International Journal of Health Economics and Management

2004 - 2026

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Volume 11, issue 4, 2011

Has the European union achieved a single pharmaceutical market? pp. 223-244

Aysegul Timur, Gabriel Picone and Jeffrey DeSimone

Market conditions and general practitioners’ referrals pp. 245-265

Tor Iversen and Ching-to Ma

Out-of-pocket expenditures for hospital care in Iran: who is at risk of incurring catastrophic payments? pp. 267-285

Mohammad Hajizadeh and Hong Son Nghiem

The effects of medical factors on transfer deficits in Public Assistance in Japan: a quantile regression analysis pp. 287-307

Masayoshi Hayashi

Volume 11, issue 3, 2011

The international transferability of human capital in nursing pp. 145-163

Serena Huang

Vertical integration and optimal reimbursement policy pp. 165-179

Christopher Afendulis and Daniel Kessler

How do health insurance loading fees vary by group size?: implications for Healthcare reform pp. 181-207

Pinar Karaca-Mandic, Jean Abraham and Charles Phelps

The determinants of the willingness-to-pay for community-based prepayment scheme in rural Cameroon pp. 209-220

Hermann Donfouet, Ephias Makaudze, Pierre-Alexandre Mahieu and Eric Malin

Erratum to: Education and health: evidence on adults with diabetes pp. 221-222

Padmaja Ayyagari, Daniel Grossman and Frank Sloan

Volume 11, issue 2, 2011

Determining factors of catastrophic health spending in Bogota, Colombia pp. 83-100

Jeannette Amaya Lara and Fernando Ruiz Gómez

The welfare gain from replacing the health insurance tax exclusion with lump-sum tax credits pp. 101-113

Liqun Liu, Andrew Rettenmaier and Thomas Saving

Market power and contract form: evidence from physician group practices pp. 115-132

Robert Town, Roger Feldman and John Kralewski

Labor supply responses to government subsidized health insurance: evidence from kidney transplant patients pp. 133-144

Timothy Page

Volume 11, issue 1, 2011

The quality of medical care, behavioral risk factors, and longevity growth pp. 1-34

Frank Lichtenberg

Education and health: evidence on adults with diabetes pp. 35-54

Padmaja Ayyagari, Daniel Grossman and Frank Sloan

Premium growth and its effect on employer-sponsored insurance pp. 55-81

Jessica Vistnes and Thomas Selden

Volume 10, issue 4, 2010

Assessing willingness to pay for cancer prevention pp. 301-314

Michael Milligan, Alok Bohara and José Pagán

The impact of new drug launches on the loss of labor from disease and injury: evidence from German panel data pp. 315-346

Bui Van and Michael Stolpe

The effects of residential proximity to bars on alcohol consumption pp. 347-367

Gabriel Picone, Joseph MacDougald, Frank Sloan, Alyssa Platt and Stefan Kertesz

On decomposing the inequality and inequity change in health care utilization: change in means, or change in the distributions? pp. 369-386

Hai Zhong

Volume 10, issue 3, 2010

Prescription drug coverage among elderly and disabled Americans: can Medicare—Part D reduce inequities in access? pp. 203-218

Panos Kanavos and Marin Gemmill-Toyama

The impact of decentralization of health care administration on equity in health and health care in Canada pp. 219-237

Hai Zhong

Strategic costs and preferences revelation in the allocation of resources for health care pp. 239-256

Laura Levaggi and Rosella Levaggi

Health care costs during the last 12 months of life in Israel: estimation and implications for risk-adjustment pp. 257-273

Amir Shmueli, David Messika, Irit Zmora and Bernice Oberman

Privatization of local public hospitals: effect on budget, medical service quality, and social welfare pp. 275-299

Hiroshi Aiura and Yasuo Sanjo

Volume 10, issue 2, 2010

Employer-sponsored health insurance for early retirees: impacts on retirement, health, and health care pp. 105-147

Erin Strumpf

Medicare Part B reimbursement and the perceived quality of physician care pp. 149-170

Christopher Brunt and Gail Jensen

Do Medicare Advantage enrollees tend to be admitted to hospitals with better or worse outcomes compared with fee-for-service enrollees? pp. 171-185

Bernard Friedman and H. Jiang

Economic evaluation of the direct healthcare cost savings resulting from the use of walking interventions to prevent coronary heart disease in Australia pp. 187-201

