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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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The future of Swiss hospital capacity planning : new impulses from realworld evidence and stakeholder inputs

Vogel, Justus; Fu, Enqi; Lang, Charlotte; Ehlig, David; … - 2026

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Delayed retirement : effects on health and healthcare utilization

Borgbjerg, Anne Katrine; Sigaard, Hans Schytte; Svarer, … - 2026

This paper estimates the effect of a reform-induced increase in the early retirement age (ERA) on labor supply, health, and healthcare utilization using detailed Danish administrative data and a regression discontinuity design. We show that while raising the ERA successfully increased...

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Delayed retirement : effects on health and healthcare utilization

Borgbjerg, Anne Katrine; Sigaard, Hans Schytte; Svarer, … - 2026

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Delayed retirement : effects on health and healthcare utilization

Borgbjerg, Anne Katrine; Sigaard, Hans Schytte; Svarer, … - 2026

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Die Krankenhausstrukturen zukunftsfest machen!

Augurzky, Boris; Karagiannidis, Christian - 2026

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Debtor protection and health insurance : evidence from personal bankruptcy reform

Barbieri, Paolo Nicola; Bottazzi, Laura; Di Giacomo, … - 2026

We investigate how the use of bankruptcy as an implicit health insurance varies across households, focusing on heterogeneity by asset holdings, race, marital status, and educational attainment. Using a difference-in-differences design based on the 2005 bankruptcy reform, we find that the reform...

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Ottawa's enforcement of the Canada health act constrains provincial health care reform

Esmail, Nadeem; Asaad, Lauren; Moir, Mackenzie - 2026

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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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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 health care system in Serbia

Milevska-Kostova, Neda - 2026

This country report provides a description of the emergence of a health care system under public responsibility in Serbia. The inception of the health care system refers to the first legislation stipulating entitlements to medical care. The report also includes a brief description of major...

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The health care system in Cuba

Cassells, Elsada Diana - 2026

This country report provides a description of the emergence of a health care system under public responsibility in Cuba. The inception of the health care system refers to the first legislation stipulating entitlements to medical care. The report also includes a brief description of major health...

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Health reforms, facility-based delivery, and newborn's health : evidence from Rwanda

Park, Jiwon - 2026

Since 2006, Rwanda has experienced a substantial rise in the facility-based delivery (FBD) rate, attributed to various health initiatives. This paper investigates the impact of multiple health reforms on maternal service utilization and neonatal mortality rates. Employing a...

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Competition and regulation in the healthcare sector

2026

Competition can control costs and incentivise efficiency in the healthcare sector. This paper examines how regulation interacts with competition in healthcare markets and identifies areas where competition authorities can advocate for pro-competitive regulation. It presents a framework for...

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Do markets deliver? : competition and choice in European healthcare markets

Propper, Carol - 2026

In the last two decades European policy makers have sought to increase the use of market mechanisms in the delivery of healthcare. These reforms introduce competition and choice into previously heavily constrained environments. This leads to a set of interesting economic issues that have been...

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Reform der Pflegeversicherung : Finanzierung sichern

Rothgang, Heinz - 2025

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Impact of pilot public hospital reform on efficiencies : a DEA analysis of county hospitals in East China : 2009-2015

Jiang, Wei; Lou, Xuyan; Chen, Qiulin; Song, Lina; Chen, Zhuo - 2025

Background China started a pilot public hospital reform in 2012 to improve governance and efficiency in healthcare services delivery among county-level hospitals. This study aims to investigate the impact of the pilot reform on hospital efficiency and productivity by using a unique dataset of...

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Impacts of the diagnosis-intervention packet reform on costs and healthcare resource utilization : evidence from Guangzhou, China

Fang, Bingxue; Jiang, Yawen - 2025

Background The diagnosis-intervention packet (DIP) payment reform, utilizing big data for patient classification and payment standardization, was initially developed and piloted in China. Guangzhou, the pilot mega-city, rolled out DIP payment reform in 2018 to regulate medical expenditures. We...

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Health care reform options for British Columbia

Moir, Mackenzie; Globerman, Steven; Barua, Bachhus - 2025

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Transforming Health Care in Lesotho

2025

Healthcare access and service delivery quality have been a persistent challenge in Lesotho. The COVID-19 pandemic has added new challenges and opportunities for change. Among those changes is the need to include digital health solutions and think about how new digital health interventions can...

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Preparing Health Systems for Shocks

2025

This report focuses on Japan's experiences to showcase how the country incrementally strengthened the resilience of its health system by enhancing its capacity to prepare for, respond to, and recover from crises, drawing valuable lessons from its experience of major earthquakes, floods, and...

