Williams (2015): "Paying on the Margin for Medical Care: Evidence from Breast Cancer Treatments,"forthcoming in American Economic Journals: Eco- nomic Policy.Einav, L., A. Finkelstein, and H. Williams (2016). Paying on the margin for medical care: Evidence from breast cancer treatments. ...
Following on the recommendations of the Dilnot Commission, a key element of the legislation is to put a cap or limit on out-of-pocket care costs.Footnote5After due consideration, the government decided to set the cap at £72,000 (equivalent roughly to 2–3 years in a care home), after...
Ten years ago, this phenomenon was barely on the radar. The idea is simple – by paying hospitals to do what the funder wants done, rather than simply giving them a fixed budget and letting them decide how to spend it, one can steer them to, say, reduce wait times for particular ...
In my case, paying all cash for my house in 2019 saved me at least 5% off the market price. Five years later, I know this to be true based on comparable homes sold. In addition, the San Francisco Assessor's Office emailed me the next year and put me through the wringer, asking me...
For some clinics, in fact, payments from licensed producers (LPs) represent the bulk of their income. Article content “LP revenue provides the highest margin of all the company’s revenue streams,” says a document filed with regulators by Sunni...
But its sharp gains quickly evaporated, helping MRK return for another year as a Dow Dog. What Has to Go Right: Better news on the drug-pipeline front. Merck is sorely behind the 8-ball here; UBS recently took shares down a notch citing recent negative updates from two products...
All scenarios see the same wage increase for workers in BRIC. This is approximately equal to a doubling of the average BRIC wage.~12.5% price increase, resulting from the paying BRIC workers in the Western European clothing supply chain a living wage (including profit margin increases for direct...
He simply placed a free ad on Craigslist under household services and skilled services. He put an ad in as a handyman and the rest is history. Within a very short time, his phone was ringing off the hook. The key for Martin was that he thought about what people might need rather ...
Respondents always rate on a scale of 1-10, before being asked an open-ended follow-up question to determine deeper reasoning for their score. Sometimes, SaaS NPS questionnaires simply ask for an explanation of why respondents chose their score. Something like “What is the primary reason f...
4.adequate; sufficient:a due margin for delay. 5.expected to be ready, be present, or arrive; scheduled:The plane is due at noon. n. 6.something that is owed or naturally belongs to someone. 7.Usu.,dues.a regular fee payable at specific intervals, esp. to a group or organization:me...