Henry Zheng, Fred Ehrlich and Janaki Amin

Volume 10, issue 1, 2010

The distribution over time of costs and social net benefits for pertussis immunization programs pp. 1-27

Dorota Girard

Toward a needs based mechanism for capitation purposes in Italy: the role of socioeconomic level in explaining differences in the use of health services pp. 29-42

Alessio Petrelli, Roberta Picariello and Giuseppe Costa

Assessing hospital competition when prices don’t matter to patients: the use of time-elasticities pp. 43-60

Marco Varkevisser, Stéphanie Geest and Frederik Schut

Hospital cost shifting revisited: new evidence from the balanced budget act of 1997 pp. 61-83

Vivian Wu

Has the influence of managed care waned? Evidence from the market for physician services pp. 85-103

Hai Fang and John Rizzo

Volume 9, issue 4, 2009

The effect of physicians’ remuneration system on the Caesarean section rate: the Uruguayan case pp. 333-345

Patricia Triunfo and Maximo Rossi

Which preferred providers are really preferred? Effectiveness of insurers’ channeling incentives on pharmacy choice pp. 347-366

Lieke Boonen, Frederik Schut, Bas Donkers and Xander Koolman

Health insurance and ex ante moral hazard: evidence from Medicare pp. 367-390

Dhaval Dave and Robert Kaestner

Population ageing and its implications on aggregate health care demand: empirical evidence from 22 OECD countries pp. 391-402

Alfons Palangkaraya and Jongsay Yong

The convergence between for-profit and nonprofit hospitals in the United States pp. 403-428

Guy David

Volume 9, issue 3, 2009

The potential premium range of risk-rating in competitive markets for supplementary health insurance pp. 243-258

Francesco Paolucci, Femmeke Prinsze, Pieter Stam and Wynand Ven

Incentives and remuneration systems in dental services pp. 259-278

Jostein Grytten, Dorthe Holst and Irene Skau

The variance of length of stay and the optimal DRG outlier payments pp. 279-289

Stefan Felder

Generic script share and the price of brand-name drugs: the role of consumer choice pp. 291-316

John Rizzo and Richard Zeckhauser

An extension of the real option approach to the evaluation of health care technologies: the case of positron emission tomography pp. 317-332

Paolo Pertile

Volume 9, issue 2, 2009

Provider payment incentives: international comparisons pp. 113-115

Karen Eggleston

The soft budget constraint syndrome in the hospital sector pp. 117-135

János Kornai

The healer or the druggist: effects of two health care policies in Taiwan on elderly patients’ choice between physician and pharmacist services pp. 137-152

Simon Chang

Does your health care depend on how your insurer pays providers? Variation in utilization and outcomes in Thailand pp. 153-168

Sanita Hirunrassamee and Sauwakon Ratanawijitrasin

Allocation of control rights and cooperation efficiency in public-private partnerships: theory and evidence from the Chinese pharmaceutical industry pp. 169-182

Zhe Zhang, Ming Jia and Difang Wan

Has the use of physician gatekeepers declined among HMOs? Evidence from the United States pp. 183-195

Hai Fang, Hong Liu and John Rizzo

An economic analysis of payment for health care services: The United States and Switzerland compared pp. 197-210

Peter Zweifel and Ming Tai-Seale

The effect of soft budget constraints on access and quality in hospital care pp. 211-232

Yu-Chu Shen and Karen Eggleston

Soft budget constraints in China: Evidence from the Guangdong hospital industry pp. 233-242

Karen Eggleston, Yu-Chu Shen, Mingshan Lu, Congdong Li, Jian Wang, Zhe Yang and Jing Zhang

Volume 9, issue 1, 2009

Why U.S. health care expenditure and ranking on health care indicators are so different from Canada’s pp. 1-24

A. Spithoven

International competition and the demand for health insurance in the US: evidence from the Texas–Mexico border region pp. 25-38

Henry Brown, José Pagán and Elena Bastida

Service motives and profit incentives among physicians pp. 39-57

Geir Godager, Tor Iversen and Ching-to Ma

Nothing for something? Estimating cost and value for beneficiaries from recent medicare spending increases on HMO payments and drug benefits pp. 59-81

Steven Pizer, Austin Frakt and Roger Feldman

Utilisation of physician services in the 50+ population: the relative importance of individual versus institutional factors in 10 European countries pp. 83-112

Kristian Bolin, Anna Lindgren, Björn Lindgren and Petter Lundborg