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March 2018, Volume 18, Issue 1
- 1-23 Taking the hassle out of wellness: Do peers and health matter?
by Shooshan Danagoulian - 25-45 Organizational learning-by-doing in liver transplantation
by Sarah S. Stith - 47-66 Health expenditure and growth dynamics in the SADC region: evidence from non-stationary panel data with cross section dependence and unobserved heterogeneity
by Eugene Kouassi & Oluyele Akinkugbe & Noni Oratile Kutlo & J. M. Bosson Brou - 67-82 Reducing excess hospital readmissions: Does destination matter?
by Min Chen - 83-98 Specialization and production cost efficiency: evidence from ambulatory surgery centers
by Kathleen Carey & Jean M. Mitchell
December 2017, Volume 17, Issue 4
- 395-412 What drives insurer participation and premiums in the Federally-Facilitated Marketplace?
by Jean Marie Abraham & Coleman Drake & Jeffrey S. McCullough & Kosali Simon - 413-432 Endogenous versus exogenous generic reference pricing for pharmaceuticals
by F. Antoñanzas & C. A. Juárez-Castelló & R. Rodríguez-Ibeas - 433-451 Comparisons of hospital output in Canada: national and international perspectives
by Ruolz Ariste & Kam Yu - 453-471 Smoking behaviour and health care costs coverage: a European cross-country comparison
by Reza Rezayatmand & Wim Groot & Milena Pavlova - 473-494 Public expenditure and healthcare utilization: the case of reproductive health care in India
by Dhiman Das - 495-519 The short- and long-run effects of smoking cessation on alcohol consumption
by Benjamin Ukert
September 2017, Volume 17, Issue 3
- 261-287 Combined social and private health insurance versus catastrophic out of pocket payments for private hospital care in Greece
by Nikolaos Grigorakis & Christos Floros & Haritini Tsangari & Evangelos Tsoukatos - 289-310 Value for money: an evaluation of health spending in Canada
by Ruolz Ariste & Livio Di Matteo - 311-331 Long-term care provision, hospital bed blocking, and discharge destination for hip fracture and stroke patients
by James Gaughan & Hugh Gravelle & Rita Santos & Luigi Siciliani - 333-358 The impact of health insurance expansion on physician treatment choice: Medicare Part D and physician prescribing
by Tianyan Hu & Sandra L. Decker & Shin-Yi Chou - 359-375 The effects of public health insurance expansion on private health insurance in urban China
by Xiaohui Hou & Jing Zhang - 377-394 The impact of firms’ adjustments on the indirect cost of illness
by Michał Jakubczyk & Beata Koń
June 2017, Volume 17, Issue 2
- 113-133 Means-tested public support and the interaction between long-term care insurance and informal care
by Jean-Marc Bascans & Christophe Courbage & Cornel Oros - 135-158 Product safety spillovers and market viability for biologic drugs
by John Romley & Tiffany Shih - 159-179 Drug innovation, price controls, and parallel trade
by Giorgio Matteucci & Pierfrancesco Reverberi - 181-201 Effect of pay-for-performance on cervical cancer screening participation in France
by Panayotis Constantinou & Jonathan Sicsic & Carine Franc - 203-233 Effects of formal home care on hospitalizations and doctor visits
by Judite Gonçalves & France Weaver - 235-249 Rationing in health care provision: a welfare approach
by Laura Levaggi & Rosella Levaggi - 251-260 The availability and marginal costs of dependent employer-sponsored health insurance
by G. Edward Miller & Jessica Vistnes & Matthew Buettgens & Lisa Dubay
March 2017, Volume 17, Issue 1
- 1-27 The effect of complementary private health insurance on the use of health care services
by Astrid Kiil & Jacob Nielsen Arendt - 29-50 Is technology still a major driver of health expenditure in the United States? Evidence from cointegration analysis with multiple structural breaks
by Vasudeva N. R. Murthy & Natalya Ketenci - 51-81 Healthcare utilization, bypass, and multiple visits: the case of Bhutan
by Kannika Damrongplasit & Tshering Wangdi - 83-101 Economic incentives and diagnostic coding in a public health care system
by Kjartan Sarheim Anthun & Johan Håkon Bjørngaard & Jon Magnussen - 103-112 Do tort reforms impact the incidence of birth by cesarean section? A reassessment
by Javier Cano-Urbina & Daniel Montanera
December 2016, Volume 16, Issue 4
- 297-319 For-profit status and industry evolution in health care markets: evidence from the dialysis industry
by Nathan E. Wilson - 321-336 Is medicines parallel trade ‘regulatory arbitrage’?
