The impact of quality on the demand facing health care providers has important implications for the industrial … organization of health care markets. In this paper we study the consumers' choice of general practitioner (GP) assuming they are … health heterogeneity in several ways. We apply modeling and estimation procedures involving latent structural variables …

morbidity – particularly among women and neonates. We compared costs and health consequences of using point-of-care (POC) tests … management. Conclusions: Using POC tests to diagnose chlamydia during antenatal care in sub-Saharan Africa entails greater health … diagnostic strategy and treatment regimens may improve people’s health and even reduce health care budgets. …

In Norway specialized health services are provided both by public hospitals and by privately practicing specialists who … regulations that govern the allocation of specialist health care resources in fact are fulfilled. Panel data from the Survey of …

In health economics, cost-effectiveness is defined as maximized health benefits for a given health budget. When there … types of treatments should be included in the public program. The correct benefit measure is in this case the sum of health … choose private treatment. In the socially optimal ranking of treatments to be included in the public health program …