abstract：OBJECTIVE:Several EU countries are determining reimbursement prices of pharmaceuticals by cross-referencing prices of foreign countries. Our objective is to quantify the theoretical cross-border spill-over effects of cross-reference pricing schemes on pharmaceutical prices in the former EU-15 countries. METHODS:An ana...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Stargardt T,Schreyögg J

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reconsiders the evidence and several of the key arguments associated with the theory of supplier-induced demand (SID). It proposes a new theory to explain how ethical behaviour is consistent with SID. The purpose of a theory of demand and one criterion for the evaluation of a theory is the provision of a pl...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Richardson JR,Peacock SJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the relative cost effectiveness of four strategies (academic detailing, computerised reminder systems, target payments and interactive continuing medical education) to increase the provision of screening and brief interventions by Australian GPs with the ultimate goal of decreasing risky alcohol consumpti...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Shanahan M,Shakeshaft A,Mattick RP

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:From 2000 to 2004, primary care organisations (PCOs) in England were legally required to operate a prescribing incentive scheme for their general practices. A statutory framework specified the types of target, maximum rewards and use of 'good cause for failure' provisions that schemes should include. Our o...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Mason AR,Drummond MF,Hunter JA,Towse AK,Cooke J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:If present increases in the rate of obesity persist, by 2015 half of the population in the US could be obese. This article presents the case that the reason for the epidemic is an 'infrastructure of obesity' that fuels the phenomenon. To control this epidemic, public policy in general and health policy in particular n...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Stanton KR,Acs ZJ

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smoking is an expensive habit. Smoking households spend, on average, more than $US1000 annually on cigarettes. When a family member quits, in addition to the former smoker's improved long-term health, families benefit because savings from reduced cigarette expenditures can be allocated to other goods. For households i...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Busch SH,Jofre-Bonet M,Falba TA,Sindelar JL

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Decision makers within the Calgary Health Region adopted and applied programme budgeting and marginal analysis (PBMA) for priority-setting activity across major service portfolios within the Region. METHODS:Seventeen in-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with senior managers and clinicians to gain ...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Mitton C,Patten S,Donaldson C

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Payment incentives to both consumers and providers have significant consequences for the equity and efficiency of a healthcare system, and have recently come to the fore in health policy reforms. This review first discusses the economic rationale for the apparent international convergence toward payment systems with m...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Eggleston K,Hsieh CR

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite recent initiatives across a number of countries to institutionalise the use of economic evaluation in the assessment of new technologies, the evidence suggests that, to date, the impact of economic analysis on health sector decision making in practice has been low. This paper proposes that incentive compatibil...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Jan S

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is wide consensus that the ways in which providers are reimbursed by third parties will affect their behaviour and, hence, the efficient use of limited resources and the performance of health systems. However, there seems to be little evidence on how payment to hospital-based doctors affects hospital performance...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Liu X,Mills A

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews the concept of costing, and how cost data have been considered and reported in recent multinational economic evaluations. It appears that current practice frequently does not comply with microeconomic foundations and standards for good practice. A number of studies fail to indicate the year of cos...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Halliday RG,Darba J

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One focus of health economics is the trade-off between limited resources and the (health) needs of a community. Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA), while being one of the most accepted evaluation methodologies in health economics, does not account for many important costs and benefits of health care interventions. Some...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Bridges JF

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smoking of tobacco products is a major public health challenge in prison settings in most countries. Although tobacco use was tolerated by custodial authorities for many decades, the overwhelming evidence of the adverse public health effects of tobacco on both the smokers and those in the vicinity of exhaled or passiv...

journal_title：Applied health economics and health policy

authors： Awofeso N

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00