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The urban-rural gap in health care infrastructure : does government ideology matter?

Potrafke, Niklas; Rösel, Felix - 2019

Spatial inequalities in publicly provided goods such as health care facilities have substantial socioeconomic effects. Little is known, however, as to why publicly provided goods diverge among urban and rural regions. We exploit narrow parliamentary majorities in German states between 1950 and...

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The value of socialized medicine : the impact of universal primary healthcare provision on birth and mortality rates in Turkey

Cesur, Resul; Güneş, Pınar Mine; Tekin, Erdal; … - 2015

This paper examines the impact of universal, free, and easily accessible primary healthcare on population health as measured by age-specific birth and mortality rates, focusing on a nationwide socialized medicine program implemented in Turkey. The Family Medicine Program (FMP), launched in 2005,...

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The Healer or the Druggist : Effects of Two Health Care Policies in Taiwan on Elderly Patients’ Choice between Physician and Pharmacist Services

Chang, Simon - 2012

Physicians and pharmacists in Taiwan both prescribed and dispensed drugs; many elderly people considered the two types … citizens and a separation policy (SP) that forbids physicians from dispensing and pharmacists from prescribing drugs. I find … visited pharmacists become more likely to also visit physicians after NHI was implemented. On the other hand, through legal …

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Understanding Inappropriateness in health care : the role of supply structure, pricing policies and political institutions in caesarean deliveries

Francese, Maura; Piacenza, Massimiliano; Romanelli, Marzia - 2011 - (Preliminary version)

factors, such as providers/physicians incentives. Not surprisingly, the incidence of caesarean sections is often used as an …

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Health Care Systems : Efficiency and Institutions

Joumard, Isabelle - 2010

This paper presents a set of indicators to assess health care system performance. It also presents new comparative data on health care policies and institutions for OECD countries. This set of indicators allows the empirical characterisation of health care systems and the identification of...

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Advancing patient safety governance in the COVID-19 response

de Bienassis, Katherine - 2023

In the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, ensuring the safety of health care services remains a serious, ongoing challenge. This once-in-a-century global health crisis exposed the vulnerability of healthcare delivery systems and the subsequent risks of patient harm. Given the scale of the...

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Healthcare system efficiency and its drivers in pre- and COVID-19 pandemic settings

Vishniakov, Dmitry; Kasiev, Naken Kasievič; … - In: Business, mangagement and economics engineering : BMEE 21 (2023) 2, pp. 293-310

highlighted the role of the health workforce, emphasizing the caution for the reduction of physicians in the system. Research …

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Heterogeneous effects of medical interventions on the health of low-risk newborns

Daysal, N. Meltem; Trandafir, Mircea; Ewijk, Reyn van - 2016

We investigate the impact of early-life medical interventions on low-risk newborn health. A policy rule in The Netherlands creates large discontinuities in medical treatments at gestational week 37. Using a regression discontinuity design, we find no health benefits from additional treatments...

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Heterogeneous Effects of Medical Interventions on the Health of Low-Risk Newborns

Daysal, N. Meltem - 2016

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Gesundheitsökonomischer Stellenwert einer flächendeckenden ambulanten Facharztversorgung : Entwicklung, Stand und Perspektiven

Wille, Eberhard; Erdmann, Daniel - 2011 - 1. Aufl.

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