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Evaluation of a Partial Ban on Rx‐Rebates in Germany
Health Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We investigate patients' price sensitivity for prescription (Rx) drugs with regards to patronizing online or brick‐and‐mortar pharmacies. In doing so, we exploit a policy change in Germany that prohibited online pharmacies from granting rebates to one part of the population, the members of the statutory health insurance scheme.
Maximilian M. Gail +3 more
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Analyzing Differences in Rural Hospital Efficiency: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach
This study analyzes difference in efficiency among the U.S. rural hospitals using a two-stage, semi-parametric approach. Data Envelopment Analysis is used in the first stage to calculate cost, technical and allocative efficiencies of Critical Access ...
Nedelea, I. Cristian +2 more
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Prospective payment system : consequences for hospital-physician interactions in the private sector [PDF]
In 2004, French health authorities plan to introduce a prospective payment system for hospitals delivering acute care based on the DRG classification system.
Laurent, COUDEVILLE +2 more
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Health Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Even though data on hospital admissions are widely used in health research, hospitalization‐related estimands measured using these data are not always clearly conceptualized. Consequently, estimators of these quantities can have unclear rationales and undesirable properties.
Aditya Jain +7 more
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Open Access Journal of Clinical Trials, 2021 Nicholas Bari Ndahura,1,2 Judith Munga,1 Judith Kimiywe,1 Ezekiel Mupere3 1Department of Food, Nutrition, and Dietetics, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya; 2Department of Human Nutrition and Home Economics, Kyambogo University, Kampala, Uganda ...
Ndahura NB, Munga J, Kimiywe J, Mupere E
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Does Corporate Ownership Matter? Service Provision in the Hospital Industry [PDF]
Three types of firms %uF818 nonprofit, for-profit, and government %uF818 own U.S. hospitals, yet we do not know whether ownership results in the specialization of medical service provision.
Jill R. Horwitz
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Health Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Outpatient specialist physicians in France can work either in the regulated sector, where they charge the regulated fee, or in the unregulated sector, where they set their own fees above the regulated fee. This context provides a unique opportunity to estimate the extent to which patients value services provided under balance billing.
Karine Lamiraud, Radu Vranceanu
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Batna Journal of Medical SciencesIntroduction: Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a major cardiovascular emergency associated with considerable clinical and economic burden. In middle-income countries, data on hospital costs remain limited. Objective: To describe the components and direct
Zakaria GHOUAIMI +7 more
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The Effects of Hospital Ownership on Medical Productivity [PDF]
To develop new evidence on the effects of hospital ownership and other aspects of hospital market composition on health care productivity, we analyze longitudinal data on the medical expenditures and health outcomes of the vast majority of nonrural ...
Mark McClellan, Daniel Kessler
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The Effects of Compulsory Licensing: A Case Study of HIV Drugs
Health Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Compulsory licensing is a legal mechanism that allows governments the use of patented medicines without the owner's consent, subject to conditions and compensation, to meet public‐health needs. Despite its policy relevance and increasing use, empirical evidence on its market effects remains limited.
Nicolau Martin‐Bassols +2 more
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