Journal of Health Economics

1982 - 2009

Edited by J. P. Newhouse, A. J. Culyer, R. Frank, K. Claxton and T. McGuire

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Volume 28, issue 3, 2009

The effect of income growth and inequality on health inequality: Theory and empirical evidence from the European Panel pp. 525-539

Tom Van Ourti, Eddy K.A. Van Doorslaer and Xander Koolman

Comparing subjective and objective measures of health: Evidence from hypertension for the income/health gradient pp. 540-552

David W. Johnston, Carol Propper and Michael A. Shields

Trying to estimate a monetary value for the QALY pp. 553-562

Jose-Luis Pinto-Prades, Graham Loomes and Raul Brey

The impact of real options on willingness to pay for mortality risk reductions pp. 563-569

Niclas A. Krüger and Mikael Svensson

Eliciting people's preferences for the distribution of health: A procedure for a more precise estimation of distributional weights pp. 570-577

Ottar Mæstad and Ole Frithjof Norheim

The impact of poor health on academic performance: New evidence using genetic markers pp. 578-597

Weili Ding, Steven Lehrer, J.Niels Rosenquist and Audrain-McGovern, Janet

Bayesian and classical estimation of mixed logit: An application to genetic testing pp. 598-610

Dean A. Regier, Mandy Ryan, Euan Phimister and Carlo A. Marra

Eradicating diseases: The effect of conditional cash transfers on vaccination coverage in rural Nicaragua pp. 611-621

Tania Barham and John A. Maluccio

The impact of tax reforms designed to encourage healthier grain consumption pp. 622-634

Jonas Nordström and Linda Thunström

Age, socioeconomic status and obesity growth pp. 635-648

Charles L. Baum and Christopher J. Ruhm

The incidence of the healthcare costs of obesity pp. 649-658

Jay Bhattacharya and M. Kate Bundorf

Anti-depressants and suicide pp. 659-676

Jens Ludwig, Dave E. Marcotte and Karen Norberg

Migration and mental health: Evidence from a natural experiment pp. 677-687

Steven Stillman, David Mckenzie and John Gibson

Air pollution and infant health: Lessons from New Jersey pp. 688-703

Janet Currie, Matthew Neidell and Johannes F. Schmieder

Who has a clue to preventing the flu? Unravelling supply and demand effects on the take-up of influenza vaccinations pp. 704-717

Jürgen Maurer

Do markets respond to quality information? The case of fertility clinics pp. 718-727

M. Kate Bundorf, Natalie Chun, Gopi Shah Goda and Daniel P. Kessler

Hopping on the methadone bus pp. 728-736

Steffen Lippert and Christoph Schumacher

Minimum drinking age laws and infant health outcomes pp. 737-747

Angela R. Fertig and Tara Elizabeth Watson

Nurses wanted: Is the job too harsh or is the wage too low? pp. 748-757

M.L. Di Tommaso, Steinar Strøm and E.M. Sæther

Corrigendum to "The social welfare function and individual responsibility: Some theoretical issues and empirical evidence" [J. Health Econ. 28 (2009) 210-220] pp. 758-759

Paul Dolan and Aki Tsuchiya

Volume 28, issue 2, 2009

Health care utilisation in Europe: New evidence from the ECHP pp. 265-279

Teresa Bago d'Uva and Andrew Michael Jones

Measurement of horizontal inequity in health care utilisation using European panel data pp. 280-289

Teresa Bago d'Uva, Andrew Michael Jones and Eddy K.A. Van Doorslaer

Rationing the public provision of healthcare in the presence of private supplements: Evidence from the Italian NHS pp. 290-304

Daniele Fabbri and Chiara Monfardini

Bailing out expectations and public health expenditure pp. 305-321

Massimo Bordignon and Gilberto TURATI

Europe and central Asia's great post-communist social health insurance experiment: Aggregate impacts on health sector outcomes pp. 322-340

Adam Wagstaff and Moreno-Serra, Rodrigo

Financial incentives and physicians' prescription decisions on the choice between brand-name and generic drugs: Evidence from Taiwan pp. 341-349

