Thispaperexploitsthestaggeredadoptionofmajorconcurrenthealthreformsincountriesin EuropeandCentralAsiaafter1990toestimatetheirimpactonpublichealthexpenditure, utilization,andavoidabledeaths.Whilethehealthsystemsallderivedfromthesame paradigmundercentralplanning,theyhavesinceintroducedchangestopoliciesregarding ...
Worldwide, socioeconomic differences in health and use of healthcare resources have been reported, even in countries providing universal healthcare coverage. However, it is unclear how large these socioeconomic differences are for different types of care and to what extent health status plays a role...
Economic evaluations started about 30 years ago as rather crude analyses, in which the value of improved health was measured in terms of increased labour production. Now, more refined methods are available to measure health changes in terms of quality-adjusted life-years gained or willingness to ...
Although there is no threshold value for cost effectiveness in Sweden, the values presented would normally be regarded as cost effective in the Swedish healthcare system. Modelling studies are a good starting point, but long-term naturalistic studies are needed to establish the cost effectiveness of...
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the impact of enterprise reform on workers' health care benefits and their financial burden due to medical expenses. This study is based on a 1992 survey conducted in 22 cities, and included 406 enterprises and 5920 workers. It was found that there ...
Table 1. Variables included in the study. Healthcare factorsContextual factors (continue) Type of Hospital Public Marital status Single/Divorced/Widow Private Married Prenatal care below 7 consultations Race White 7 consultations + Brown Place of living Resident Black Outsider Educational level Low Year...
A socioeconomic gradient affects healthcare expenditures and longevity in opposite directions as less affluent individuals have higher current healthcare expenditures but simultaneously enjoy shorter lives. Yet, it is unclear whether this cross-sectional
Against the backdrop of changes unseen in a century and sluggish global economic recovery, the CIIE by connecting the global enterprises with China’s super-sized market, has fostered global trade and cooperation, adding momentum to global economy and also injecting dynamism into the joint efforts ...
This paper identifies and quantifies the contribution of a set of covariates in affecting levels and over time changes of happiness inequality. Using a dec... B Leonardo,M Riccardo,N Paolo - 《Oxford Economic Papers》 被引量: 79发表: 2014年 Social inequality and health: the role of social...
Aim: To analyze changes in access to health care and its determinants in the immigrant and native-born populations in Spain, before and during the economic crisis. Methods: Comparative analysis of two iterations of the Spanish National Health Survey (2006 and 2012). Outcome variables were: unmet...