The costs of caring: Who pays? Who profits? Who panders?

Elderly-Caring Service Pattern in USA Comparing With Iran

Objectives: Nowadays, in developed countries the rate of growing old population increases due to medical and public heath improvements, leading to increased life expectancy. So, providing a special elderly caring service system seems to be necessary. The purpose of this study was to compare the elderly- caring service pattern in Iran and in USA. Methods & Materials: This systematic review ai...

Author's response to reviews Title: Who pays and who benefits: How different models of shared responsibilities between formal and informal carers influence projections of costs of dementia management in Australia. Authors:

Financial implications of surgical complications in pediatric liver transplantation.

Surgical complications following pediatric liver transplantation are common and expensive. We examined the incremental costs of surgical complications and determined who pays for these complications (center or payer). We reviewed the records of 36 pediatric liver transplant patients aged <or=12 yr transplanted between July 1, 2002 and December 31, 2005. The association of recipient and financia...

Who Pays for It? The Heterogeneous Wage Effects of Employment Protection Legislation

Who Pays for It? The Heterogeneous Wage Effects of Employment Protection Legislation Theory predicts that the wage effects of government-mandated severance payments depend on workers’ and firms’ relative bargaining power. This paper estimates the effect of employment protection legislation (EPL) on workers’ individual wages in a quasi-experimental setting, exploiting a reform that introduced un...

Cancer Treatment for Dual Eligibles: What Are the Costs and Who Pays?