Search Results - subject_exact:"Gesundheitsausgaben"

How does tort reform affect health care delivery

Courtemanche, Charles; Garuccio, Joseph - 2026

Health care costs in the U.S. have grown dramatically over the past several decades, with one possible cause being physicians providing unnecessary services out of fear of being sued for malpractice - a phenomenon known as "defensive medicine". States responded by enacting different types of...

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What are the impacts of certificate-of-need laws? : a review of the evidence

Courtemanche, Charles; Garuccio, Joseph - 2026

This study reviews the literature on the impacts of Certificate-of-Need (CON) laws, which require the approval of states' health planning agencies for health care providers to engage in regulated actions such as opening or expanding facilities or purchasing equipment. Economic theory suggests...

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Endogenous education duration, fertility choice, and mortality : a framework for optimal population policy

Palokangas, Tapio K. - 2026

This paper characterizes optimal education and population policies within a continuous-time overlapping generations (OLG) framework where fertility, schooling duration, and health expenditures are endogenous. In this model, mortality risk is driven by a negative congestion effect from population...

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Machine learning for estimating catastrophic health spending in disaster-affected, data-scarce settings

Himaz, Rozana; Salmanidou, Dimitra; Ghaffarian, Saman - 2026

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Exploring the role of institutional quality in the crowding-out effect of military expenditure on health expenditure and outcomes in Africa

Badmus, Jamiu Olamilekan; Raifu, Isiaka Akande; … - 2026

This study revisits the long-standing debate on the guns-versus-butter phenomenon, that spending on military activity crowds out non-military expenditure. By focusing on Africa, we conjecture the crowding-out effect of military expenditure on health expenditure beyond government health...

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The unintended costs of early retirement policies : evidence from Italy's quota 100 reform

Fiorentino, Raffaele; Mandile, Simona - 2026

This paper examines the unintended consequences of policies perceived as inequitable by leveraging Italy's Quota 100 pension reform, which denied early retirement to workers with identical contribution histories who did not meet an age cutoff. Using SHARE data and a difference-in-differences...

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Cost management in healthcare : a PRISMA-Based systematic review of international research

Barbosa, Sofia Nair; Silva, Amélia Cristina Ferreira da; … - 2026

The growing economic pressures on healthcare systems have heightened the need for effective and sustainable cost management strategies. This study presents a PRISMAbased systematic review of 210 peer-reviewed articles published between 1974 and 2024, retrieved from the Scopus andWeb of Science...

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Risk adjustment for ADRD in medicare advantage and health care experiences

Fu, Wei; Qian, Yuting; Karimi, Seyed; Zarei, Hamid; Chen, Xi - 2026

Failure to account for the full complexity and costs of high-need populations in the risk-adjusted capitated payment model for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans may create financial disincentives for plans to invest in comprehensive care for affected beneficiaries, potentially exacerbating health...

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Risk adjustment for ADRD in medicare advantage and health care experiences

Fu, Wei; Qian, Yuting; Karimi, Seyed; Zarei, Hamid; Chen, Xi - 2026

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Risk adjustment for ADRD in medicare advantage and health care experiences

Fu, Wei; Qian, Yuting; Karimi, Seyed; Zarei, Hamid; Chen, Xi - 2026

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Risk adjustment for ADRD in medicare advantage and health care experiences

Fu, Wei; Qian, Yuting; Karimi, Seyed; Zarei, Hamid; Chen, Xi - 2026

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End-of-life medical spending : patterns and household spillovers

Ahammer, Alexander; Matic, Lea-Karla - 2026

Medical spending is highly concentrated at the end of life and varies widely across patients, raising a first-order welfare question about whether marginal end-of-life spending reflects waste or generates meaningful benefits. Using Austrian administrative data, we document that endof-life...

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End-of-life medical spending : patterns and household spillovers

Ahammer, Alexander; Matic, Lea-Karla - 2026

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End-of-life medical spending : patterns and household spillovers

Ahammer, Alexander; Matic, Lea-Karla - 2026

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Can a deductible kill? : the effect of patient cost-sharing on health

Ayyagari, Padmaja; Salm, Martin; Sargent, Eric - 2026

We study how health insurance deductibles affect healthcare spending and health using a regression discontinuity design and administrative data from the Netherlands. Exploiting an annual deductible reset, we compare patients admitted to the emergency room just before and after January 1....

