Search for dissertations about: "pricing health insurance"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words pricing health insurance.

  2. 1. Health care pricing and payment reforms in China : the implications for health service delivery and cost containment

    Author : Qingyue Meng; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : China; financing; pricing policy; payment; exemption program; tuberculosis; hospital performance and charges; drug pricing; rational use of drugs;

    Abstract : China's transition into a market economy has exerted some influence on the health sector in terms of a significant growth of facilities, but it has also produced a range of destabilizing social costs. This thesis analyzes the relations between healthcare pricing and payment reforms and the different delivery aspects such as the exemption program for the poor, public health programs for tuberculosis control and the provision of hospital services. READ MORE

  4. 2. Parallel Trade, Reference Pricing and Competition in the Pharmaceutical Market: Theory and Evidence

    Author : Miyase Yesim Köksal-Ayhan; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; parallel trade; pharmaceuticals; price competition; reference pricing; therapeutic competition; moral hazard; EU enlargement.;

    Abstract : Paper I. Reference Pricing: Making Parallel Trade in Pharmaceuticals Work This paper shows that parallel trade makes pharmaceutical manufacturers reduce their prices in the home (importing) country more when it is combined with the healthcare reimbursement policy of reference pricing, requiring consumers to pay the full extra cost if they don’t buy cheaper parallel imported drugs. READ MORE

  5. 3. Essays on altruism and health care markets

    Author : Björn Persson; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of two parts. The first part includes two essays that deal with the pharmaceutical market, and one essay that looks at strategic incentives that arise in optimal treatment involving untried drugs. The second part, consisting of two essays, examines some implications of altruism. READ MORE

  6. 4. Effectiveness and costs of new medical technologies : register-based research in psoriasis

    Author : Jenny Norlin; Marcus Schmitt-Egenolf; Ulf Persson; Katarina Steen Carlsson; Lars-Åke Levin; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Psoriasis; registers; EQ-5D; DLQI; PASI; biologics;

    Abstract : Psoriasis is a chronic, immunological and systemic disease with an estimated prevalence of about 2-3 percent. Psoriasis is associated with the joint disease psoriasis arthropathy. There are several treatments options available for psoriasis and patients with moderate to severe psoriasis generally need systemic agents. READ MORE

  7. 5. Real-world outcomes in oncology : assessing the value of rewardable innovation

    Author : Nahila Justo; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Recent years have seen a remarkable expansion of therapeutic options available for many forms of cancer. Evidence for the efficacy of these treatments have mainly come from randomized controlled trials, however questions often remain regarding the actual use, effectiveness and value of innovative therapies when used under the circumstances of routine clinical practice. READ MORE