-10

Prospective payment arrangements are now the main form of hospital funding in most developed countries. An essential component of such arrangements is the classification system used to differentiate patients according to their expected resource requirements. In this article we describe the...

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Results of a randomized controlled trial analyzing telemedically supported case management in the first year after living donor kidney transplantation: A budget impact analysis from the healthcare perspective

Kaier, Klaus; Hils, Silvia; Fetzer, Stefan; Hehn, Philip; … - In: Health Economics Review 7 (2017) 1, pp. 1-8

We analyze one-year costs and savings of a telemedically supported case management program after kidney transplantation from the perspective of the German Healthcare System. Recipients of living donor kidney transplantation (N = 46) were randomly allocated to either (1) standard aftercare or (2)...

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Costs and quality of life in multiple sclerosis: A cross-sectional observational study in Germany

Kobelt, Gisela; Lindgren, Peter; Smala, Antje; … - 2000

We performed a cross-sectional, bottom-up observational study of resource consumption and quality of life of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) in Germany. Six centers participated in the study. Patients were asked to complete a questionnaire, and a total of 737 patients returned the...

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Costs and quality of life in multiple sclerosis: A cross-sectional observational study in the UK

Kobelt, Gisela; Lindgren, Peter; Parkin, David; … - 2000

We performed a cross-sectional, bottom-up observational study of resource consumption and quality of life of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) in the United Kingdom. Three centers participated in the study. Patients received a questionnaire either by mail or during a clinic visit, and a...

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The imminent obesity crisis in Asia and the Pacific: First cost estimates

Helble, Matthias; Francisco, Kris - 2017

Over the past two decades, Asia and the Pacific have not only experienced rapid growth, but in parallel saw a rapid increase in overweight people and obesity. The latest available data indicated that over 40.9% of adults in the region are overweight compared to 34.6% in 1993. It is well...

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Economic impact of powered stapler in video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy for lung Cancer in a Chinese tertiary hospital: A cost-minimization analysis

Cao, Yang; Xiong, Fang; Xia, Xiaozhe; Gu, Pengjuan; … - In: Health Economics Review 12 (2022) 1, pp. 1-13

Background: To assess the economic impact of powered stapler use in video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy for lung cancer in a Chinese tertiary care hospital. Methods: This study identified 388 patients who received VATS lobectomy using the ECHELON powered stapler (n = 296) or the...

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