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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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Risk Adjustment Systems in Health Insurance Markets in the US, Germany, Netherlands and Switzerland

Schneider, Udo; Ulrich, Volker; Wille, Eberhard - In: CESifo DICE Report 6 (2008) 3, pp. 37-49

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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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Public Health Insurance Expansions and Hospital Technology Adoption

Freedman, Seth; Lin, Haizhen; Simon, Kosali - Department of Business Economics and Public Policy, … - 2014

This paper explores the effects of public health insurance expansions on hospitals’ decisions to adopt medical technology. Specifically, we test whether the expansion of Medicaid eligibility for pregnant women during the 1980s and 1990s affects hospitals’ decisions to adopt neonatal...

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