workshop was organised to provide an opportunity for a more detailed discussion by a group of leading health policy analysts of … competition’ is being touted as the answer to the weaknesses in their health care systems. …

Research held on 7-8 March 2002 to explore key policy issues facing Australia's health sector. The Roundtable drew together … thirty leading practitioners and analysts on health policy issues. The topics covered included international developments in … health policy, cost pressures in health care systems, access and service delivery, supplier-induced demand and occupational …

Decisions about how to use an individual's age are particularly important under the Oregon Health Plan's pending … employer mandate. This article summarizes the relationships between age and other important variables that impact health policy … relationships to age, and a discussion of the issue of age-banding as it relates to an employer mandate model for health reform …

The economic cost of the U.S. health care system goes beyond the cost of prescription drugs, doctor office visits and … being an industrialized economy. The high health care costs drive jobs, human capital and technology to countries where … wages and health care costs are lower as companies attempt to survive. This holistic perception to health care cost is a …

In this paper, I examine the impact of employer-provided health benefits on job turnover. Because many employer … whether the worker's spouse provides the family with health benefits. If a worker's spouse has an employer-provided health … insurance for their family, the worker will value employment offers with and without health insurance benefits differently than …