by Joan Costa-Font - 337-361 Willingness to pay and the sensitivity of willingness to pay for interdisciplinary musculoskeletal clinics: a contingent valuation study in Quebec, Canada
by Thomas G. Poder & Jie He - 363-385 Outpatient visits after retirement in Europe and the US
by Anikó Bíró - 387-396 Medical employment growth, unemployment, and the opportunity cost of health care
by Mark Pauly & Vivek Nimgaonkar - 397-406 Can patent duration hinder medical innovation
by Patrick Leoni & Alvaro Sandroni
September 2016, Volume 16, Issue 3
- 201-214 Reforming the Swedish pharmaceuticals market: consequences for costs per defined daily dose
by Mats A. Bergman & David Granlund & Niklas Rudholm - 215-245 Dispensing physicians, asymmetric information supplier-induced demand: evidence from the Swiss Health Survey
by Stefan Meyer - 247-267 Supplementing gatekeeping with a revenue scheme for secondary care providers
by Tor Iversen & Anastasia Mokienko - 269-283 Rating the digital help: electronic medical records, software providers, and physicians
by Richard J. Butler & William G. Johnson - 285-295 Health insurance coverage and self-reported health: new estimates from the NLSY97
by Barış K. Yörük
June 2016, Volume 16, Issue 2
- 103-131 Much ado about nothing? The financial impact of physician-owned specialty hospitals
by Sujoy Chakravarty - 133-161 Going beyond life expectancy in assessments of health systems’ performance: life expectancy adjusted by perceived health status
by Erika Laranjeira & Helena Szrek - 163-174 Exit from catastrophic health payments: a method and an application to Malawi
by Richard Mussa - 175-187 A framework for guiding efforts to reward value instead of volume
by Taylor J. Christensen - 189-200 Prescription drug coverage and chronic pain
by Padmaja Ayyagari
March 2016, Volume 16, Issue 1
- 1-21 The effect of health care expenditures on self-rated health status and the Health Utility Index: Evidence from Canada
by Emmanuelle Piérard - 1-21 The effect of health care expenditures on self-rated health status and the Health Utility Index: Evidence from Canada
by Emmanuelle Piérard - 23-49 Is income relevant for health expenditure and economic growth nexus?
by Nadide Halıcı-Tülüce & İbrahim Doğan & Cüneyt Dumrul - 23-49 Is income relevant for health expenditure and economic growth nexus?
by Nadide Sevil Halıcı-Tülüce & İbrahim Doğan & Cüneyt Dumrul - 51-64 The U.S. health production function: evidence from 2001 to 2009
by Hui-Kuan Tseng & Reed Olsen - 51-64 The U.S. health production function: evidence from 2001 to 2009
by Hui-Kuan Tseng & Reed Olsen - 65-88 The differential effect of compensation structures on the likelihood that firms accept new patients by insurance type
by Justin Bullock & W. Bradford - 65-88 The differential effect of compensation structures on the likelihood that firms accept new patients by insurance type
by Justin B. Bullock & W. David Bradford - 89-102 Local house prices and mental health
by Nayan Joshi - 89-102 Local house prices and mental health
by Nayan Krishna Joshi
December 2015, Volume 15, Issue 4
- 361-386 Physical activity and time preference
by Vasilios Kosteas - 387-406 Medical expenditure in urban China: a quantile regression analysis
by Jianmei Zhao & Hai Zhong - 407-431 Under regional characteristics of rural China: a clearer view on the performance of the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme
by Dan Liu & Daniel Tsegai & David Litaker & Joachim Braun
September 2015, Volume 15, Issue 3
- 281-305 Reference pricing in the presence of pseudo-generics
by Ricardo Gonçalves & Vasco Rodrigues & Hélder Vasconcelos - 307-328 Catastrophic out-of-pocket payments for health and poverty nexus: evidence from Senegal
by Ligane Séne & Momath Cissé - 329-338 The financial burden of out of pocket prescription drug expenses in Canada
by Sam Caldbick & Xiaojing Wu & Tom Lynch & Naser Al-Khatib & Mustafa Andkhoie & Marwa Farag - 339-359 The impact of pharmaceutical innovation on premature cancer mortality in Canada, 2000–2011
by Frank Lichtenberg
June 2015, Volume 15, Issue 2
- 153-184 Unmet needs in formal care: kindling the spark for caregiving behavior
by Cristina Vilaplana Prieto & Sergi Jiménez-Martín - 185-213 Can universal access and competition in long-term care insurance be combined?
