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Rethinking Canada's Unbalanced Mix of Public and Private Healthcare : Insights from Abroad

Blomqvist, Ake; Busby, Colin - 2015

all services delivered by physicians and acute-care hospitals. With limited government budgets for healthcare, these … larger share of drugs, dental and continuing care, but with more private financing for hospital and physician services. In … restrictions that many provinces impose on the private financing of hospital and physician care. Many health systems in Europe and …

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State Versus Private Provision : How Does China’s Market-Oriented Reform Affect Healthcare Delivery?

Fang, Guanfu - 2019

relaxed entry barriers for private hospitals. We assess the impact of the pro-market reform on hospital performance using a …

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Private Sector Presence in India’s Healthcare : Econometric Analysis of Patterns and Consequences

Yadav, Priyanka; Ray, Amit S - 2021

The presence of private providers in the Indian healthcare remains one of the most debated issues. This paper attempts to contribute to this debate from the angle of the ultimate goal of healthcare provision – a healthy population. We explore whether private sector presence has improved the...

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Private Schooling after a Year of COVID-19 : How the Private Sector Has Fared and How to Keep It Healthy

McCluskey, Neal - 2021

As COVID-19 struck the United States in March 2020, sending the nation into lockdown, worry about the fate of private schools was high. These schools, which only survive if people can pay for them, seemed to face deep trouble. Many private schools have thin financial margins even in good...

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Public health care with waiting time : the role of supplementary private health care

Hoel, Michael; Sæther, Erik Magnus - 2001

We consider an economy where most of the health care is publicly provided,and where there is waiting time for several types of treatments. Privatehealth care without waiting time is an option for the patients in the publichealth queue. We show that although patients with low waiting costs...

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Public Versus Private Health Care in a National Health Service

Brekke, Kurt R.; Sørgard, Lars - 2021

sets the public sector remuneration. The physicians allocate their time (effort) in the public and (if allowed) in the …

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The economic consequences of hospitalizations for older workers across countries

Mommaerts, Corina; Raza, Syed Hassan; Zheng, Yu - 2019

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The Impact of Repealing PPACA on Savings Needed for Health Expenses for Persons Eligible for Medicare

Fronstin, Paul; Salisbury, Dallas; VanDerhei, Jack - 2011

In 2003, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) added outpatient prescription drugs as an optional benefit. When the program was originally enacted, it included a controversial feature: a coverage gap, more commonly known as the “donut hole.” The...

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Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Pregnancy : Health Spending Following the PPACA Adult-Dependent Mandate

Fronstin, Paul - 2013

spending in the ADM cohort was higher than in the comparison group. The ADM cohort used an average of $2,866 in 2011, 15 … percent higher than the comparison group, which used $2,472 on average. The most interesting finding related to the types of …, substance abuse, and pregnancy. The ADM cohort was more likely than the comparison group to use retail pharmacies rather than …

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Savings Needed for Health Expenses for People Eligible for Medicare : Some Rare Good News

Fronstin, Paul; Salisbury, Dallas; VanDerhei, Jack - 2012

This paper provides estimates for savings needed to cover health insurance to supplement Medicare and out-of-pocket expenses for health care services in retirement. Medicare generally covers only about 60 percent of the cost of health care services (not including long-term care) for Medicare...

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