Similar Search Results

Measuring income-related inequalities in health in multi-country analysis

Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina; Masseria, Cristina - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071294

Evaluation via extended orderings: empirical findings from west and east

Gaertner, Wulf; Jungeilges, Jochen - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1999

positional rule and it is modified to reflect considerations of equity. Such considerations are introduced by transforming the … original linear weighting system such that an equity axiom well known from the social choice literature is satisfied. Students … the equity axiom, viz. there is one person who is worst off under two alternatives x and y. This person is better off …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928802

Does hospital competition save lives?: evidence from the English NHS patient choice reforms

Cooper, Zack; Gibbons, Stephen; Jones, Simon; McGuire, … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

This paper examines whether or not hospital competition in a market with fixed reimbursement prices can prompt improvements in clinical quality. In January 2006, the British Government introduced a major extension of their market-based reforms to the English National Health Service. From January...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884675

Does hospital competition save lives? Evidence from the English NHS patient choice reforms

Cooper, Zack; Gibbons, Stephen; Jones, Simon; McGuire, … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

Recent substantive reforms to the English National Health Service expanded patient choice and encouraged hospitals to compete within a market with fixed prices. This study investigates whether these reforms led to improvements in hospital quality. We use a difference-in-difference-style...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126074

Re-visiting the health care luxury good hypothesis: aggregation, precision, and publication biases?

Costa-i-Font, Joan; Gemmill, Marin; Rubert, Gloria - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884488

Are you happy while you work?

Bryson, Alex; MacKerron, George - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

Recent work in psychology and economics has investigated ways in which individuals experience their lives. This literature includes influences on individuals’ momentary happiness. We contribute to this literature using a new data source, Mappiness (www.mappiness.org.uk), which permits...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745240

Familiarising the unfamiliar: cognitive polyphasia, emotions and the creation of social representations

de-Graft Aikins, Ama - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

Within the Social Representations Theory (SRT) paradigm, social representations are defined technically as practical social knowledge that is produced when groups and individuals encounter the unfamiliar. Social representations therefore function to familiarise the unfamiliar. Theorists also...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745296

Healer shopping in Africa: new evidence from rural-urban qualitative study of diabetes experiences

de-Graft Aikins, Ama - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005

Objectives To provide counterevidence to existing literature on healer shopping in Africa through a systematic analysis of illness practices by Ghanaians with diabetes; to outline approaches towards improving patient centred health care and policy development regarding diabetes in Ghana. Design...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745325

Building community capital in social care: is there an economic case?

Knapp, Martin; Bauer, Annette; Perkins, Margaret; Snell, Tom - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

Current debates about the sustainability of public commitments include discussion of the adequacy and affordability of collective health and social care responses to the rapidly growing needs of ageing communities. A recurrent theme in England is whether communities can play greater roles in...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745931

Mental health: the choice of therapy for all

Layard, Richard - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005

Richard Layard has spent much of his professional life tackling unemployment and inequality. But in his latest work, he argues that mental illness is now Britain's biggest social problem.

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745941

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Next
Last