Download or read book Five Essays on the Economics of Health and Health Care written by Gregory Gill Lubiani and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This doctoral dissertation consists of five essays in applied microeconomics with focus on healthcare economics and health services research. The first three are innovative being the first in the health economics literature to investigate different distinct aspects of modeling the economic contents of U.S. physical therapy production using the generalized flexible translog (GTL) dual cost model and iterative seemingly unrelated regression estimation (ISURE) technique. Using the higher frequency (bi-weekly) panel dataset, pair-wise input factor relationships of three distinct labor types are examined for the fast growing industry, which has up to now lacked current economic investigation due to data paucity. Pair-wise factor relationships (isoquant curvature) were investigated for three competing conceptual measures of the elasticity of substitution (own- and cross-price, Allen-Uzawa, Morishima, and shadow), as well as scale economies at constant output. Second, three Pythagorean means (arithmetic, harmonic and geometric) were investigated for appropriateness as the mean expansion point for the GTL model. Finally, statistical tests were conducted indicating that pediatric and adult clinics operate with distinct underlying technologies. The final two essays incorporate health economics and health services, research in the study of patient care decision, as it relates to Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders, and the impact of the decision on health outcomes. The DNR papers, using Probit and propensity score research methodologies, are the first to utilize a large, comprehensive patient discharge dataset to provide insights into the potential implications for healthcare policy, patient awareness and care, most notably for the rapidly aging baby-boomer population.
Download or read book Essays in the Economics of Health and Medical Care written by Victor R. Fuchs and published by New York : National Bureau of Economic Research distributed by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1972 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of essays on the economics of health and health services in the USA - covers supply and demand, budgetary resources, cost and objectives with regard to medical care, and considers wages and income distribution among medical personnel, effects of health care on labour productivity, etc. References and statistical tables.
Download or read book Essays on the Economics of Healthcare and Health written by Laia Bosque Mercader and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Economics of Health and Health Care written by Sherman Folland and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-06-26 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Folland, Goodman, and Stano’s bestselling The Economics of Health and Health Care text offers the market-leading overview of all aspects of Health Economics, teaching through core economic themes, rather than concepts unique to the health care economy. The Eighth Edition of this key textbook has been revised and updated throughout, and reflects changes since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In addition to its revised treatment of health insurance, the text also introduces the key literature on social capital as it applies to individual and public health, as well as looking at public health initiatives relating to population health and economic equity, and comparing numerous policies across Western countries, China, and the developing world. It provides up-to-date discussions on current issues, as well as a comprehensive bibliography with over 1,100 references. Extra material and teaching resources are now also available through the brand new companion website, which provides full sets of discussion questions, exercises, presentation slides, and a test bank. This book demonstrates the multiplicity of ways in which economists analyze the health care system, and is suitable for courses in Health Economics, Health Policy/Systems, or Public Health, taken by health services students or practitioners.
Download or read book Essays on the Economics of Health Care Markets written by Andrew Olenski and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our findings establish that insurers can affect health care well outside their direct purview, raising the question of how to match their private objectives with their scope of influence.
Download or read book Essays in the Economics of Health Andmedical Care written by v. r.n Fuchs and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Essays on the Economics of Health Care Provision written by Shan Huang and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Three Essays in the Economics of Health written by Achintya Ray and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Economics of Health and Health Care written by Sherman Folland and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-01-31 with total page 921 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Economics of Health and Health Care is the market-leading health economics textbook, providing comprehensive coverage of all the key topics, and balancing economic theory, empirical evidence, and public policy. The ninth edition offers updated material throughout, including two new chapters: Disparities in Health and Health Care (Chapter 7) examines issues of race, ethnicity, income, gender, and geography with respect to health care access, health inputs, and health outcomes; Pandemic Economics (Chapter 9) introduces a new and simplified economic treatment of epidemics and pandemics within the context of COVID-19. We also include applications from the growing literature on digital medicine. The book further highlights the impacts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and updates its path-breaking comparative analyses across countries to focus on the differences in access and costs. The book continues to provide a clear, step-by-step understanding of health economics, making economic principles accessible to students, supported by boxed examples, figures and tables. Each chapter contains concise summaries, discussion questions, and quantitative exercises to promote student learning. There is also a glossary of key terms and an extensive reference list. Instructors are supported by a range of digital supplements. It is the perfect textbook for students and practitioners taking undergraduate and postgraduate courses in health economics, health policy, and public health.
