Physical activity and health outcomes: evidence from Canada.

abstract：:There has been recent controversy about whether aid directed specifically to health has caused recipient governments to reallocate their own funds to non-health areas. At the same time, general budget support (GBS) has been increasing. GBS allows governments to set their own priorities, but little is known about how t...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Fernandes Antunes A,Xu K,James CD,Saksena P,Van de Maele N,Carrin G,Evans DB

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we used stochastic frontier cost functions to estimate the teaching and research costs of Finnish hospitals. Average and marginal cost estimates were used to evaluate the current reimbursement system as well as to calculate the total expenditure on teaching and research in hospitals. The efficiency adjus...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Linna M,Häkkinen U,Linnakko E

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this paper is to evaluate the effect of a non-fatal road crash on the health-related quality of life of injured people. A new approach based on the cardinalization of categorical Self-Assessed Health valuations is suggested. Health losses have been estimated by using different Time Trade-off and Visua...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Cubí-Mollá P,Herrero C

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 2003 Health Economics paper by Dolan, Olsen, Menzel and Richardson on 'An inquiry into the different perspectives that can be used when eliciting preferences in health' presents a conceptual framework of six perspectives along two dimensions: preferences (personal, social, and socially inclusive personal) and cont...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Tsuchiya A,Watson V

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The appropriate thresholds for decisions on the cost-effectiveness of medical interventions remain controversial, especially in 'end-of-life' situations. Evidence of the values placed on different types of health gain by the general public is limited. METHODS:Across nine European countries, 17,657 people we...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Pennington M,Baker R,Brouwer W,Mason H,Hansen DG,Robinson A,Donaldson C,EuroVaQ Team.

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it is commonly argued that there is a mismatch between drug innovation and disease burden, there is little evidence on the magnitude and direction of such disparities. In this paper, we measure inequality in innovation, by comparing research and development activity with population health and gross domestic p...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Barrenho E,Miraldo M,Smith PC

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We take explicit account of the way in which the supply of physicians and patients in the economy affects the design of physician remuneration schemes, highlighting the three-way trade-off between quality of care, access, and cost. Both physicians and patients are heterogeneous. Physicians choose both the number of pa...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Barham V,Milliken O

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recently acquired ability to identify 97% of CF carriers in an Israeli Ashkenazi population, prompts an evaluation of a nationwide screening programme. In 1993, the programme would first screen and counsel 9,261 parents, then 396 spouses of carrier parents and finally screen 16.5 fetuses where both parents are car...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Ginsberg G,Blau H,Kerem E,Springer C,Kerem BS,Akstein E,Greenberg A,Kolumbos A,Abeliovich D,Gazit E

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:QALY maximization is sometimes criticized for being 'ageist', because, other things being equal, the elderly, with a shorter life expectancy, will be given lower priority. On the other hand, there are philosophical arguments that, for different reasons, advocate rationing health care to the elderly, even when the size...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Tsuchiya A

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper empirically investigates the relationship between the health care expenditure of end-of-life patients and hospital characteristics in Taiwan where (i) hospitals of different ownership differ in their financial incentives; (ii) patients are free to choose their providers; and (iii) health care services are p...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Chang S,He Y,Hsieh CR

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I have developed a random effects probit model in which the distribution of the random intercept is approximated by a discrete density. Monte Carlo results show that only three to four points of support are required for the discrete density to closely mimic normal and chi-squared densities and provide unbiased estimat...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Deb P

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 1988, the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) has been 21 years for all 50 US states. The increasing prevalence of teenagers driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol and the resulting traffic accidents were two main reasons for raising the MLDA to 21 years. Following the passage of this legislation, several pu...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： French MT,Maclean JC

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Like other countries seeking a progressive path to universalism, Peru has attempted to reduce inequalities in access to health care by granting the poor entitlement to tax-financed basic care without charge. We identify the impact of this policy by comparing the target population's change in health care utilization wi...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Neelsen S,O'Donnell O

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, we explore the relationship between body mass and wages. We use quantile regression to provide a broad description of the relationship across the wage distribution. We also allow the relationship to vary by the degree of social skills involved in different jobs. Ou...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Johar M,Katayama H

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A source of controversy in the economic literature concerns whether to include or exclude future medical care costs when computing attributable costs for lifesaving interventions. Although it is hypothesized that including future medical care costs will offset the cost savings achieved through prevention, the magnitud...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Etzioni R,Ramsey SD,Berry K,Brown M