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End-of-life medical spending : patterns and household spillovers

Ahammer, Alexander; Matic, Lea-Karla - 2026

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End-of-life medical spending : patterns and household spillovers

Ahammer, Alexander; Matic, Lea-Karla - 2026

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End-of-life medical spending : patterns and household spillovers

Ahammer, Alexander; Matic, Lea-Karla - 2026

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Who Benefits from Public Spending on Health Care? Longitudinal Evidence from Ethiopia

Ambel, Alemayehu A.; Belete, Getachew Yirga - 2026

This study investigates the distribution of benefits from public health care spending in Ethiopia by combining individual health care utilization data from the 2018/19 and 2021/22 waves of the Ethiopia Socioeconomic Panel Survey with regional budget information. It analyzes how health care...

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Human Development Index (HDI) of Indian states : 2022-23

Mukherjee, Sacchidananda; Jadhav, Vivek - 2026

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Can financial incentives shift health care from an inpatient to an outpatient setting?

Grašič, Katja; Siciliani, Luigi; Wen, Jinglin - 2026

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Are Philippine local governments spending enough on primary health care?

Ulep, Valerie Gilbert; Herrin, Alejandro N.; Sarne, … - 2026

We assessed whether health spending of local government units in the Philippines is sufficient to deliver mandated primary health care (PHC) services under a devolved system, how PHC spending varies with fiscal capacity, and whether increased intergovernmental transfers following the...

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Assessing Current and Future Expenditure on Long-Term Care in North Macedonia

Coll-Black, Sarah; Hamandi, Ali; Shimbov, Bojan; … - 2026

This assessment focuses solely on government expenditures on sustainable long-term care (LTC) for the elderly, as requested by the The Government of North Macedonia (GoNM). It does not attempt to calculate the costs of the provision of uncompensated informal care by family and friends, nor does...

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Latest health spending trends and outlook : Balancing resilience and sustainability in challenging times

Morgan, David - 2026

Over the last five years, a succession of crises has strongly impacted the financial resources that countries were able and willing to allocate to health, and significant uncertainties continue to weigh on the global economy. As a result, restoring public finances has become a priority in many...

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A technical and political analysis of fiscal space and revenue resources of universal health coverage in Thailand

Theepakorn Jithitikulchai - 2026

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Towards value-based payments for joint replacement : a "Pay for Patient Value" (P4PV) model for Switzerland : from defining patient value to setting-up a financial and redistribution model

Salvi, Irene; Geissler, Alexander; Vogel, Justus; … - 2026

In Switzerland, elective hip and knee replacements account for substantial healthcare expenditures and are central to debates on quality, appropriateness and value-based care. Existing DRG-based payment systems for acute somatic care remunerate volume and case mix, but do not reflect quality of...

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Cost Drivers in Malaysia’s Medical and Health Insurance and Takaful Sector : A First Look at the Centralized Claims Database

2026

Malaysia has seen sharp increases in Medical and Health Insurance/Takaful (MHIT) premiums in recent years, elevating affordability concerns and prompting a broad policy response. This report provides an empirical assessment of cost drivers in MHIT claims from 2022 to 2024. The central claims...

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Costs of Hypertension and Diabetes Treatment Cascade in Tunisia

2026

Hypertension and type 2 diabetes are highly prevalent in Tunisia and among the most costly conditions for the health system and the economy. This study estimates the costs of prevention, diagnosis, outpatient follow up, and inpatient care for complications across all levels of care to identify...

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The economic costs of health protection during COVID-19 : a sign-restricted VAR analysis across countries

Paffenholz, Michaela; Wolf, Gerome - 2026

This paper investigates the dynamic trade-off between health outcomes and economic activity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Employing a panel vector autoregressive (PVAR) model with sign restrictions for 46 countries, we utilize weekly data on infections, the OECD GDP tracker, and the Oxford...