by Pieter Bakx & Frederik Schut & Eddy Doorslaer - 215-240 The effect of physician remuneration on regional variation in hospital treatments
by Rudy Douven & Remco Mocking & Ilaria Mosca - 241-268 Do preferences of drinker-drivers differ?
by Frank Sloan & Lindsey Eldred - 269-280 Physicians’ balance billing, supplemental insurance and access to health care
by Izabela Jelovac
March 2015, Volume 15, Issue 1
- 1-2 Editorial: Relaunch of the journal
by Pedro Barros & Leemore Dafny & Guy David & David Dranove & Mark Pauly & Robert Town - 3-27 Eligibility for free GP care and the utilisation of GP services by children in Ireland
by Richard Layte & Anne Nolan - 29-51 Have health insurance reforms in Tunisia attained their intended objectives?
by Khaled Makhloufi & Bruno Ventelou & Mohammad Abu-Zaineh - 53-71 Effectiveness of micro health insurance on financial protection: Evidence from India
by S. Savitha & K. Kiran - 73-97 Payment schemes and cost efficiency: evidence from Swiss public hospitals
by Stefan Meyer - 99-126 Market power and provider consolidation in physician markets
by Samuel Kleiner & William White & Sean Lyons - 127-138 Public reporting and the evolution of diabetes quality
by Jeffrey McCullough & Daniel Crespin & Jean Abraham & Jon Christianson & Michael Finch - 139-151 The demand for health care workers post-ACA
by Bianca Frogner & Joanne Spetz & Stephen Parente & Shelley Oberlin
December 2014, Volume 14, Issue 4
- 289-310 Payment generosity and physician acceptance of Medicare and Medicaid patients
by Christopher Brunt & Gail Jensen - 311-337 The impact of global budgeting on treatment intensity and outcomes
by Kamhon Kan & Shu-Fen Li & Wei-Der Tsai - 339-353 Changing healthcare capital-to-labor ratios: evidence and implications for bending the cost curve in Canada and beyond
by Eric Nauenberg - 355-368 Health care expenditure decisions in the presence of devolution and equalisation grants
by Rosella Levaggi & Francesco Menoncin - 369-384 Does a global budget superimposed on fee-for-service payments mitigate hospitals’ medical claims in Taiwan?