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Health insurance coverage changes under the Affordable Care Act among high housing cost households, 2010-18

Cao, Yu; Su, Yuxin; Wang, Guan; Zhang, Chengcheng - 2025

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Incentives, health, and retirement : evidence from a Finnish pension reform

Ollonqvist, Joonas; Kotakorpi, Kaisa; Laaksonen, Mikko; … - 2025

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Do integrated care models for dual medicare-medicaid enrollees work? : evidence from Massachusetts's one care financial alignment initiative demonstration

Caswell, Kyle J.; Waidmann, Timothy; Wei, Keqin; Smith, … - 2025

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The spillover effects of nurse practitioner scope of practice expansions on safety net program participation : evidence from WIC

Fleming, Owen; Springer, Lilly - 2025

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The spillover effects of nurse practitioner scope of practice expansions on safety net program participation : evidence from WIC

Fleming, Owen; Springer, Lilly - 2025

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Reforming Health Taxes to Improve Mexico's Health

Maldonado, Norman; Ozer, Ceren; Veillard, Jeremy - 2025

En México se necesitan urgentemente mejoras en los impuestos selectivos al tabaco, las bebidas alcohólicas y las bebidas azucaradas para reducir las muertes prematuras evitables. En México, 125,350 personas pierden la vida anualmente debido al uso de estos productos. Más allá de los efectos...

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Dualism of the health system for sustainable health system financing in Benin : collaboration or competition?

Alakonon, Calixe Bidossessi; Gbeto, Josette Rosine Aniwuvi - 2025

This study analyses the conditions under which co-opetition improves the supply of healthcare services in Benin. Using non-centralised administrative data from a sample of public and private health centres, we apply network theory and negative binomial regression to assess the extent to which...

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Fiscal Implications of Aging in Andorra : Pension and Healthcare System Reforms

Bibolov, Aidyn - 2025

Andorra has the highest life expectancy and the lowest fertility rate in Europe, resulting in one of the fastest-aging populations on the continent. This study assesses the long-term fiscal implications of demographic change for Andorra's pension and healthcare systems. Without reform, public...

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China's experience in pursuing universal health coverage

2025

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Projections of national demand and bed capacity requirements for public acute hospitals in Ireland, 2023-2040 : based on the Hippocrates model

Brick, Aoife; Kakoulidou, Theano; Humes, Harry - 2025

Historic underinvestment, coupled with a growing and ageing population, has led to capacity constraints in public acute hospitals in Ireland. This is evidenced by ageing infrastructure, large waiting lists and long waiting times for elective treatment, as well as pressure on unscheduled care...

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Public financial management reforms in India : understanding state-level experiences from the implementation of Single Nodal Agency reform in national health mission

Choudhury, Mita; Chutani, Nitya - 2025

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Baseline assessment of the implementation of provider payment and outpatient benefit reforms in the Philippines

Conda, Lea Elora A.; Bagas, Joy; Gepte, Diana Francesca G. - 2025

The Universal Health Care (UHC) Act of 2019 introduces comprehensive reforms to address longstanding demand and supply constraints in the Philippine health system. Key reform areas include shifting provider payment mechanisms of PhilHealth to a global budget and expanding primary healthcare...

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Patient empowerment in public healthcare funding system reform : a power network perspective

Laguecir, Aziza; Chapman, Christopher S.; Gebreiter, Florian - 2025

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Catastrophic health expenditure during healthcare financing reform : evidence from Kazakhstan

Sarsenbayeva, Aigerim; Alpysbayeva, Dinara - 2025

Unequal access to healthcare and inadequate financing have highlighted the need for healthcare reform to increase efficiency while ensuring equity in healthcare financing worldwide. Our study evaluates the capacity of Kazakhstan’s healthcare system reform, transitioning from a tax-financed...

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Dependent insurance coverage and parental job lock : evidence from the Affordable Care Act

Bae, Hannah; Meckel, Katherine; Shi, Maggie - 2025

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Medical residency subsidies and physician shortages

McNamara, Cici; Pineda-Torres, Mayra - 2025

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Medical residency subsidies and physician shortages

McNamara, Cici; Pineda-Torres, Mayra - 2024

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What drives regional heterogeneity in hospital capacity planning? : a qualitative study investigating the perspectives of Swiss cantons

Walker, Carla; Schneider, Charlotte; Bukanova-Berend, Daria - 2025

Background: Hospital capacity planning can help to balance quality, cost-effectiveness, and accessibility of inpatient services. Achieving all three objectives equally is complex and requires a balanced and targeted approach. Moreover, the implementation of a national reform in this field in...

