Fabian Duarte

Price elasticity of expenditure across health care services

Policymakers in countries around the world are faced with rising health care costs and are debating ways to reform health care to reduce expenditures. Estimates of price elasticity of expenditure are a key component for predicting expenditures under alternative policies. Using unique individual-level data compiled from administrative records from the Chilean private health insurance market, I estimate the price elasticity of expenditures across a variety of health care services. I find elasticities that range between zero for the most acute service (appendectomy) and -2.08 for the most elective (psychologist visit). Moreover, the results show that at least one third of the elasticity is explained by the number of visits; the rest is explained by the intensity of each visit. Finally, I find that high-income individuals are five times more price sensitive than low-income individuals and that older individuals are less price-sensitive than young individuals.

The cost of dementia in an unequal country: The case of Chile

We study the economic cost of dementia in Chile, and its variation according to socioeconomic status (SES). We use primary data from a survey of 330 informal primary caregivers who completed both a RUD-Lite and a socio-demographic questionnaire to evaluate the severity of dementia and caregiver’s burden. The costs of dementia are broken into three components: direct medical costs (medical care, drugs, tests); direct social costs (social service, daycare); and indirect costs (mostly associated to informal care). The average monthly cost per patient is estimated at US

The cost of dementia: The case of chile. Results of the cuideme study

1,463. Direct medical costs account for 20 per cent, direct social costs for 5 per cent and indirect costs for 75 per cent of the total cost. The mean monthly cost is found to be inversely related to SES, a pattern largely driven by indirect costs. The monthly cost for high SES is US

Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian method for Navier-Stokes equations with moving boundaries

1,083 and US

Fettered Consumers and Sophisticated Firms: Evidence from Mexico's Privatized Social Security Market

1,588 for low SES. A multivariate regression analysis suggests that severity of dementia and caregiver’s burden account for between 49 and 70 per cent of the difference in the indirect cost across SES. However, between one-third and one-half of the variation across SES is not due to gradient in severity of dementia. Direct medical costs increase in higher SES, reflecting differences in purchasing power, while indirect costs are inversely related to SES and more than compensate differences in medical costs. Moreover, in lower SES groups, female caregivers, typically family members who are inactive in the labor market, mostly provide informal care. The average annual cost of dementia in Chile (US

Opportunities and Challenges in Supply-Side Simulation: Physician-Based Models

17,559) is lower in comparison to high-income countries (US

Arbitrary LagrangianEulerian method for NavierStokes equations with moving boundaries

39,595) and the proportion of cost related to informal cost is higher (74 per cent compared to 40 per cent). SES is a key determinant in the cost of dementia. In the absence of universal access to treatment, part of the social cost of dementia potentially preserves or increases income and gender inequality.

Prescription Drug Shortages: Reconsidering the Role of Medicare Payment Policies

The desriptive statistics, limitation, strenghts especially in primaty care units be discussed. Results: The database was initiated in May 2007 and covers almost all of Sweden. There were 50 000 patients registered during 2007– 2014. The role of primary care units increased in that time and helped for diagnosis of new cases. Conclusion: SveDem provides knowledge about current dementia care in Sweden and serves as a framework for ensuring the quality of diagnostics, treatment and care across the country. The special role of primary care in dementia work up is important.