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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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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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Does patient behaviour drive physicians to practice defensive medicine? : evidence from a video experiment

Daniels, Lotte; Marneffe, Wim - In: Health economics review 13 (2023) 1, pp. 1-13

Objective By manipulating patients' critical attitude in a video experiment, we examined whether physicians are more … neutral questions and expressions). We asked the physicians about the care they would administer in the presented cases and … discover diferential treatment styles driven by physicians' perceived liability risk among patients with a diferent critical …

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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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Small-Area Variation in Health Care Affecting the Choice of Cesarean Delivery : The Case of a Colombian Health Insurer

Vecino-Ortiz, Andrés Ignacio; Bardey, David; Castaño, … - 2009

sections. Geographic area only explains 1/3 of the variance attributable to the hospital. Furthermore, some variables from both …

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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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Provider Payment Incentives : Evidence From The U.S. Hospice Industry

Coe, Norma B.; Rosenkranz, David A. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Moral hazard and provider-induced demand may contribute to overutilization of scarce health care resources. The U.S. health care system includes several compensatory cost-containment mechanisms, but their effects depend on how patients and providers respond. We investigate hospice programs'...

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Losing insurance and behavioral health hospitalizations : evidence from a large-scale Medicaid disenrollment

Maclean, Johanna Catherine; Tello Trillo, Daniel S.; … - 2019

We study the effects of losing insurance on behavioral health - mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) - community hospitalizations. We leverage variation in public insurance eligibility offered by a large-scale Medicaid disenrollment. Losing insurance decreased SUD-related...

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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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