by Pi-Fem Hsu - 385-406 The effect of social health insurance on prenatal care: the case of Ghana
by Stephen Abrokwah & Christine Moser & Edward Norton
September 2014, Volume 14, Issue 3
- 179-205 Socialized medicine and mortality
by Sam Peltzman - 207-227 Does managed care reduce health care expenditure? Evidence from spatial panel data
by Andree Ehlert & Dirk Oberschachtsiek - 229-250 Do the Medicaid and Medicare programs compete for access to health care services? A longitudinal analysis of physician fees, 1998–2004
by Larry Howard - 251-268 Health care expenditure disparities in the European Union and underlying factors: a distribution dynamics approach
by José Villaverde & Adolfo Maza & María Hierro - 269-287 Supply and demand in physician markets: a panel data analysis of GP services in Australia
by Ian McRae & James Butler
June 2014, Volume 14, Issue 2
- 95-108 Competitive bidding for Medicare Part B clinical laboratory services
by John Kautter & Gregory Pope - 109-126 Stability of children’s insurance coverage and implications for access to care: evidence from the Survey of Income and Program Participation
by Thomas Buchmueller & Sean Orzol & Lara Shore-Sheppard - 127-141 The US healthcare workforce and the labor market effect on healthcare spending and health outcomes
by Lawrence Pellegrini & Rosa Rodriguez-Monguio & Jing Qian - 143-160 Payment mechanism and GP self-selection: capitation versus fee for service
by Marie Allard & Izabela Jelovac & Pierre-Thomas Léger - 161-177 The effect of extension of benefit coverage for cancer patients on health care utilization across different income groups in South Korea
by Sujin Kim & Soonman Kwon
March 2014, Volume 14, Issue 1
- 1-18 Effect of nursing home ownership on hospitalization of long-stay residents: an instrumental variables approach
by Richard Hirth & David Grabowski & Zhanlian Feng & Momotazur Rahman & Vincent Mor - 19-40 Demand for prescription drugs under non-linear pricing in Medicare Part D
by Kyoungrae Jung & Roger Feldman & A. McBean - 41-67 Assessing the effectiveness of health care cost containment measures: evidence from the market for rehabilitation care
by Nicolas Ziebarth - 69-93 Determinants of health-system efficiency: evidence from OECD countries
by Pablo Cos & Enrique Moral-Benito
December 2013, Volume 13, Issue 3
- 173-199 Evaluating an employee wellness program
by Sankar Mukhopadhyay & Jeanne Wendel - 201-217 Between two beds: inappropriately delayed discharges from hospitals
by Tor Holmås & Mohammad Kamrul Islam & Egil Kjerstad - 219-232 Who funds their health savings account and why?
by Song Chen & Anthony Lo Sasso & Aneesh Nandam - 233-245 Willingness-to-pay to prevent Alzheimer’s disease: a contingent valuation approach
by Rashmita Basu - 247-260 Awareness and utilization of preventive care services among the elderly under National Health Insurance
by Chun-Chih Chen & Yen-Ju Lin & Ying-Tzu Lin - 261-277 Health expenses and economic growth: convergence dynamics across the Indian States
by Nicholas Apergis & Puja Padhi - 279-300 Does healthcare financing converge? Evidence from eight OECD countries
by Wen-Yi Chen - 301-317 Regulated medical fee schedule of the Japanese health care system
by Makoto Kakinaka & Ryuta Kato - 319-331 Sleeping money: investigating the huge surpluses of social health insurance in China
by JunQiang Liu & Tao Chen
June 2013, Volume 13, Issue 2
- 95-114 Responding to financial pressures. The effect of managed care on hospitals’ provision of charity care
by Núria Mas - 115-138 Generic substitution, financial interests, and imperfect agency
by Maurus Rischatsch & Maria Trottmann & Peter Zweifel - 139-155 Measuring recession severity and its impact on healthcare expenditure
by Conor Keegan & Steve Thomas & Charles Normand & Conceição Portela - 157-172 Refining estimates of catastrophic healthcare expenditure: an application in the Indian context
by Indrani Gupta & William Joe
March 2013, Volume 13, Issue 1
- 1-31 Health care utilization by immigrants in Italy
by Giuliana Luca & Michela Ponzo & Antonio Andrés - 33-52 Health expenditures, health outcomes and the role of good governance
by Marwa Farag & A. Nandakumar & Stanley Wallack & Dominic Hodgkin & Gary Gaumer & Can Erbil - 53-71 Hospital cost and quality performance in relation to market forces: an examination of U.S. community hospitals in the “post-managed care era”
by H. Jiang & Bernard Friedman & Shenyi Jiang - 73-93 Appraising financial protection in health: the case of Tunisia
by Mohammad Abu-Zaineh & Habiba Romdhane & Bruno Ventelou & Jean-Paul Moatti & Arfa Chokri
December 2012, Volume 12, Issue 4
- 253-267 The effects of health shocks on employment and health insurance: the role of employer-provided health insurance
by Cathy Bradley & David Neumark & Meryl Motika - 269-283 The employment costs of caregiving in Norway
by Andreas Kotsadam - 285-302 Physician response to financial incentives when choosing drugs to treat breast cancer
by Andrew Epstein & Scott Johnson - 303-322 Competitive bidding for health insurance contracts: lessons from the online HMO auctions
by Alok Gupta & Stephen Parente & Pallab Sanyal
September 2012, Volume 12, Issue 3
- 189-215 State health insurance and out-of-pocket health expenditures in Andhra Pradesh, India
by Victoria Fan & Anup Karan & Ajay Mahal - 217-233 Five questions for health economists
by Randall Ellis - 235-245 Wussinomics: the state of competitive efficiency in private health insurance
by Mark Pauly - 247-252 Health economics and policy: towards the undiscovered country of market based reform
by Stephen Parente
June 2012, Volume 12, Issue 2
- 107-127 Differences between non-profit and for-profit hospices: patient selection and quality
by Sabina Gandhi - 129-143 Terminal costs, improved life expectancy and future public health expenditure
by Thomas Bjørner & Søren Arnberg - 145-162 The income elasticity of health care spending in developing and developed countries
by Marwa Farag & A. NandaKumar & Stanley Wallack & Dominic Hodgkin & Gary Gaumer & Can Erbil - 163-187 Can the health insurance reforms stop an increase in medical expenditures for middle- and old-aged persons in Japan?