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Deliberation for better decisions in health technology assessment : conjectures and tests

Küçükuncular, Ahmet; Culyer, Anthony J. - 2026

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Navigating the complexities of healthcare costs in Bangladesh : a closer look at environmental quality, economic growth, energy use, industrialization, urbanization, and forest area

Asif Raihan; Ridwan, Mohammad; Rahman, Syed Masiur; … - 2026

Bangladesh is grappling with the challenge of balancing public health with pollution reduction. The current research seeks to analyze the relationships between ecological indicators and health expenditure and to provide policy suggestions to enhance environmental conditions and minimize...

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Quantifying productivity growth in medical care : 20 years of evidence from nine health conditions

Ackley, Calvin; Dunn, Abe; Romley, John A. - 2026

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Productivity growth in the U.S. medical care sector : an analysis using the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis' health care expenditure statistics by condition

Ackley, Calvin; Dunn, Abe; Liebman, Eli; Romley, John A. - 2026

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Public service spending and performance in Scotland

Brogaard, Martin; Domínguez, Magdalena; Harvey-Rich, Olly - 2026

Public services play an important role in supporting households' well-being and their members' life chances. This is especially true for low- and middle-income households, for whom the in-kind services received represent a larger share of overall consumption and for whom equivalent private...

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Public service spending and performance in Wales

Brogaard, Martin; Domínguez, Magdalena; Harvey-Rich, Olly - 2026

Public services play an important role in supporting households' well-being and their residents' life chances. This is especially true for low- and middle-income households, for whom the in-kind services received represent a larger share of overall consumption, and for whom equivalent private...

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An analysis of implementing pharmaceutical cost-containment measures in Egypt : lessons from international experiences

Nassar, Heba; Reda, Dalia - 2026

Purpose - The main goal of this paper is to analyze the implementation of pharmaceuticals cost-containment measures in Egypt. Design/methodology/approach - This paper adopts descriptive and analytical techniques to assess the extent of implementing pharmaceutical cost-containment measures in...

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Wait-for-discount : strategic deferral, health deterioration, and the hidden costs of cost-sharing design

Oikawa, Masato; Fu, Rong; Kawamura, Akira; Noguchi, Haruko - 2026

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A long-run economic model for projecting the finances of the U.S. government and national spending on healthcare : analysis of productivity increases and health sector reform

Warshawsky, Mark J. - 2026

In the official models for projections and policy analysis used by the Treasury and the Social Security and Medicare Trustees, many key variables are assumed, largely as a continuation of past trends. Even the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), with more sophisticated models, makes certain...

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The unmeasured cost of fiscal execution : payment timing and public service delivery

Zanoni, Wladimir; López, Rodrigo; Rangel, Marcos A. - 2026

When governments face fiscal stress, they frequently manage consolidation by delaying cash payments on legally incurred obligations rather than cutting explicit appropriations. This "execution wedge" reduces the real resources available for public production while leaving formal appropriations...

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Reform-induced competition : evaluating the impact on Swiss pharmacies and total drug costs

Anderes, Marc - 2026

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Dementia diagnosis underreporting and downstream care engagement and planning among US older adults

Qian, Yuting; Gavulic, Kyle A.; Chen, Xi - 2026

A documented diagnosis only benefits patients who know about it. Using nationally representative Health and Retirement Study data linked to Medicare claims (1998-2020), we quantify the gap between clinically documented dementia diagnoses and patients' own reports. Among self-respondents with...

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Dementia diagnosis underreporting and downstream care engagement and planning among us older adults

Qian, Yuting; Gavulic, Kyle A.; Chen, Xi - 2026

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Fiscal antibodies : how public health expenditures strengthen national economic vulnerability to climate change

Metwally, Abdelmoneim; Yasser, Mai M. - 2026

This study investigates the relationship between public health expenditures and national climate vulnerability, measured by the Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN) Index, across 62 developed and developing countries from 2000 to 2023. Motivated by contradictory findings in the...

