The absolute income hypothesis—that holding other factors constant, the higher an
individual's income the better is their health—is supported by a considerable body of …

Objectives: Discounting of costs in health-related economic evaluation is generally regarded
as uncontroversial, but there is disagreement about discounting health benefits. We sought …

Between 1991 and 1998 English general practices had the option of holding budgets for
prescribing and elective secondary care. Fundholding was reintroduced in 2005. We …

Policymakers are increasingly designing policies that encourage patient choice and
therefore mobility across providers. Since prices are regulated (fixed) in most countries …

Background In 2004, after a series of national initiatives associated with marked
improvements in the quality of care, the National Health Service of the United Kingdom …

Achieving equity in healthcare, in the form of equal use for equal need, is an objective of
many healthcare systems. The evaluation of equity requires value judgements as well as …

Solutions manual and workbook to accompany the second edition of the authors' textbook,
Microeconomics. Provides answers and solution methods for all the problems in the …

Objectives: To measure general practitioners' intentions to quit direct patient care, to assess
changes between 1998 and 2000, and to investigate associated factors, notably job …

Objectives To determine the impact on outcomes in patients of the Evercare approach to
case management of elderly people. Design Practice level before and after analysis of …

Objective: To investigate the impact of factors outside the control of primary care on
performance indicators proposed as measures of the quality of primary care. Design …