by Tamie Matsuura & Masaru Sasaki
March 2012, Volume 12, Issue 1
- 1-38 Does employment-based private health insurance increase the use of covered health care services? A matching estimator approach
by Astrid Kiil - 39-61 Public versus private: evidence on health insurance selection
by Cristian Pardo & Whitney Schott - 63-85 Measuring incidence of catastrophic out-of-pocket health expenditure: with application to India
by Rama Pal - 87-105 Medicare spending, mortality rates, and quality of care
by Jack Hadley & James Reschovsky
December 2011, Volume 11, Issue 4
- 223-244 Has the European union achieved a single pharmaceutical market?
by Aysegul Timur & Gabriel Picone & Jeffrey DeSimone - 245-265 Market conditions and general practitioners’ referrals
by Tor Iversen & Ching-to Ma - 267-285 Out-of-pocket expenditures for hospital care in Iran: who is at risk of incurring catastrophic payments?
by Mohammad Hajizadeh & Hong Nghiem - 287-307 The effects of medical factors on transfer deficits in Public Assistance in Japan: a quantile regression analysis
by Masayoshi Hayashi
September 2011, Volume 11, Issue 3
- 145-163 The international transferability of human capital in nursing
by Serena Huang - 165-179 Vertical integration and optimal reimbursement policy
by Christopher Afendulis & Daniel Kessler - 181-207 How do health insurance loading fees vary by group size?: implications for Healthcare reform
by Pinar Karaca-Mandic & Jean Abraham & Charles Phelps - 209-220 The determinants of the willingness-to-pay for community-based prepayment scheme in rural Cameroon
by Hermann Donfouet & Ephias Makaudze & Pierre-Alexandre Mahieu & Eric Malin - 221-222 Erratum to: Education and health: evidence on adults with diabetes
by Padmaja Ayyagari & Daniel Grossman & Frank Sloan
June 2011, Volume 11, Issue 2
- 83-100 Determining factors of catastrophic health spending in Bogota, Colombia
by Jeannette Amaya Lara & Fernando Ruiz Gómez - 101-113 The welfare gain from replacing the health insurance tax exclusion with lump-sum tax credits
by Liqun Liu & Andrew Rettenmaier & Thomas Saving - 115-132 Market power and contract form: evidence from physician group practices
by Robert Town & Roger Feldman & John Kralewski - 133-144 Labor supply responses to government subsidized health insurance: evidence from kidney transplant patients
by Timothy Page
March 2011, Volume 11, Issue 1
- 1-34 The quality of medical care, behavioral risk factors, and longevity growth
by Frank Lichtenberg - 35-54 Education and health: evidence on adults with diabetes
by Padmaja Ayyagari & Daniel Grossman & Frank Sloan - 55-81 Premium growth and its effect on employer-sponsored insurance
by Jessica Vistnes & Thomas Selden
December 2010, Volume 10, Issue 4
- 301-314 Assessing willingness to pay for cancer prevention
by Michael Milligan & Alok Bohara & José Pagán - 315-346 The impact of new drug launches on the loss of labor from disease and injury: evidence from German panel data
by Van Bui & Michael Stolpe - 347-367 The effects of residential proximity to bars on alcohol consumption
by Gabriel Picone & Joe MacDougald & Frank Sloan & Alyssa Platt & Stefan Kertesz - 369-386 On decomposing the inequality and inequity change in health care utilization: change in means, or change in the distributions?
