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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Tax policy and the demand for health insurance pp. 203-221: Martin Holmer
Considering the effects of financial incentives and professional ethics on `appropriate' medical care pp. 223-237: Robert S. Woodward and Frederick Warren-Boulton
Unemployment and mortality in post-war Scotland pp. 239-257: John F. Forbes and Alan McGregor
Regulating uncertain health hazards when there is changing risk information pp. 259-273: W Viscusi
Corporate benefit policies and health insurance costs pp. 275-296: Gail Jensen, Roger Feldman and Bryan Dowd
Time series analysis of mortality and unemployment pp. 297-305: Hugh Gravelle
The competition debate five years later pp. 307-311: Paul B. Ginsburg

Anti-smoking publicity, taxation, and the demand for cigarettes pp. 101-116: Robert E. Leu
Economic determinants and consequences of self-reported work disability pp. 117-136: Thomas N. Chirikos and Gilbert Nestel
Effects of competition on medicare administrative costs pp. 137-154: Stephen T. Mennemeyer
Physician treatment decisions in a multiple treatment model: The effect of physician supply pp. 155-171: Jeffrey S. McCombs
The effect of labelling on illness related absenteeism: An economic explanation for the case of hypertension pp. 173-178: Amiram Gafni and Dan Peled
Publicity, price, and puffing a health economics contribution to disease prevention pp. 179-186: Kenneth E. Warner
Measuring disability and health pp. 187-193: Barbara Wolfe
Competitive bidding and public insurance programs pp. 195-198: Judith R. Lave

Prospective reimbursement and the diffusion of new technologies in hospitals pp. 1-24: Anthony A. Romeo, Judith L. Wagner and Robert H. Lee
Hospital rate review: A theory and an empirical review pp. 25-47: Michael Morrisey, Douglas A. Conrad, Stephen M. Shortell and Karen S. Cook
Pricing behavior of non-profit agencies: The case of blood products pp. 49-61: Philip Jacobs and Ronald P. Wilder
Husband's health and wife's labor supply pp. 63-75: Mark Berger and Belton Fleisher
Prospective reimbursement and new hospital services pp. 77-81: Louise Russell
Hospital rate review: A theory and an empirical review pp. 83-86: Frank Sloan
Is cream-skimming a problem for the competitive medical market? pp. 87-95: Mark V. Pauly
Cream skimming, asymmetric information, and a competitive insurance market pp. 97-100: Joseph Newhouse

Costs and benefits in switching drugs from Rx to OTC pp. 187-205: Peter Temin
Stability in the federal employees health benefits program pp. 207-223: James R. Price, James W. Mays and Gordon R. Trapnell
Competition between non-profit and for-profit health insurers pp. 225-243: Killard W. Adamache and Frank Sloan
A model of physicians' practice attributes determination pp. 259-268: Anthony Boardman, Bryan Dowd, John M. Eisenberg and Sankey V. Williams
Two prospective difficulties with prospective payment of hospitals, or, it's better to be a resident than a patient with a complex problem pp. 269-274: Joseph Newhouse
Economic or medical criteria, or both, in policy decisions about medicines? pp. 275-279: William M. Wardell
Orange light for the competitive model pp. 281-284: Henry Aaron

Competition and efficiency in the end stage renal disease program pp. 95-118: Philip J. Held and Mark V. Pauly
Prevention and cure?: Or: Is an ounce of prevention worth a pound of cure? pp. 119-138: John Hey and Mahesh S. Patel
The optimal stock of health with endogenous wages: Application to partial disability compensation pp. 139-147: Monroe Berkowitz, Paul Fenn and James Lambrinos
Theoretical considerations on the cost of illness pp. 149-159: John Goddeeris
Evaluation of public investment in health care: Is the risk irrelevant? pp. 161-165: Uri Ben-Zion and Amiram Gafni
Reimbursement policy, cost containment and non-price competition pp. 167-174: Paul Joskow
A proposal for improving the efficiency of medical insurance pp. 175-184: Frank D. Gianfrancesco

Effects of teaching on hospital costs pp. 1-28: Frank Sloan, Roger D. Feldman and A. Bruce Steinwald
Teaching and hospital costs: The case of radiology pp. 29-46: James R. Hosek and Adele R. Palmer
Health insurance and the demand for medical care pp. 47-54: David de Meza
Physician acceptance of medicare patients on assignment pp. 55-73: James F. Rodgers and Robert A. Musacchio
Teaching and hospital costs pp. 75-79: Jack Hadley
More on moral hazard pp. 81-85: Mark Pauly
Economic advantages of board certification pp. 87-94: Gail R. Wilensky and Louis F. Rossiter

Schooling and health: The cigarette connection pp. 217-230: Phillip Farrell, Victor R. Fuchs and Victor R. Fuchs
Physician-induced demand: An empirical analysis of the consumer information gap pp. 231-244: Joel Hay and Michael J. Leahy
Physician behavior under the medicare assignment option pp. 245-264: Janet B. Mitchell and Jerry Cromwell
Allocating health expenditures to treatment and prevention pp. 265-290: Dennis Heffley
Smoking and schooling: In search of the missing link pp. 291-298: Kenneth E. Warner
Health care and the market: A British lament pp. 299-303: Anthony Culyer

Increasing the federal excise tax on cigarettes pp. 117-120: Jeffrey E. Harris
The potential for using excise taxes to reduce smoking pp. 121-145: Eugene M. Lewit and Douglas Coate
Rational purchase of medical care and differential insurance coverage for diagnostic services pp. 147-156: Friedrich Breyer
Health as an unobservable: A MIMIC-model of demand for health care pp. 157-183: Wynand P. M. M. Van de Ven and Jacques Van Der Gaag
Breast cancer screening and health service costs pp. 185-207: Hugh Gravelle, P. R. Simpson and J. Chamberlain
Austerity in public medical care programs: Miseriiness or economic response? pp. 209-214: Joseph Newhouse

The demand for health after a decade pp. 1-3: Michael Grossman
Demand for health: A generalised Grossman model pp. 5-28: Jaana-Marja Muurinen
Hospital `profits': The effects of reimbursement policies pp. 29-52: Patricia Danzon
Case mix adjustment in hospital cost analysis: Information theory revisited pp. 53-80: Morris L. Barer
Unions and hospitals: Some unresolved issues pp. 81-108: Killard W. Adamache and Frank Sloan
Is competition the answer? pp. 109-116: Joseph Newhouse