{"title":"Regulation of health: case studies of Sweden and Switzerland. Introduction.","authors":"P Zweifel","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79866,"journal":{"name":"Developments in health economics and public policy","volume":"7 ","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21400981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1998-01-01DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-4052-6_7
M Lundbäck, D Staib
{"title":"Reimbursement of hospital services and hospital financing.","authors":"M Lundbäck, D Staib","doi":"10.1007/978-1-4615-4052-6_7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4052-6_7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79866,"journal":{"name":"Developments in health economics and public policy","volume":"7 ","pages":"137-60"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21400985","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1998-01-01DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-4052-6_10
J Hauser, C Prütz
{"title":"Programs for the aged in Sweden and in Switzerland.","authors":"J Hauser, C Prütz","doi":"10.1007/978-1-4615-4052-6_10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4052-6_10","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79866,"journal":{"name":"Developments in health economics and public policy","volume":"7 ","pages":"209-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21400988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1998-01-01DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5681-7_5
G Sundberg
{"title":"Health, work-hours, and wages in Sweden.","authors":"G Sundberg","doi":"10.1007/978-1-4615-5681-7_5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5681-7_5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79866,"journal":{"name":"Developments in health economics and public policy","volume":"6 ","pages":"95-112"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21516655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1998-01-01DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5681-7_8
A Scott, A Shiell
Multilevel modelling is a relatively new technique developed in the area of educational research. To illustrate the use of this technique in health economics, this paper estimates a multilevel logit model to examine the effect of competition on the behaviour of Australian general practitioners. The main hypothesis tested is that GPs in areas of high competition are more likely to recommend a follow up consultation compared to GPs in areas of low competition. The results suggest that competition influences the decision to recommend a follow up visit for one out of the five medical conditions analysed. The use of multilevel analysis represents a methodological improvement on previous models of GP behaviour. However, before multilevel analysis is more widely adopted it is argued that it should be more formally assessed against more standard and equivalent methods already used by economists, such as random effects panel data models.
{"title":"The use of multilevel analysis in health economics: an application to examining the effect of competition on general practitioners' behaviour.","authors":"A Scott, A Shiell","doi":"10.1007/978-1-4615-5681-7_8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5681-7_8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Multilevel modelling is a relatively new technique developed in the area of educational research. To illustrate the use of this technique in health economics, this paper estimates a multilevel logit model to examine the effect of competition on the behaviour of Australian general practitioners. The main hypothesis tested is that GPs in areas of high competition are more likely to recommend a follow up consultation compared to GPs in areas of low competition. The results suggest that competition influences the decision to recommend a follow up visit for one out of the five medical conditions analysed. The use of multilevel analysis represents a methodological improvement on previous models of GP behaviour. However, before multilevel analysis is more widely adopted it is argued that it should be more formally assessed against more standard and equivalent methods already used by economists, such as random effects panel data models.</p>","PeriodicalId":79866,"journal":{"name":"Developments in health economics and public policy","volume":"6 ","pages":"159-68"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21516736","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1998-01-01DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-4052-6_5
K Burström, R Gisin
{"title":"Price setting for doctors.","authors":"K Burström, R Gisin","doi":"10.1007/978-1-4615-4052-6_5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4052-6_5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79866,"journal":{"name":"Developments in health economics and public policy","volume":"7 ","pages":"91-109"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21400085","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Regulation of health: case studies of Sweden and Switzerland.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79866,"journal":{"name":"Developments in health economics and public policy","volume":"7 ","pages":"1-273"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21400980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1998-01-01DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-4052-6_8
A Dozet, L Fischer
{"title":"Incentives for diffusion of new health care technology.","authors":"A Dozet, L Fischer","doi":"10.1007/978-1-4615-4052-6_8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4052-6_8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79866,"journal":{"name":"Developments in health economics and public policy","volume":"7 ","pages":"161-85"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21400986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1998-01-01DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-4052-6_9
K Bergenheim, U Braun
{"title":"The market for pharmaceuticals.","authors":"K Bergenheim, U Braun","doi":"10.1007/978-1-4615-4052-6_9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4052-6_9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79866,"journal":{"name":"Developments in health economics and public policy","volume":"7 ","pages":"187-208"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21400987","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1998-01-01DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5681-7_6
U G Gerdtham, B Jönsson, M MacFarlan, H Oxley
This paper uses international health expenditure and the latest OECD data to investigate the determinants of aggregate health expenditure. The study differs from most previous studies in two principal ways. First, it uses a somewhat larger sample for estimation, with pooled time-series, cross-section data for 22 OECD countries for a 20-year period. Most previous work has used a purely cross-section approach: in this case, the small sample size reduced the statistical reliability of results and limited the number of hypotheses that can be tested simultaneously. Second, and following from this, a more extensive range of hypotheses is tested, with particular emphasis on those relating to the contractual relations between payers, providers and patients. The findings show, for example, that the use of primary care "gatekeepers" seems to result in lower health expenditure and also that the way of remunerating physicians in the ambulatory care sector appears to influence health expenditure; capitation systems tend to lead to lower expenditure than fee-for-service systems.
{"title":"The determinants of health expenditure in the OECD countries: a pooled data analysis.","authors":"U G Gerdtham, B Jönsson, M MacFarlan, H Oxley","doi":"10.1007/978-1-4615-5681-7_6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5681-7_6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper uses international health expenditure and the latest OECD data to investigate the determinants of aggregate health expenditure. The study differs from most previous studies in two principal ways. First, it uses a somewhat larger sample for estimation, with pooled time-series, cross-section data for 22 OECD countries for a 20-year period. Most previous work has used a purely cross-section approach: in this case, the small sample size reduced the statistical reliability of results and limited the number of hypotheses that can be tested simultaneously. Second, and following from this, a more extensive range of hypotheses is tested, with particular emphasis on those relating to the contractual relations between payers, providers and patients. The findings show, for example, that the use of primary care \"gatekeepers\" seems to result in lower health expenditure and also that the way of remunerating physicians in the ambulatory care sector appears to influence health expenditure; capitation systems tend to lead to lower expenditure than fee-for-service systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":79866,"journal":{"name":"Developments in health economics and public policy","volume":"6 ","pages":"113-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/978-1-4615-5681-7_6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21516734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}