Essays about: "Patient Fee"

Found 5 essays containing the words Patient Fee.

  1. 1. The Impact of Patient Fees on Demand for Direct-to-Consumer Telemedicine - A Difference-in-Differences Approach

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Catharina Wingårdh; [2023]
    Keywords : Difference-in-Difference; Patient Fee; DCT; Cross-price Elasticity of Demand; Digital Economics; Brand Loyalty.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper analyzes if patients’ demand for Direct-to-Consumer Telemedicine (DCT) providers is affected by a change in patient fees. The paper utilizes a natural experiment when the patient fee increased for patients in Region Stockholm using one DCT provider but remained unchanged for other DCT providers. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Effect of Ownership on Reimbursement Incentives - Evidence From a 2016 Primary Care Reform in Stockholm County

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Axel Hellbom Almström; Klara Strömberg; [2021]
    Keywords : ownership; general practice; primary care; reimbursement; Stockholm;

    Abstract : Private care providers play an important role in Swedish healthcare provision, but their place in the Swedish welfare state remains a contentious issue. This study utilizes a difference-in-difference regression model and a 2016 reimbursement reform in Stockholm County to investigate how private ownership affects sensitivity to reimbursement incentive effects among primary care providers. READ MORE

  4. 3. Digital Treatment of Asthma Patients in Swedish Primary Care : A Business Model Study

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Gabriel Lundquist; Samuel Holmström; [2020]
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    Abstract : The cost of healthcare has been steadily increasing over the last decades and is becoming an increasing liability on the public finances. Much of these resources are directed to the primary care, and more specifically to the treatment of chronic diseases within the primary care. READ MORE

  5. 4. Effects of Introducing Competition and Choice in Primary Healthcare on Healthcare Consumption and Costs. A Case Study of Vårdval in Sweden

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Elise Lagerborg; Gryte Verbusaityte; [2015]
    Keywords : Primary Healthcare; Private Sector; Public Sector; Choice; Competition;

    Abstract : In an attempt to improve access and generate a more patient-centered healthcare, counties in Sweden implemented a policy known as vårdval, at different stages between 2007 and 2010, to introduce choice and competition within primary care. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate how vårdval's implementation of and variations in financial compensation models and the scope of required services have affected healthcare consumption and cost of both primary and specialist healthcare. READ MORE

  6. 5. Patient Safety Regarding Medical Devices at ICUs in Bangladesh

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för teknik och hälsa (STH)

    Author : Tonima Afroze; Mia Isaksson Palmqvist; [2013]
    Keywords : patient safety; Bangladesh; intensive care units; ICUs; private hospitals; public hospitals; medical devices;

    Abstract : Accidents related to medical devices are a worldwide problem and result in many deaths each year. It affects patients, relatives, health care workers and society. Due to the complexity of intensive care units (ICUs), such accidents lead to particularly serious consequences. READ MORE