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2nd Edition of Applied Health Econometrics

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Economics".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 4564

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Antonio Montañés

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Departamento de Análisis Económico, Universidad de Zaragoza Dirección, 50005 Zaragoza, Spain
Interests: applied econometrics; time series analysis; health econometrics
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Prof. Dr. David Cantarero-Prieto

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Department of Economics, University of Cantabria, 39005 Santander, Spain
Interests: applied econometrics; time series analysis; health econometrics
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Econometric analysis is a constantly expanding area of knowledge that is providing researchers with better tools to analyze different economic problems. These advances have occurred regardless of the type of data used. They can be found in timeseries analysis, where unit root tests and cointegration analysis play an essential role, as well as in the case of using cross-sectional data—the increasing use of spatial econometric techniques is a good example. Finally, the creation of new databases has led to a great growth in the use of panel data techniques.

The objective of this Special Issue is to collect applications that use recent advances in econometrics, all applied to the field of health economics. The editors encourage presentations that address new econometric techniques to analyze and predict the evolution of different aspects of health economics.

Prof. Dr. Antonio Montañés
Prof. Dr. David Cantarero-Prieto
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2500 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • applied econometrics
  • health econometrics
  • time series analysis
  • spatial econometrics
  • data panel analysis

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Patent Acquisitions in the Healthcare Industry: An Analysis of Learning Mechanisms
by Carlo Giglio, Gianluca Salvatore Vocaturo and Roberto Palmieri
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(5), 4100; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20054100 - 24 Feb 2023
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The healthcare industry at large is used as a case study to suggest a methodological technique for evaluating patent citation networks to analyze cross-country creativity/knowledge flows. It intends to provide insight on the following research issues: (a) how to examine cross-national creative/learning flows; [...] Read more.
The healthcare industry at large is used as a case study to suggest a methodological technique for evaluating patent citation networks to analyze cross-country creativity/knowledge flows. It intends to provide insight on the following research issues: (a) how to examine cross-national creative/learning flows; and (b) have nations with present patent owners profited from patent acquisitions? The research field at hand is currently under-explored, justifying the motivation for conducting this investigation, even though it has economic relevance in innovation patterns worldwide. The analysis of over 14,023 firms has shown that: (a) owners have acquired patents across borders, and (b) acquired patents (granted between 2013 and 2017) are cited by later patents (2018–2022). The methodology and findings are transferable to other industries. They can be used by managers and policymakers to (a) assist businesses in predicting innovation trajectories and (b) assist governments in designing and putting into action more effective policies that foster patented innovations in sectors that are deemed to be relevant to the national interest, thanks to the adoption of a new, complementary theoretical viewpoint that merges the micro- and macro-economic perspectives of citation flows. Full article
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Development of a Framework for On-Demand Caesarean Section in Romania
by Ion Petre, Flavia Barna, Cosmin Cîtu, Florin Gorun, Oana-Maria Gorun, Laurentiu Cezar Tomescu, Adrian Apostol, Anca Bordianu, Cristian Furau and Izabella Petre
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(3), 2705; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032705 - 02 Feb 2023
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Background: Caesarean section rates have continued to trend upward in most countries, including Romania, creating a number of economic challenges. In the public health system, there is no regulation for performing Caesarean sections on demand; it is often done unlawfully, and in private [...] Read more.
Background: Caesarean section rates have continued to trend upward in most countries, including Romania, creating a number of economic challenges. In the public health system, there is no regulation for performing Caesarean sections on demand; it is often done unlawfully, and in private hospitals, it is a real business. Thus, this study aims to investigate the budgetary impact at a hospital level and the profit per procedure by introducing on-demand caesarean sections for a fee. Methods: This study was conducted in one of the largest maternity units in Western Romania—the “Bega” Maternity Clinic of the Timisoara County Emergency Hospital. For the analysis, the difference between a proposed occupancy rate (between 50 and 85%, increasing every 5 percent) and the actual occupancy rate was calculated. Considering that this difference can be used to admit patients to receive Caesarean sections on demand for a fee, the profit that could be obtained during the study period was calculated. Results: It is reported that between 238 (proposed occupancy rate of 50%) and 4683 patients (a proposed occupancy rate of 85%) could have benefited from on-demand caesarean section surgery in 2017–2019. Between RON 419,999 and RON 8,551,636 could be obtained in the 3 years of study by implementing caesarean section against payment. Conclusion: The implementation of a system of on-demand payment for caesarean sections in Romania would bring significant profits to the hospital budget. Full article
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Spatiotemporal Evolution and Drivers of Total Health Expenditure across Mainland China in Recent Years
by Junming Li and Xiulan Han
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(1), 597; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010597 - 29 Dec 2022
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A substantially growing health expenditure has become an important global issue. Thus, how and why health expenditure is rising should be urgently investigated in systematic research. The Bayesian space-time model and the Bayesian least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) model were employed [...] Read more.
A substantially growing health expenditure has become an important global issue. Thus, how and why health expenditure is rising should be urgently investigated in systematic research. The Bayesian space-time model and the Bayesian least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) model were employed in this study to investigate the spatiotemporal trends and influence patterns of total health expenditure per capita (THEPC) and total health expenditure (THEE) as a share of the gross domestic product (GDP) on the Chinese mainland from 2009 to 2018. The spatial distribution of THEE as a share of GDP in mainland China has shaped a distinct geographical structure with the characteristic of ‘west high/east low’. Its local increasing trends formed a geographical structure that exhibited a ‘north high/south low’ feature. The heterogeneity of the influence patterns of health expenditure was observed from east to west across China. Natural environmental factors, such as air pollution and green coverage, along with changes in dietary structures, have increasingly influenced the growth of health expenditures. Full article
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