Decision-making regarding healthcare expenditure hinges heavily on an individual's health status and the certainty about the future. This study uses data on propensity of general health exam (GHE) spending to show that despite the debate on the necessity
Dictionary of Health Economics and Finance Dictionary of Health Information Technology and Security Dictionary of Health Insurance and Managed Care BOOK REVIEW This is an excellent book. It is all inclusive yet easy to read with current citations, references and much frightening information. I highly...
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Indeed, previous studies have failed to provide a clear answer regarding the existence of a convergence process—the movement toward uniformity in terms of health care expenditure and quality of health services. On the one hand, Refs. [1,2] state that there is no convergence regarding health ...
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he struggled withdrug abuse, which led to his arrest formarijuanapossession at age 16 and his expulsion from twoboarding schools. He attendedHarvard University, where he earned abachelor’s degreein American history and literature in 1976. He also attended theLondon School of Economics and Politica...
A youngish (aged 38), white, employed man—one with great health insurance in the USA—first noticed a pea-shaped/-sized nodule in one testicle while doing a manual self-exam over 10 years ago. At that time and for each subsequent year, he kept having that testicle checked by his doct...
I have been closely following the national debate surrounding health care and health insurance. Although it seems like the issue is mainly a macro-economics issue, I really do think that OR has a lot to offer, particularly in predicting the costs and benefits of treatment and care. But I se...
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Intertwined with this concept we’ve seen new frontiers with behavioral economics, including motivational behavior, navigating biases and irrational behavior. Blog September 23, 2019 The Week That Was: Where Have All the Unicorns Gone? From Sen. Nancy Pelosi’s highly anticipated drug pricing plan...