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Healthcare, health and inequality in health in the Nordic countries by Christiansen, Terkel, Lauridsen, Jørgen Tranberg, Kifmann, Mathias, Lyttkens, Carl Hampus, Ólafsdóttir, Thorhildur, Valtonen, Hannu

“…All five Nordic countries emphasize equal and easy access to healthcare, assuming that increased access to healthcare leads to increased health. It is the…”
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Competition policy for health care provision in Germany by Kifmann, Mathias

“…Highlights • Selective contracting in Germany required financial incentives or mandates to conclude contracts. • A key issue of selective contracting is the…”
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Average‐Cost Pricing and Dynamic Selection Incentives in the Hospital Sector by Kifmann, Mathias, Siciliani, Luigi

“…Summary This study investigates dynamic incentives to select patients for hospitals that are remunerated according to a prospective payment system of the…”
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The political sustainability of a basic income scheme and social health insurance by Kifmann, Mathias, Roeder, Kerstin

“…This paper studies within a two‐stage framework the political economy of a basic income (BI) and social health insurance (SHI) scheme. At the constitutional…”
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Krankenversicherung: Zeit fur eine Reform by Kifmann, Mathias

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Rewards for information provision in patient referrals: A theoretical model and an experimental test by Brosig-Koch, Jeannette, Griebenow, Malte, Kifmann, Mathias, Then, Franziska

“…We study whether bonus payments for information provision can improve the information flow between physicians. A primary care physician (PCP) decides on the…”
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Optimal cost reimbursement of health insurers to reduce risk selection by Kifmann, Mathias, Lorenz, Normann

“…In the absence of a perfect risk adjustment scheme, reimbursing health insurers' costs can reduce risk selection in community‐rated health insurance markets…”
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Krankenversicherung: Zeit für eine Reform by Kifmann, Mathias

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Krankenversicherung: Bye-bye Beihilfe? by Kifmann, Mathias

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Comment on 'Paying People to Act in Their Own Interests: Incentives versus Rationalisation in Public Health' by Jonathan Wolff by Kifmann, Mathias

“…This article comments on Jonathan Wolff's contribution 'Paying People to Act in Their Own Interests: Incentives versus Rationalisation in Public Health' from…”
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Editorial transitions by Carpenter, Christopher, Cawley, John, Chernew, Michael E, Kifmann, Mathias, Lindeboom, Maarten, O'Donnell, Owen, Siciliani, Luigi, Shah, Manisha

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Implications of the EU patients' rights directive in cross-border healthcare on the German sickness fund system by Kifmann, Mathias, Wagner, Caroline

“…We examine the implications of the EU directive on the application of patients' rights in cross-border healthcare on the German sickness fund system. Since…”
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The Design of Pension Pay Out Options When the Health Status during Retirement Is Uncertain by KIFMANN, MATHIAS

“…This paper examines the optimal design of pension plans when the health status during retirement is uncertain. Assuming that the health status affects both…”
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Premium subsidies and social health insurance: Substitutes or complements? by Kifmann, Mathias, Roeder, Kerstin

“…Premium subsidies have been advocated as an alternative to social health insurance. These subsidies are paid if expenditure on health insurance exceeds a given…”
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Balance billing: the patients' perspective by Kifmann, Mathias, Scheuer, Florian

“…We study the effects of balance billing, i.e., allowing physicians to charge a fee from patients in addition to the fee paid by Medicare. First, we show that…”
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Medizin und Ökonomie: Gesundheitswesen by Kifmann, Mathias

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Health Insurance in a Democracy: A Reply to Richter by Kifmann, Mathias

“…A reply to Wolfram Richter's article based on Mathias Kifman's model on "health insurance in a democracy'. Adapted from the source document…”
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Health Insurance in a Democracy: Why Is It Public and Why Are Premiums Income Related? by Kifmann, Mathias

“…Many democracies have public health insurance systems which combine redistribution from the rich to the poor and from the healthy to the sick. This paper shows…”
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Health fund and income-unrelated added contributions with social compensation: lost opportunity by Kifmann, Mathias

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The Rise of Health Economics: Transforming the Landscape of Economic Research by Gschwent, Lorenz, Hammarfelt, Björn, Karlsson, Martin, Kifmann, Mathias

“…This paper explores the evolving role of health economics within economic research and publishing over the past 30 years. Historically largely a niche field,…”
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