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Comparison of Two Public Sector Tertiary Care Hospitals’ Management in Reducing Direct Medical Cost Burden on Breast Carcinoma Patients in Lahore, Pakistan

Khaliq, Imran Hameed - 2018

hospital (median US$1153.93/Rs. 118,589) was significantly higher than Mayo hospital (median US$427.93/Rs. 43,978), p<0.001; r … hospital's patients as compared to Jinnah hospital.Conclusion: This study indicates that OOP direct medical cost burden was … found considerably less in Mayo hospital as compared to Jinnah hospital. The OOP expenditures on chemotherapy were …

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Chapter Nine. Competition in Health Care Markets

Gaynor, Martin; Town, Robert J. - In: Handbook of health economics : volume 2, (pp. 499-637). 2011

review the large empirical literature on the strategic determination of hospital prices through the lens of this model …

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When is Medical Care 'Futile'? The Institutional Competence of the Medical Profession Regarding the Provision of Life-Sustaining Medical Care

Katz, Meir - 2011

“Medical futility,” the doctrine by which hospital ethics boards have assumed the right to authorize medical providers …

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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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Healthcare Spending : The Role of Healthcare Institutions from an International Perspective

Titeca, Hannes - 2016

Healthcare systems differ greatly across the world, however, it appears that the extent of public insurance (publicly/government funded healthcare) is the only institutional characteristic that plays a significant role in accounting for the large disparities in total healthcare spending. Other...

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An Ounce of Prevention or a Pound of Cure? Short- and Long-Run Effects of Pharmaceutical Patents on U.S. Health Care Expenditures

Johnson, Hilary S.; Johnson, Daniel K. N. - 2014

This study examines the relationship between pharmaceutical R&D and health care expenditures, distinguishing between the short- and long-run impacts. To measure these relationships quantitatively, we focus on patents as a key factor driving the costs of pharmaceuticals, and develop a structured...

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Economic Shocks and Healthcare Capital Investments

Richards, Michael R.; Shi, Maggie; Whaley, Christopher M. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2025

Information technology (IT) can enhance firms' long-run performance but is also a risky investment, with high fixed costs and uncertain returns. Whether market events influence this tradeoff has received limited attention. We leverage the healthcare context to empirically examine hospitals' IT...

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The Grass is Not Always Greener : A Look at National Health Care Systems around the World

Tanner, Michael - 2013

Critics of the U.S. health care system frequently point to other countries as models for reform. They point out that many countries spend far less on health care than the United States yet seem to enjoy better health outcomes. The United States should follow the lead of those countries, the...

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Price changes in regulated healthcare markets : do public hospitals respond and how?

Verzulli, Rossella; Fiorentini, Gianluca; Lippi Bruni, … - 2015

This paper examines the behaviour of public hospitals in response to the average payment incentives created by price changes for patients classified in different Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs). Using panel data on public hospitals located within the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, we test...

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The Public Sector and Health Care

Gouveia, Miguel - 2010

This paper specifies a model of the determinants of total expenditure on health care. The model shows how this expenditure is divided between the public and private sectors when public expenditures are chosen by majority rule. From the theoretical model I derive two equations determining the...

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