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A case study: the volume-based incentive plan at a department of UPMC
, 2019 This is a challenging time for hospitals and physicians. Externally, reimbursement systems are changing rapidly: both public- and private-sector payers are shifting the reimbursement models to emphasize value over volume. Internally, physician burnout is
Chen, Kexin
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Food Biomacromolecules, EarlyView.Bidirectional interactions between food‐derived sensory compounds, gut sensing and microbiota, host physiological feedback, and metabolite production within the food matrix collectively shape sensory perception, microbial dynamics, and metabolic health.
Mohammad Nazrul Islam Bhuiyan
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Ambiguity Aversion and Cost-Plus Procurement Contracts [PDF]
This paper presents a positive theory about the contractual form of procurement contracts under cost uncertainty. While the cost of manufacture is uncertain it can be controlled, to an extent depending on the effort exerted by the agent.
Sujoy Mukerji
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Health Care Science, EarlyView.We developed an effective prediction model for reasonably high hospitalization costs, using gastric cancer surgery patients as an example. Integrating this assessment into the healthcare payment system based on diagnosis‐related groups is expected to improve the individualization and precision of health insurance fund utilization.
Kan Xue +9 more
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Provider Competition in a Dynamic Setting [PDF]
In this paper, we examine provider and patient behaviour where effort is non-contractible and where competition between providers is modeled in an explicit way.
Marie Allard +2 more
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Occupational Licensing and Psychologist Supply
Health Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Does reducing interstate licensing barriers increase the supply of mental health providers? We study this question using the U.S. Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact (PSYPACT), which allows psychologists to practice across state lines via telemedicine without obtaining additional state licenses.
Daniel Goetz
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Nursing Home Quality as a Public Good [PDF]
There has been much debate among economists about whether nursing home quality is a public good across Medicaid and private-pay patients within a common facility. However, there has been only limited empirical work addressing this issue.
David C. Grabowski +2 more
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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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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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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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