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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Health insurance market"”.
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An empirical examination of risk equalisation in a regulated community rated health insurance market
… universal access entitlements to the public healthcare system in Ireland, over half the population is covered by voluntary private health insurance. The market operates on the basis of community rating, open enrolment and lifetime cover. A set of minimum benefits also exists, and two risk …
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Tiered Provider Networks in Health insurance
Health insurers are increasingly using plan designs that incentivize consumers to shop for health care based on price. This dissertation studies the effects of one such plan design on demand and equilibrium prices. Tiered hospital networks group hospitals by price ranking and vary consumers' …
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The Prevalence Of Mental Disorders And Associated Out-Ofpocket Expenditure Among Insured Patients In South Africa
… are believed to be struggling with poor mental health, with less than a quarter of this population ever receiving mental health care. A potential strategy for reducing such treatment gaps is private health insurance (PHI). Around 18% of the total South African population is medically insured. …
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Vertical Contracting In The Us Health Care Industry
… that determine prices in business-to-business health care markets. Health care is a large fraction of the US economy. In US health care markets, consumers are often insured and interact with the health care system through intermediary decision makers (health care providers, insurers, and …
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INTEREST GROUPS IN RESPONSE TO THE OBAMACARE: THE CHANGING ORGANIZATIONAL FIELD OF HEALTH CARE POLICY IN THE UNITED STATES
This dissertation explores the health care policy organizational field in the United States (U.S.) and its changes due to the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). In particular, this study provides the interest groups’ role in the ACA’s evolution process. The ACA …
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Three essays on the effects of health insurance and taxation policies
… comprises three papers on the impacts of health insurance and taxation policies on individuals’ health care and labor market outcomes. The policy contexts include income tax subsidy reform, group health insurance regulation, and public health insurance expansion. In every chapter, I use …