Download or read book Essays on the Economics of Health Care Provision written by Thomas P. Hoe and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Essays in the Economics of Healthcare written by George Stoye and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Essays on the Economics of Health Insurance written by Flora Hsui-Chen Tsui and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Essays on the Economics of Health Policy written by Mengdi Shi and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second paper, "Regulated Revenues and Hospital Behavior: Evidence from a Medicare Overhaul'' (with Tal Gross, Adam Sacarny, and David Silver), considers how healthcare providers respond to changes in regulated prices. In it, we study a major reform that increased Medicare prices for some hospitals but decreased them for others, and consider how hospitals responded to these payment changes. Finally the third paper, "The Costs and Benefits of Monitoring Providers: Evidence from Medicare Audits,'' studies the efficacy of policies aimed at monitoring healthcare providers for wasteful expenditure. It studies a large monitoring program run by Medicare, and estimates the costs and benefits of this monitoring for the government, providers, and patients.
Download or read book Five Essays on Competition and Regulation in Health Care Markets written by Kurt Richard Brekke and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Essays in Health Economics and Health Policy written by Eun Young Kim and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation is a compilation of three essays. The first essay critiques a recent paper by Wilper et al. (2009) for its inappropriate model calibration in analyzing the association of health insurance and mortality. Using the individual-level data from a nationwide survey with more recent mortality follow-up information, it shows that the privately-insured do not significantly fare better in mortality risk compared to the uninsured. Moreover, hazard ratio estimate for the Medicaid suggests that public provision of insurance increases mortality. The second essay addresses the role of income in explaining the differential public health outcomes across developed countries. Noting that the growing arguments for socioeconomic gradient in health are based mostly on cross-sectional studies, panel analyses of five different public health outcomes are conducted. Results demonstrate that economic development remains critical in explaining health improvements at the aggregate level. The third essay analyzes the association of income and health care spending at the aggregate level. Using a large panel data from 24 industrialized nations for more than three decades, the close relationship between income and health care spending is established. In contrast to earlier cross-sectional studies, the panel analysis suggests that health expenditure growth is not as rapid as income growth in almost all nations.
Download or read book Essays on the Economics of Health written by Paul Andrés Rodríguez Lesmes and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Essays on the Economics of Health Care in the United States written by Patricia Kuan-Pei Foo and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this dissertation, I study three related topics regarding the economics of health care in the United States. I begin with a broad look at the recent U.S. health care reform law in Chapter 1. In Chapters 2 and 3, I narrow my focus to study the impact of changing either demand-side incentives (Chapter 2) or supply-side incentives (Chapter 3) on the utilization of medical services. In Chapter 1, Wichsinee Wibulpolprasert and I study changes in firms' asset prices around the passage of the ACA by the House of Representatives to identify the long- run expected impact of the reform for a given firm, including general equilibrium effects (e.g., price changes). The ACA includes a wide-reaching set of reforms to ensure more universal and comprehensive health insurance benefits. The bill has the potential to impact U.S. firms through regulations on employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) and general equilibrium effects. Among 321 publicly traded firms from 19 sec- tors (defined by the 2-digit North American Industry Classification System code), we find that firms experienced heterogeneous effects on their asset prices that are consis- tent with predictions from a partial equilibrium analysis of labor market equilibria. Shareholders of firms with a relatively higher proportion of uninsured employees or employees with ESI prior to the reform experienced a negative impact on their asset prices, while shareholders of firms with a relatively higher proportion of employees who would qualify for the Medicaid expansion or who would qualify for premium subsidies on the health insurance exchanges experienced a positive impact on their asset prices. Our results suggest that the ACA's incidence lies partly on shareholders, but that coverage through public insurance or publicly-supported insurance markets is incident on taxpayers or possibly on the employees of the affected firms. In Chapter 2, Mark Cullen and I study the impact of changing demand-side in- centives on the use of generic drugs during an era of slowing prescription drug ex- penditures. We examine the interaction of two factors that have contributed to this trend change: cost-sharing and generic entry. Specifically, we examine a case in which a large, self-insured company introduced prescription drug plans that increased the difference in the marginal price of brand-name and generic drugs between 2004 and 2006. Using prescription drug claims data, we estimate an elasticity of substitution of -0.03. At the same time, we find that approximately 90% of individuals substitute to generics within two years of first-time generic entry, and that the switching decision is not affected by the change in cost-sharing. We discuss potential policy implications of these two divergent substitution patterns. Finally, in Chapter 3, Robin S. Lee, Kyna Fong and I study the effect of changing the price differential for cesarean versus vaginal deliveries paid by commercial insurers to hospitals and physicians on cesarean rates. Using eight years of claims data con- taining negotiated prices, we exploit within-hospital-physician-group price variation arising from contract renegotiations over time. We find that increasing the physician price differential by $100 yields a 0.55 percentage point (1.9%) increase. Increas- ing the hospital price differential by $1000 for births delivered by hospital-exclusive physician groups yields a 1.1 percentage point (3.7%) increase. Our findings have implications for understanding hospital-physician principal-agent problems and for the future of accountable care organizations.
