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Keyword: health care

Dying for Money? (12/7/2000)

Compensated physician-assisted death could reduce end-of-life health care expenditures and reduce pain and suffering.

Keywords: asymmetric information, benefit conversion, cash payment, de facto property right, death benefit, entitlement, health care, Medicare, moral hazard, payment in kind, physician-assisted death, suicide

Free Riding on Preventive Health Care (8/16/2000)

Individual health insurers may be reluctant to aggressively offer smoking cessation treatment to their insured members because of high turnover of treated patients to other health insurers

Keywords: free rider, health care, HMO, insurance, preventive service

Healthcare Tourism (3/7/2007)

Lower-pay certified doctors, duly accredited facilities, and 5-star facilities have contributed to the comparative advantage of overseas hospitals in non-emergency big-budget surgeries for international patients.

Keywords: Apollo Group, Bangkok, Bumrungrad Hospital, comparative advantage, global competition., health care, healthcare tourism, India, insurance, medical tourism, Singapore, surgery, Thailand

Statistical Victims (6/22/2006)

When identifiable victims are involved, people are willing to spend disproportionally more resources to save a few lives rather than spending the same amount to save a much larger number of statistical victims.

Keywords: collective action, health care, identifiable victim effect, Jessica McClure, lead paint, organized group, proportionality effect, risk, single-interest group

Supply-chain Births (6/22/2006)

Caesarean sections, which are preferred for their predictability, are more prevalent when reimbursement policy favors their practice even when they are not medically necessary.

Keywords: abdominal delivery, Brazil, C-sections, Caesarean sections, funding, health care, incentives, lifestyle choice, medical necessity, reimbursement, vaginal delivery