Front Matter Page
Fiscal Affairs Department
Authorized for distribution by Benedict Clements
Contents
I. Introduction
II. Historical Background and Economics of Health Reforms in Europe and Central Asia
A. Demand-side Cost Sharing
B. Provider Payment and Delivery
C. Financing
D. Rationalization of Hospital System Infrastructure
E. Timing of Reforms
III. Methods
IV. Data
V. Results
A. Effects on Public Health Expenditure
B. Effects on Utilization
C. Effects on Avoidable Deaths
VI. Discussion
A. Predicting Public Health Expenditure, Average Length of Stay, and Avoidable Deaths
B. Policy Implications
Tables
1. Descriptive Statistics of Dataset
2. Descriptive Statistics, 1991 and 2005
3. Log Public Health Expenditure Per Capita (Fixed Effects Regressions)
4. Inpatient Utilization (Fixed Effects Regressions)
5. Outpatient Utilization (Fixed Effects Regressions)
6. Avoidable Deaths, Standardized Death Rates Ages 0–64 (Fixed Effects Regressions)
7. Average Predicted Outcomes Under Different Policy Scenarios
Figures
1. Dynamics of Health Reforms in CIS and Transition Countries, 1991–2005
2. Public Health Expenditure, 2005
3. Baseline Trends in Public Health Expenditure Per Capita Between Control and Treatment Groups
Appendix
I. References of Policy Variables
Appendix Tables
1. Classification of Health Policy Reforms
2. Baseline Differences in Dependent Variables Between Control and Treatment Groups
References