Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Längsschnittstudie Sozio-oekonomisches Panel, Berlin.
Published: June 2006
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Article Abstract
As part of the Statutory Health Insurance Modernization Act a co-payment of 10 Euros per quarter for the first contact at a physician's or a dentist's office has been introduced with effect of January 1, 2004. Apart from contributing to the financial consolidation of the Statutory Health Insurance the co-payment aimed at changing the patients' behavior toward more self-responsibility. This article shows that physician contacts declined in the year 2004 compared to 2003. However, the share of those patients who had at least one physician contact in both years remained stable. Two Logit models point out that necessary physician contacts still take place, e. g., in case of disabled persons and persons with poor health. In addition, no discrimination of persons of low social status could be observed. The results are also approved by other studies. Therefore, it seems plausible, that the introduction of this co-payment has contributed to a reduction of unnecessary and redundant physician visits.
Veterans treatment court (VTC) is the fastest growing type of treatment court in the United States with over 600 VTCs in operation today. Despite this recent proliferation, minimal scholarship has been conducted investigating how the state-level statutory landscape influences VTCs. The current study begins to address this gap by comprehensively reviewing and analyzing state legislation that governs the enactment, operation, and eligibility requirements of VTCs nationwide.
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Introduction Clinical audit is one of the central pillars of clinical governance and is a valuable quality improvement tool. Clinical audit has benefits for all stakeholders and provides evidence of compliance with the requirements of the UK statutory regulatory bodies. The levels of knowledge, experience and understanding of clinical audit of recent UK graduates is variable.
