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Is Healthcare System Effective? A Panel Data Analysis in EU 医疗保健系统有效吗?欧盟面板数据分析

Demand & Supply in Health Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2014-10-20 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2512611

M. Georgiou

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Medical Insurance and Free Choice of Physician Shape Patient Overtreatment: A Laboratory Experiment 医疗保险与医师自由选择塑造患者过度治疗:一项实验室实验

Demand & Supply in Health Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2014-10-10 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2508158

S. Huck, Gabriele K. Lünser, F. Spitzer, J. Tyran

引用次数: 36

Money Talks - Paying Physicians for Performance 金钱说话-支付医生的表现

Demand & Supply in Health Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2014-10-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2357326

C. Keser, Emmanuel Peterlé, Cornelius Schnitzler

引用次数: 16

The Great Recession and Consumer Demand for Alcohol: A Dynamic Panel-Data Analysis of U.S. Households 大衰退和消费者对酒精的需求:美国家庭动态面板数据分析

Demand & Supply in Health Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2014-09-25 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2184415

Chad Cotti, R. Dunn, Nathan Tefft

引用次数: 8

Explaining Declining Rates of Institutional LTC Use in the Netherlands: A Decomposition Approach 解释荷兰机构LTC使用率下降:一个分解方法

Demand & Supply in Health Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2014-06-30 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2460739

Claudine de Meijer, E. van Doorslaer, M. Koopmanschap, P. Bakx

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Forecasting Macroeconomic Time Series: LASSO-Based Approaches and Their Forecast Combinations with Dynamic Factor Models 宏观经济时间序列预测:基于lasso的方法及其与动态因子模型的预测组合

Demand & Supply in Health Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2014-03-07 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2410214

Jiahan Li, Weiye Chen

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引用次数: 104

Drug Oversupply in Nursing Homes: An Empirical Evaluation of Administrative Data 养老院药物供应过剩:行政数据的实证评估

Demand & Supply in Health Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2014-02-23 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.2470553

M. A. Stroka

引用次数: 3

The Mental and Physical Burden of Caregiving 照顾的精神和身体负担

Demand & Supply in Health Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2014-02-23 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.2470552

M. A. Stroka

引用次数: 6

Health Care Workers’ Risk Perceptions of Personal and Work Activities and Willingness to Report for Work During an Influenza Pandemic 流感大流行期间卫生保健工作者对个人和工作活动的风险认知和上班报到意愿

Demand & Supply in Health Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2014-02-11 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2405674

G. Dionne, D. Desjardins, M. Lebeau, S. Messier, A. Dascal

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The Persuasive Effect of External Financial Relationships: The Influence of Pharmaceutical Industry Payments on Decision-Making in Hospitals 外部财务关系的说服作用:医药行业支付对医院决策的影响

Demand & Supply in Health Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2014-01-14 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2392547

Sara Parker-Lue

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