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The causal effects of mandatory health insurance coverage expansion in Switzerland

Kaiser, Boris; Kohler, Andreas; Schmid, Christian - 2025

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Winning the game : strengthening PhilHealth's provider fraud control mechanisms toward improved service delivery and financial risk protection for Filipinos

Siy Van, Vanessa T.; Sigua, Jemar Anne V.; Tomas, … - 2025

Fraud in social health insurance results in inefficient use of government resources and diverts funds away from paying for necessary health care needs and subsidizing the poor. We conducted a process evaluation of the fraud control mechanisms of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation...

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Measure, monitor, minimize : reenvisioning a PhilHealth hospital readmission policy for value-based purchasing and financial risk protection for Filipinos

Siy Van, Vanessa T.; Casas, Lyle; Sigua, Jemar Anne V.; … - 2025

Hospital readmissions are often used to measure quality and continuity of care within health systems. In 2024, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) removed its Single Period Confinement (SPC) Rule, a longstanding policy that denied reimbursements for readmissions within 90...

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Synthesis Report 2025: Health Policy Reform Trends in the EU

2025

The Synthesis Report 2025: Health Policy Reform Trends in the EU is a key element of the European Commission's State of Health in the EU cycle, a knowledge brokering project developed with financial support from the European Union. It highlights key cross-country findings emerging from the...

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How Do Health System Features Influence Health System Performance?

2025

International comparisons are an important tool for benchmarking health system performance, shedding light on health systems' relative strengths and weaknesses. The present work examines how different groups of countries sharing similar health system characteristics perform relative to others....

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Insurer size and negotiated hospital prices : insights from the Affordable Care Act in Arkansas

Choi, Jee-Hun - 2025

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The health impacts of relaxing internal migration policies : quasi-experimental evidence from China

Wu, Fengyu; Wang, Julia Shu-Huah; You, Jing; Teitler, Julien - 2025

This study examines the health impacts of a large-scale internal migration reform in China. Using nationally representative data from the China Labor-Force Dynamics Survey (2012-2018) and a unique dataset on city-level policy intensity and adoption timing, we employ a triple-difference approach...

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Medical expenditures and the measurement of poverty in the United States

Petach, Luke; Wyant, David K. - 2025

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Gesundheitsagenda 2030 : ohne Reformen drohen Sozialabgaben von 50 % und mehr : steigende GKV-Beiträge und demografischer Wandel erfordern tiefgreifende Strukturreformen

Augurzky, Boris; Karagiannidis, Christian - 2025

Die Sozialabgaben in Deutschland haben mit 42 % die einst als unüberschreitbar geltende "Haltelinie" von 40 % bereits deutlich überschritten. Besonders dramatisch entwickeln sich die Zusatzbeiträge der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung (GKV): von 1,7 % im Jahr 2024 auf aktuell 2,9 % im zweiten...

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The health care system in Slovenia

Milevska-Kostova, Neda - 2025

This country report provides a description of the emergence of a health care system under public responsibility in Slovenia. The inception of the health care system refers to the first legislation stipulating entitlements to medical care. The report also includes a brief description of major...

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The health care system in Morocco

Mahmoud, Mai Mohamed Abdou - 2025

This country report provides a description of the emergence of a health care system under public responsibility in Morocco. The inception of the health care system refers to the first legislation stipulating entitlements to medical care. The report also includes a brief description of major...

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The health care system in Mexico

Meneses Navarro, Sergio - 2025

This country report provides a description of the emergence of a health care system under public responsibility in Mexico. The inception of the health care system refers to the first legislation stipulating entitlements to medical care. The report also includes a brief description of major...

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Jordan : Health Spending Efficiency: Issues and Reform Directions

Carroll, Nick - 2024

This report reviews Jordan's public health expenditure and develops options to enhance spending efficiency that support the government's health and fiscal consolidation efforts. The particular focus of the mission was to provide support on: (1) overall health spending analysis, (2) support...

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Country-level effects of diagnosis-related groups : evidence from Germany's comprehensive reform of hospital payments

Messerle, Robert; Schreyögg, Jonas - 2024

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The health care system in Rwanda

Nauroozi, Hüma - 2024

This country report provides a description of the emergence of a health care system under public responsibility in Rwanda. The inception of the health care system refers to the first legislation stipulating entitlements to medical care. The report also includes a brief description of major...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014636000