Liu, Ya-Ming, Yang, Yea-Huei Kao and Hsieh, Chee-Ruey

Managed care's price bargaining with hospitals pp. 350-360

Vivian Y. Wu

Direct versus indirect standardization in risk adjustment pp. 361-374

Erik Schokkaert and Carine Van de Voorde

Tobacco taxes and regressivity pp. 375-384

Nikolay Gospodinov and Ian Irvine

Are mature smokers misinformed? pp. 385-397

Ahmed Khwaja, Dan Silverman, Frank Allen Sloan and Yang Wang

Motorcycle helmets and traffic safety pp. 398-412

Thomas S. Dee

Mother's education and child health: Is there a nurturing effect? pp. 413-426

Yuyu Chen and Hongbin Li

Rich and healthy--better than poor and sick?: An empirical analysis of income, health, and the duration of the pension benefit spell pp. 427-443

Stefan Hupfeld

The value of a statistical life: A meta-analysis with a mixed effects regression model pp. 444-464

Franois Bellavance, Georges Dionne and Martin Lebeau

The Disability Discrimination Act in the UK: Helping or hindering employment among the disabled? pp. 465-480

David Bell and Axel Heitmueller

Is there empirical evidence for "Defensive Medicine"? A reassessment pp. 481-491

Frank Allen Sloan and John H. Shadle

Blood donation and the nature of altruism pp. 492-503

John Wildman and Bruce Hollingsworth

Correcting the Concentration Index pp. 504-515

Guido Erreygers

Correcting the concentration index: A comment pp. 516-520

Adam Wagstaff

Correcting the Concentration Index: A reply to Wagstaff pp. 521-524

Guido Erreygers

Volume 28, issue 1, 2009

Extending health insurance to the rural population: An impact evaluation of China's new cooperative medical scheme pp. 1-19

Adam Wagstaff, Magnus Lindelow, Gao Jun, Xu Ling and Qian Juncheng

Heterogeneous impact of the "Seguro Popular" program on the utilization of obstetrical services in Mexico, 2001-2006: A multinomial probit model with a discrete endogenous variable pp. 20-34

Sosa-Rubí, Sandra G., Omar Galárraga and Jeffrey E. Harris

The impact of the Indonesian health card program: A matching estimator approach pp. 35-53

Meliyanni Johar

The macroeconomics of targeting: the case of an enduring epidemic pp. 54-72

Clive Bell and Hans Gersbach

Unfair inequalities in health and health care pp. 73-90

Marc Fleurbaey and Erik Schokkaert

Chronic diseases and labour force participation in Australia pp. 91-108

Xiaohui Zhang, Xueyan Zhao and Anthony Howard Harris

Parental education and child health: Evidence from a schooling reform pp. 109-131

Maarten Lindeboom, Llena-Nozal, Ana and Bas van der Klaauw

Why parents worry: Initiation into cannabis use by youth and their educational attainment pp. 132-142

Jan C. van Ours and Jenny Williams

Does informal care from children to their elderly parents substitute for formal care in Europe? pp. 143-154

Eric Bonsang

Does compulsory education lower mortality? pp. 155-168

Valerie Albouy and Laurent Lequien

Calculating concentration index with repetitive values of indicators of economic welfare pp. 169-175

Zhuo (Adam) Chen and Kakoli Roy

Reference pricing and firms' pricing strategies pp. 176-197

Marisa Miraldo

Shifted deductibles for high risks: More effective in reducing moral hazard than traditional deductibles pp. 198-209

R.C. van Kleef, W.P.M.M. van de Ven and R.C.J.A. van Vliet

The social welfare function and individual responsibility: Some theoretical issues and empirical evidence pp. 210-220

Paul Dolan and Aki Tsuchiya

A comparative analysis of some policy options to reduce rationing in the UK's NHS: Lessons from a general equilibrium model incorporating positive health effects pp. 221-233

Martine Rutten and Geoffrey Reed

The correction of TTO-scores for utility curvature using a risk-free utility elicitation method pp. 234-243

Arthur Ewoud Attema and Werner B.F. Brouwer

Physician financial incentives and cesarean delivery: New conclusions from the healthcare cost and utilization project pp. 244-250

Darren Grant

Reply to Ralph Bradley, "Comment - Defining health insurance affordability: Unobserved heterogeneity matters" pp. 251-254

M. Kate Bundorf and Mark V. Pauly

Comment--Defining health insurance affordability: Unobserved heterogeneity matters pp. 255-264

Ralph Bradley