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The price of a price : on the crowding out of social norms

Janssen, Maarten C. W.; Mendys-Kamphorst, Ewa - 2001

There is increasing empirical and experimental evidence thatproviding financial incentives to agents to performcertain socially desirable actions may permanently reduce other typesof motivations to undertake these actions.We study the impact of financial incentives on the desire for...

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Salience and health campaigns

Dertwinkel-Kalt, Markus - 2015

Motivated by current topics in health economics, we apply the theory of salience to consumer policy. If a government intends to stifle healthier diets without harming consumers by raising taxes, it could initiate information campaigns which focus consumers' attention either on the healthiness of...

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Health care workers' risk perceptions and willingness to report for work during an influenza pandemic

Dionne, Georges; Desjardins, Denise; Lebeau, Martin; … - In: Risks : open access journal 6 (2018) 1, pp. 1-18

The ability and willingness of health care workers to report for work during a pandemic are essential to pandemic response. The main contribution of this article is to examine the relationship between risk perception of personal and work activities and willingness to report for work during an...

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SDGs, health and the G20 : a vision for public policy

Neupane, Sunisha; Boutilier, Zoe; Kickbusch, Ilona; … - 2018

Ensuring "health for all" remains a persistent and entrenched global challenge. G20 governments are in a position to elevate the priority accorded to health, and acknowledge the centrality of health to attaining the SDGs. The authors call on G20 leaders to build nations that are more inclusive...

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SDGs, health and the G20 : a vision for public policy

Neupane, Sunisha; Boutilier, Zoe; Kickbusch, Ilona; … - 2018

Ensuring ‘health for all’ remains a persistent and entrenched global challenge. G20 governments are in a position to elevate the priority accorded to health, and acknowledge the centrality of health to attaining the SDGs. The authors call on G20 leaders to build nations that are more...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011858301

Public services and liveability in European cities in comparison

Holzner, Mario; Römisch, Roman - 2021

A high level of public services in housing, transport, education and health care is essential for liveability in urban centres, as shown in this report, with the help of European data for large cities. Inhabitants of larger cities, where the housing market is heavily commercialised in terms of...

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Are COVID fatalities in the US higher than in the EU, and if so, why?

Aparicio Fenoll, Ainoa; Grossbard-Shechtman, Shoshana - 2020

The COVID crisis has severely hit both the United States and the European Union. Even though they are the wealthiest regions in the world, they differ substantially in economic performance, demographic characteristics, type of government, health systems, and measures undertaken to counteract...

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The Case of the Vanishing Quebec Physicians: How to Improve Access to Care

Forget, Claude - In: C.D. Howe Institute Commentary (2014) 410

to its population. In spite of this, Québec’s family physicians and the general public regularly report that provincial … “very difficult” time accessing after-hours care versus 58 percent of Ontarians. Why? Quebec physicians tend to spend less … for the shortest physician’s work week at 34.9 hours, compared to 43 in Ontario. Younger doctors (under age 45) work even …

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Gatekeeping in health care

Brekke, Kurt R.; Nuscheler, Robert; Straume, Odd Rune - 2005

We study the competitive effects of restricting direct access to secondary care by gatekeeping, focusing on the informational role of general practitioners (GPs). In the secondary care market there are two hospitals choosing quality and specialisation. Patients, who are ex ante uninformed, can...

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A mega-study of text-based nudges encouraging patients to get vaccinated at an upcoming doctor's appointment

Milkman, Katherine L.; Patel, Mitesh S.; Gandhi, Linnea; … - 2021

Many Americans fail to get life-saving vaccines each year, and the availability of a vaccine for COVID-19 makes the challenge of encouraging vaccination more urgent than ever. We present a large field experiment (N=47,306) testing 19 nudges delivered to patients via text message and designed to...

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