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Working Papers

2022

1. Approaches to projecting future healthcare demand
   Working Papers, Centre for Health Economics, University of York View citations (1)
2. The potential for payment reform to influence emergency admissions: the case of blended payment in the English NHS
   Working Papers, Centre for Health Economics, University of York
3. This paper constitutes the first and foundational output of the ESHCRU2 project 3 - Analysis of purcher-provider contracts: modelling risk sharing and incentive implications. In this project, we have focused on the implications of payment reform of what is called blended payment for emergency care. This paper sets out the theoretical model developed to understand how behavioural choices could be influenced by this payment reform. We construct a framework in which two organisations - a hospital and a purchaser - influence respectively admissions from, and attendance at, emergency departments. These decisions are each influenced by the payment system and interact to determine an equilibrium. We show how the equilibrium is affected by the characteristics of the hospital and the purchaser and how it will be changed by shifting towards a greater reliance on fixed payment. We further establish what outcomes (in terms of admissions and attendances) can be sustained as an equilibrium under different parameters of the payment system
   Working Papers, Centre for Health Economics, University of York

2018

4. Spatial competition and quality: Evidence from the English family doctor market
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (2)
   Also in Working Papers, Centre for Health Economics, University of York (2018) View citations (2)
   Working Papers, Imperial College, London, Imperial College Business School (2018) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Spatial competition and quality: Evidence from the English family doctor market, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2019) View citations (18) (2019)

2017

5. Do hospitals respond to rivals’ quality and efficiency? a spatial econometrics approach
   Working Papers, Centre for Health Economics, University of York View citations (17)

2015

6. The impact of primary care quality on inpatient length of stay for people with dementia: an analysis by discharge destination
   Working Papers, Centre for Health Economics, University of York

2014

7. Does quality affect patients’ choice of doctor? Evidence from the UK
   Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York
   Also in Working Papers, Centre for Health Economics, University of York (2013) View citations (9)
8. Patient choice and the effects of hospital market structure on mortality for AMI, hip fracture and stroke patients
   Working Papers, Centre for Health Economics, University of York View citations (10)

2013

9. Does a hospitals quality depend on the quality of other hospitals? A spatial econometrics approach to investigating hospital quality competition
   Working Papers, Centre for Health Economics, University of York View citations (1)
10. Does quality affect patients? choice of doctor? Evidence from the UK
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (18)
    Also in The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, University of Bristol, UK (2013) View citations (6)
11. Long term care provision, hospital length of stay and discharge destination for hip fracture and stroke patients
    Working Papers, Centre for Health Economics, University of York View citations (8)

2012

12. Hospital Quality Competition Under Fixed Prices
    Working Papers, Centre for Health Economics, University of York View citations (22)

2011

13. Measuring and testing for gender discrimination in physician pay: English family doctors
    Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of York View citations (22)
    See also Journal Article Measuring and testing for gender discrimination in physician pay: English family doctors, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2011) View citations (20) (2011)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Socioeconomic inequalities in hospital access for prostate cancer before and after COVID-19
   Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2024, 94, (C)
2. The long-run effect of COVID-19 on hospital emergency department attendances:evidence from statistical analysis of hospital data from England
   Health Policy, 2024, 150, (C)
3. Variation in attendance at emergency departments in England across local areas: A system under unequal pressure
   Health Policy, 2024, 150, (C)

2023

4. Does quality affect choice of family physician? Evidence from patients changing general practice without changing address
   Economic Modelling, 2023, 126, (C)
5. Need, demand, supply in health care: working definitions, and their implications for defining access
   Health Economics, Policy and Law, 2023, 18, (1), 1-13

2022

6. Editorial for the Special Issue “Spatial and regional aspects of health”
   REGION, 2022, 9, E1-E7
7. Heterogeneity in end of life health care expenditure trajectory profiles
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2022, 204, (C), 221-251
8. How do clinical quality and patient satisfaction vary with provider size in primary care? Evidence from English general practice panel data
   Social Science & Medicine, 2022, 301, (C) View citations (1)

2020

9. Does the use of health technology assessment have an impact on the utilisation of health care resources? Evidence from two European countries
   The European Journal of Health Economics, 2020, 21, (4), 621-634 View citations (3)

2019

10. Spatial competition and quality: Evidence from the English family doctor market
    Journal of Health Economics, 2019, 68, (C) View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper Spatial competition and quality: Evidence from the English family doctor market, CEPR Discussion Papers (2018) View citations (2) (2018)

2018

11. Heterogeneous effects of patient choice and hospital competition on mortality
    Social Science & Medicine, 2018, 216, (C), 50-58 View citations (21)

2017

12. Do hospitals respond to rivals' quality and efficiency? A spatial panel econometric analysis
    Health Economics, 2017, 26, (S2), 38-62 View citations (19)
13. Does Quality Affect Patients’ Choice of Doctor? Evidence from England
    Economic Journal, 2017, 127, (600), 445-494 View citations (39)
14. Long-term care provision, hospital bed blocking, and discharge destination for hip fracture and stroke patients
    International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 2017, 17, (3), 311-331 View citations (15)

2015

15. The Influence of Primary Care Quality on Hospital Admissions for People with Dementia in England: A Regression Analysis
    PLOS ONE, 2015, 10, (3), 1-14 View citations (8)

2014

16. Does a hospital's quality depend on the quality of other hospitals? A spatial econometrics approach
    Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2014, 49, (C), 203-216 View citations (20)

2011

17. Measuring and testing for gender discrimination in physician pay: English family doctors
    Journal of Health Economics, 2011, 30, (4), 660-674 View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper Measuring and testing for gender discrimination in physician pay: English family doctors, Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (22) (2011)

2009

18. The link between local environment and obesity: A multilevel analysis in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, Portugal
    Social Science & Medicine, 2009, 68, (4), 601-609 View citations (11)

Chapters

2021

1. The Financial Sustainability of the Portuguese Health System
   A chapter in The Sustainability of Health Care Systems in Europe, 2021, vol. 295, pp 209-229 View citations (1)

2018

2. Spatial Health Econometrics
   A chapter in Health Econometrics, 2018, vol. 294, pp 305-326 View citations (1)