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The determinants of health expenditure : a machine learning approach

Caravaggio, Nicola; Lagravinese, Raffaele; Resce, Giuliano - 2026

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Health expenditure, institutional quality, and economic growth : evidence from EU countries outside the eurozone

Lengos, Gerasimos; Dritsaki, Melina - 2026

This study investigates the relationship between economic growth, health expenditure, institutional quality, gross fixed capital formation, and foreign direct investment in EU countries outside the euro area over the period 2000-2024. The analysis is grounded in neoclassical and endogenous...

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PROM-based monitoring and alerts reduce post-surgery healthcare utilization of patients undergoing joint replacement : A secondary analysis of the PROMoting Quality RCT

Ehlig, David; Schöner, Lukas; Geissler, Alexander; … - 2026

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Tough versus soft regulations to promote generic medications in Italy

Dhingra, Aarushi; Fiorentini, Gianluca; Fouda, Ayman; … - 2026

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The cost-effectiveness of enzyme replacement therapies versus best supportive care for treating late onset Pompe disease in the UK NHS

Walton, Matthew; Deng, Nyanar Jasmine; Corbett, Mark; … - 2026

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Long-term effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of testing for alemtuzumab antidrug antibodies to guide treatment in multiple sclerosis : a modelling study

Jamieson, Timothy; Tomini, Florian; Gnanapavan, Sharmilee; … - 2026

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The protective effects of a healthy spouse : medicare as the family member of last resort

Fadlon, Itzik; Gross, Tal; Hoagland, Alex; Layton, Tim - 2026

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When cures are costly : budget-constrained epidemic control and strategic drug pricing

Caravaggio, Andrea; Di Liddo, Andrea; Martiradonna, Angela - 2026

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Assessing the scope and reporting quality of published health economic evaluation studies in Jordan : a systematic literature review

Sheikha, Lama; Arabyat, Rasha M. - 2026

Background Jordan faces growing healthcare challenges driven by limited resources, rising healthcare expenditures, and an increasing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Economic evaluations are essential for informing resource allocation and supporting health technology assessment (HTA)....

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Factors influencing the reimbursement decisions of cancer drugs in Spanish National Health System

Nieto-Gómez, Pelayo; Castaño-Amores, Celia; … - 2026

Objective This study aims to evaluate the influence of several factors, including added clinical benefit, cost-utility, availability of therapeutic alternatives, innovation level, and evidence uncertainty, on public reimbursement decisions for cancer drugs targeting solid tumours in Spanish...

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Prospective payment system transformation : 2000-2024 : temporal trends, payment architecture, and cross-national variation

Behzadi, Anahita; Bagherinezhad, Zohreh; Ghobadi, Maliheh - 2026

Background Prospective Payment Systems (PPS) have been widely adopted over the past two decades as instruments for cost containment and efficiency improvement in health systems. However, much of the existing literature focuses on individual payment arrangements or single-country experiences,...

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Costs and cost-effectiveness of Type 2 Diabetes management in Sub-Saharan Africa : a systematic review

Hellebo, Assegid; Kengne, Andre P.; Alaba, Olufunke A. - 2026

Background Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) is rapidly increasing in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with related health and financial implications. Knowledge of the costs and cost-effectiveness of managing diabetes is needed to increase awareness, improve resource allocation and enhance the use of...

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A methodological analysis of systematic reviews of cost-effectiveness in screening, diagnosis, and treatment of colorectal cancer

Velásquez, Mónica A.; Bachelet, Vivienne C. - 2026

Introduction Economic evaluations are essential for informing decisions on colorectal cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment. However, substantial methodological variability across studies challenges the comparability and interpretation of cost-effectiveness evidence. Objective To identify,...

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Behavioral responses of healthcare providers to prospective payment systems : a systematic review using the WHO framework : 2000-2024

Behzadi, Anahita; Bagherinezhad, Zohreh; Ghobadi, Maliheh - 2026

Background Prospective payment systems (PPS) have become increasingly prevalent in healthcare globally, yet their impact on provider behavior remains complex and context-dependent. This systematic review examines the behavioral responses of healthcare providers to PPS using the World Health...

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