[eng] The Induced Demand Hypothesis: an Economic Assessment by Lise Rochaix and Stéphane Jacobzone . In health economics the induced demand hypothesis is bringing about a transformation in the way health-care demand is perceived. It posits that health-care demand does not simply reflect choice...

[fre] Asymétries d'information et incertitude en santé : les apports de la théorie des contrats . par Lise Rochaix . Le caractère imparfait, voire asymétrique, de l'information dont dispose le patient conduit à remettre en cause l'utilisation du modèle néoclassique standard et à...

[eng] Physicans' payment schemes . This paper reviews some of the results from the economic literature on physicians' payment schemes. The main objective is to offer a critical perspective on the current payment system in France and to define possible avenues of reform. To do so, useful lessons...

When evaluating new drugs or treatments eligible for reimbursement, health technology assessment (HTA) agencies are repeatedly faced with cost-effectiveness analyses that evidence lack of adequate data and modeling biases. The case of type 2 diabetes illustrates this difficulty. In spite of its...

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Do Primary Care Physicians (PCPs) react strategically to financial incentives and if so how? To address this question, we follow a quasi-natural experiment in Quebec, using a panel system technique. In so doing, we both correct for underestimation biases in earlier time series findings and...