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 2017, many US cities have implemented taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages to decrease consumption of sugary beverages and raise revenue. We analyze household receipt data to examine the impact of taxes on households' beverage purchases in the four largest US cities with such taxes: Philadelphia, PA; San Francisco...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Cawley J,Frisvold D,Jones D

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper explores and critically discusses some of the methodological limitations of using the number-needed-to-treat (NNT) in economic evaluation. We argue that NNT may be a straightforward measure of benefit when the effect of an intervention is immediate, but that serious problems arise when the effect is delay r...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Kristiansen IS,Gyrd-Hansen D

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluate the causal impact of an improvement in insurance coverage on patients' decisions to consult physicians who charge more than the regulated fee. We use a French panel data set of 43,111 individuals observed from 2010 to 2012. At the beginning of the period, none of them were covered for balance billing; by t...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Dormont B,Péron M

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High costs and deficits in the care of patients with chronic diseases have triggered numerous programs to improve the quality and efficiency of treatment of chronic diseases. Decision makers need to estimate the impact of a disease management program (DMP) on long-term costs and cost-effectiveness in order to decide w...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Gandjour A

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mixed payment systems have become a prominent alternative to paying physicians through fee-for-service and capitation. While theory shows mixed payment systems to be superior, causal effects on physicians' behavior when introducing mixed systems are not well understood empirically. We systematically analyze the influe...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Brosig-Koch J,Hennig-Schmidt H,Kairies-Schwarz N,Wiesen D

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The long-distance travellers could be important to any cost-benefit assessment of policies to increase or improve local resources. This study examines the out-of-area hospital admission pattern for patients with Ambulatory Care Sensitive (ACS) conditions, also known as preventable conditions. The availability of local...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Basu J,Friedman B

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Norway specialized health services are provided both by public hospitals and by privately practicing specialists who have a contract with the public sector. A patient's co-payment is the same irrespective of the type of provider he visits. The ambition of equity in the allocation of medical care is high among all p...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Iversen T,Kopperud GS

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:African trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness, is a tropical disease caused by trypanosome parasites transmitted by tsetse flies. The focus of this paper is on the cost-effectiveness of alternative drug treatments for patients in the late stage of the disease. Melarsoprol has been used for many decades. More recently,...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Politi C,Carrín G,Evans D,Kuzoe FA,Cattand PD

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Widespread use of antibiotics is considered the major driving force behind the development of antibiotic resistance. The benefits of exceeding the welfare-maximizing level of antibiotic use are below the costs of resistance created by this excess quantity of antibiotics used, thereby resulting in a welfare deadweight ...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Elbasha EH

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper provides new empirical evidence on the employment and earning effects of the recent Medicaid expansion. Unlike most existing studies that use a conventional state and year fixed effects approach, our main identification strategy is based on the comparison of employment and wages in contiguous county-pairs i...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Peng L,Guo X,Meyerhoefer CD

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A three-equation model is used to estimate the multiple effects of antiretroviral medications (ARVs) on the quality of life (QoL) of the elderly with HIV in New York City. The transmission mechanism involves the ARVs having a direct effect on QoL via the side effects of the medications and two other effects (one indir...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Brent RJ

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2008, the Rural Health Project (Health XI) was initiated in 40 Chinese counties to pilot interventions aimed at improving local health systems. Performance targets were pre-specified (results-based), and project counties were allowed to tailor their interventions (bottom-up) in recognition of the substantial region...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Zhang H,van Doorslaer E,Xu L,Zhang Y,van de Klundert J

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between health care expenditure and health outcomes has been the subject of recent academic inquiry in order to inform cost-effectiveness thresholds for health technology assessment agencies. Previous studies in public health systems have relied upon data aggregated at the national or regional level; ...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Watson S,Arulampalam W,Petrou S,NESCOP.

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Public health programmes tend to be complex and may combine social strategies with aspects of empowerment, capacity building and knowledge across sectors. The nature of the programmes means that some effects are likely to occur outside the healthcare sector; this breadth impacts on the choice of health and non-health ...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Greco G,Lorgelly P,Yamabhai I

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In previous work (Health Econ. 2004; 13: 417-427; Health Econ. 2006; 15: 319-322) has suggested that survivor consumption costs should be included in cost-utility analyses only if the corresponding utility gains are also included. Here, it is further argued that the welfare implications of survivor consumption are alr...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Nyman JA

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00