by Hai Zhong
September 2010, Volume 10, Issue 3
- 203-218 Prescription drug coverage among elderly and disabled Americans: can Medicare—Part D reduce inequities in access?
by Panos Kanavos & Marin Gemmill-Toyama - 219-237 The impact of decentralization of health care administration on equity in health and health care in Canada
by Hai Zhong - 239-256 Strategic costs and preferences revelation in the allocation of resources for health care
by Laura Levaggi & Rosella Levaggi - 257-273 Health care costs during the last 12 months of life in Israel: estimation and implications for risk-adjustment
by Amir Shmueli & David Messika & Irit Zmora & Bernice Oberman - 275-299 Privatization of local public hospitals: effect on budget, medical service quality, and social welfare
by Hiroshi Aiura & Yasuo Sanjo
June 2010, Volume 10, Issue 2
- 105-147 Employer-sponsored health insurance for early retirees: impacts on retirement, health, and health care
by Erin Strumpf - 149-170 Medicare Part B reimbursement and the perceived quality of physician care
by Christopher Brunt & Gail Jensen - 171-185 Do Medicare Advantage enrollees tend to be admitted to hospitals with better or worse outcomes compared with fee-for-service enrollees?
by Bernard Friedman & H. Jiang - 187-201 Economic evaluation of the direct healthcare cost savings resulting from the use of walking interventions to prevent coronary heart disease in Australia
by Henry Zheng & Fred Ehrlich & Janaki Amin
March 2010, Volume 10, Issue 1
- 1-27 The distribution over time of costs and social net benefits for pertussis immunization programs
by Dorota Girard - 29-42 Toward a needs based mechanism for capitation purposes in Italy: the role of socioeconomic level in explaining differences in the use of health services
by Alessio Petrelli & Roberta Picariello & Giuseppe Costa - 43-60 Assessing hospital competition when prices don’t matter to patients: the use of time-elasticities
by Marco Varkevisser & Stéphanie Geest & Frederik Schut - 61-83 Hospital cost shifting revisited: new evidence from the balanced budget act of 1997
by Vivian Wu - 85-103 Has the influence of managed care waned? Evidence from the market for physician services
by Hai Fang & John Rizzo
December 2009, Volume 9, Issue 4
- 333-345 The effect of physicians’ remuneration system on the Caesarean section rate: the Uruguayan case
by Patricia Triunfo & Máximo Rossi - 347-366 Which preferred providers are really preferred? Effectiveness of insurers’ channeling incentives on pharmacy choice
by Lieke Boonen & Frederik Schut & Bas Donkers & Xander Koolman - 367-390 Health insurance and ex ante moral hazard: evidence from Medicare
by Dhaval Dave & Robert Kaestner - 391-402 Population ageing and its implications on aggregate health care demand: empirical evidence from 22 OECD countries
by Alfons Palangkaraya & Jongsay Yong - 403-428 The convergence between for-profit and nonprofit hospitals in the United States
by Guy David
September 2009, Volume 9, Issue 3
- 243-258 The potential premium range of risk-rating in competitive markets for supplementary health insurance
by Francesco Paolucci & Femmeke Prinsze & Pieter Stam & Wynand Ven - 259-278 Incentives and remuneration systems in dental services
by Jostein Grytten & Dorthe Holst & Irene Skau - 279-289 The variance of length of stay and the optimal DRG outlier payments
by Stefan Felder - 291-316 Generic script share and the price of brand-name drugs: the role of consumer choice
by John Rizzo & Richard Zeckhauser - 317-332 An extension of the real option approach to the evaluation of health care technologies: the case of positron emission tomography
by Paolo Pertile
June 2009, Volume 9, Issue 2
- 113-115 Provider payment incentives: international comparisons
by Karen Eggleston - 117-135 The soft budget constraint syndrome in the hospital sector
by János Kornai - 137-152 The healer or the druggist: effects of two health care policies in Taiwan on elderly patients’ choice between physician and pharmacist services
