Journal of Health Economics

1982 - 2025

Current editor(s): J. P. Newhouse, A. J. Culyer, R. Frank, K. Claxton and T. McGuire

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Letter from the editors pp. 383-383: Anthony Culyer and Joseph Newhouse
Physician response to fee changes with multiple payers pp. 385-410: Thomas G. McGuire and Mark V. Pauly
The doctor as double agent: Information asymmetry, health insurance, and medical care pp. 411-432: Ake Blomqvist
Adverse selection, moral hazard, and wealth effects in the medigap insurance market pp. 433-459: John R. Wolfe and John Goddeeris
Willingness to pay for antihypertensive therapy -- results of a Swedish pilot study pp. 461-473: Magnus Johannesson, Bengt Jonsson and Lars Borgquist
Utilisation as a measure of equity: weighing heat? pp. 475-480: Gavin Mooney, Jane Hall, Cam Donaldson and Karen Gerard

'Profit' variability in for-profit and not-for-profit hospitals pp. 259-289: Thomas J. Hoerger
The impact of low birthweight on special education costs pp. 291-311: Stephen Chaikind and Hope Corman
Cost function analysis of Medicare policy: Are reimbursement limits for rural home health agencies sufficient? pp. 313-327: John Nyman and Bryan E. Dowd
Equity considerations in utility-based measures of health outcomes in economic appraisals: An adjustment algorithm pp. 329-342: Amiram Gafni and Stephen Birch
Evaluating exclusionary interventions pp. 343-348: Bryan Dowd and Roger Feldman
Must adverse selection cause premium spirals? pp. 349-357: Roger Feldman and Bryan Dowd
The competitive effects of horizontal mergers in the hospital industry: A closer look pp. 359-372: Michael G. Vita and Laurence Schumann
The competitive effects of horizontal mergers in the hospital industry: An even closer look pp. 373-378: J. Michael Woolley
An econometric investigation of low birth weight in the United States pp. 381-381: Andrew Jones

Cost of innovation in the pharmaceutical industry pp. 107-142: Joseph DiMasi, Ronald W. Hansen, Henry G. Grabowski and Louis Lasagna
Canadian medical malpractice liability: An empirical analysis of recent trends pp. 143-168: Peter C. Coyte, Donald Dewees and Michael J. Trebilcock
On the measurement of horizontal inequity in the delivery of health care pp. 169-205: Adam Wagstaff, Eddy Van Doorslaer and Pierella Paci
Participation and screening programmes for colorectal cancer: More would be better? pp. 207-225: Andrew Walker and David K. Whynes
Conversion factor instability in international comparisons of health care expenditure pp. 227-234: Ulf-G. Gerdtham and Bengt Jonsson
The costs of compliance with the 1962 FDA amendments pp. 235-238: David Dranove
The distribution of health care revisited: A commentary on Wagstaff, van Doorslaer and Paci, and O'Donnell and Propper pp. 239-245: Julian Le Grand
Equity and the distribution of U.K. National Health Service resources pp. 247-249: Owen O'Donnell and Carol Propper
Horizontal equity in the delivery of health care pp. 251-256: Adam Wagstaff, Eddy Van Doorslaer and Pierella Paci

Equity and the distribution of UK National Health Service resources pp. 1-19: Owen O'Donnell and Carol Propper
QALYs and the equity-efficiency trade-off pp. 21-41: Adam Wagstaff
The effects of excise taxes and regulations on cigarette smoking pp. 43-64: Jeffrey Wasserman, Willard Manning, Joseph Newhouse and John D. Winkler
Alcohol advertising bans and alcohol abuse: An international perspective pp. 65-79: Henry Saffer
An econometric investigation of low birth weight in the United States pp. 81-99: Andrew Jones
The demand for cigarettes pp. 101-103: Michael Grossman

Optimal payment systems for health services pp. 375-396: Randall Ellis and Thomas G. McGuire
A model of capitation pp. 397-409: Thomas Selden
The sixth stool guaiac test: $47 Million that never was pp. 429-445: Kaye Brown and Colin Burrows
Benign moral hazard and the cost-effectiveness analysis of insurance coverage pp. 447-461: Mark V. Pauly and Philip J Held
Monitoring physicians: A bargaining model of medical group practice pp. 463-481: Robert H. Lee
Supplier inducement: Its effect on dental services in Norway pp. 483-491: Jostein Grytten, Dorthe Holst and Peter Laake
The sixth stool guaiac test: A reply pp. 493-494: Duncan Neuhauser
The long debate on the sixth guaiac test: time to move on to new grounds pp. 495-497: Constantine Gatsonis
Measuring real case mix change under medicare's prospective payment system pp. 499-504: Stuart H. Altman

Using hospital-specific costs to improve the fairness of prospective reimbursement pp. 237-251: Gregory C. Pope
A simple objective method for determining a percent standard in mixed reimbursement systems pp. 253-271: Colin Goodall
The dynamic relationship between low birthweight and induced abortion in New York City: An aggregate time-series analysis pp. 273-288: Ted Joyce and Michael Grossman
Equity and accuracy in medical malpractice insurance pricing pp. 289-319: Frank Sloan and Mahmud Hassan
Consumer information and providers' reputations: An empirical test in the market for psychotherapy pp. 321-333: Deborah Haas-Wilson
The economic determinants of specialty choice by medical residents pp. 335-357: Niccie L. McKay
What proportion of hospital cost differences is justifiable? pp. 359-365: Emmett B. Keeler
Adam Smith as health economist: The oat bran controversy was actually resolved in 1776 pp. 367-369: John Mullahy

An estimate of the lifesaving benefit of child restraint use legislation pp. 121-140: William Evans and John D. Graham
Regulatory intensity and hospital cost growth pp. 143-166: Kenneth E. Thorpe and Charles E. Phelps
The production of health care services and changing hospital reimbursement: The role of hospital-medical staff relationships pp. 167-192: William S. Custer, James W. Moser, Robert A. Musacchio and Richard J. Willke
Air pollution, cigarette smoking, and the production of respiratory health pp. 193-205: John Mullahy and Paul R. Portney
Effects of HMOs on the creation of competitive markets for hospital services pp. 207-222: Roger Feldman, Hung-Ching Chan, John Kralewski, Bryan Dowd and Janet Shapiro
Variations in length of stay: A conditional likelihood approach pp. 223-234: Paul Fenn and Philip Davies

Exploring hospital production relationships with flexible functional forms pp. 1-21: Michael G. Vita
Uncertainty and the demand for medical care pp. 23-38: Valentino Dardanoni and Adam Wagstaff
An analysis of invalidity benefit claim durations for new male claimants in 1977/1978 and 1982/1983 pp. 71-83: Phil Holmes and Mauricea Lynch
Comparing the cost-effectiveness of drug regimens in the treatment of duodenal ulcers pp. 85-101: Harri Sintonen and Virpi Alander
Willingness to pay for publicly-provided goods: A Possible Measure of Benefit? pp. 103-118: Cam Donaldson