by Kang-Hung Chang - 153-168 Does your health care depend on how your insurer pays providers? Variation in utilization and outcomes in Thailand
by Sanita Hirunrassamee & Sauwakon Ratanawijitrasin - 169-182 Allocation of control rights and cooperation efficiency in public-private partnerships: theory and evidence from the Chinese pharmaceutical industry
by Zhe Zhang & Ming Jia & Difang Wan - 183-195 Has the use of physician gatekeepers declined among HMOs? Evidence from the United States
by Hai Fang & Hong Liu & John Rizzo - 197-210 An economic analysis of payment for health care services: The United States and Switzerland compared
by Peter Zweifel & Ming Tai-Seale - 211-232 The effect of soft budget constraints on access and quality in hospital care
by Yu-Chu Shen & Karen Eggleston - 233-242 Soft budget constraints in China: Evidence from the Guangdong hospital industry
by Karen Eggleston & Yu-Chu Shen & Mingshan Lu & Congdong Li & Jian Wang & Zhe Yang & Jing Zhang
March 2009, Volume 9, Issue 1
- 1-24 Why U.S. health care expenditure and ranking on health care indicators are so different from Canada’s
by A. Spithoven - 25-38 International competition and the demand for health insurance in the US: evidence from the Texas–Mexico border region
by H. Brown & José Pagán & Elena Bastida - 39-57 Service motives and profit incentives among physicians
by Geir Godager & Tor Iversen & Ching-To Ma - 59-81 Nothing for something? Estimating cost and value for beneficiaries from recent medicare spending increases on HMO payments and drug benefits
by Steven Pizer & Austin Frakt & Roger Feldman - 83-112 Utilisation of physician services in the 50+ population: the relative importance of individual versus institutional factors in 10 European countries
by Kristian Bolin & Anna Lindgren & Björn Lindgren & Petter Lundborg
December 2008, Volume 8, Issue 4
- 225-244 Consumer price sensitivity in Dutch health insurance
by Machiel Dijk & Marc Pomp & Rudy Douven & Trea Laske-Aldershof & Erik Schut & Willem Boer & Anne Boo - 245-256 The optimality of hospital financing system: the role of physician–manager interactions
by David Crainich & Hervé Leleu & Ana Mauleon - 257-277 Run for cover now or later? The impact of premiums, threats and deadlines on private health insurance in Australia
by Randall Ellis & Elizabeth Savage - 279-300 The physician-patient relationship revisited: the patient’s view
by Udo Schneider & Volker Ulrich - 301-312 On international cost-sharing of pharmaceutical R&D
by Pedro Barros & Xavier Martinez-Giralt
September 2008, Volume 8, Issue 3
- 145-162 Information vs advertising in the market for hospital care
by Marcello Montefiori - 163-179 Are prenatal care resources distributed efficiently across high-risk and low-risk mothers?
by Sankar Mukhopadhyay & Jeanne Wendel - 181-192 Early discharge and home intervention reduces unit costs after total hip replacement: results of a cost analysis in a randomized study
by Eyjolfur Sigurdsson & Kristin Siggeirsdottir & Halldor Jonsson & Vilmundur Gudnason & Thorolfur Matthiasson & Brynjolfur Jonsson - 193-208 A model to decompose the performance of supplementary private health insurance markets
by Reiner Leidl - 209-223 The effect of tax subsidies on high health care expenditure burdens in the United States
by Thomas Selden
June 2008, Volume 8, Issue 2
- 73-85 The optimal negligence standard in health care under supply-side cost sharing
by Anja Olbrich - 87-111 The production of published research by U.S. academic health economists
by Michael Morrisey & John Cawley - 113-121 Bridging the gap between health and non-health investments: moving from cost-effectiveness analysis to a return on investment approach across sectors of economy
by Pedram Sendi - 123-144 Regional variations in medical expenditure and hospitalization days for heart attack patients in Japan: evidence from the Tokai Acute Myocardial Study (TAMIS)
by Haruko Noguchi & Satoshi Shimizutani & Yuichiro Masuda