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The impact of competition on management quality: evidence from public hospitals

Bloom, Nick; Propper, Carol; Seiler, Stephan; Van … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

geographic proximity is a key determinant of competition, and English public hospitals where political competition can be used to … construct instrumental variables for market structure. Since almost all major English hospitals are government run, closing … hospitals in areas where the governing party has a small majority is rare due to fear of electoral punishment. We find that …

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HIV prevalence and sexual behaviour at older ages in rural Malawi

Freeman, Emily; Anglewicz, Philip - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

Research on HIV infection and sexual behaviour in sub-Saharan Africa typically focuses on individuals aged 15–49 years, under the assumption that both become less relevant for older individuals. We test this assumption using data from rural Malawi to compare sexual behaviour and HIV infection...

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Does cost sharing really reduce inappropriate prescriptions?

Costa-i-Font, Joan; Gemmill-Toyama, Marin - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

This paper explores different empirical strategies to examine the effect of cost sharing for prescription drugs in some dimensions of medication-related quality, namely the probability of inappropriate prescription drug use among United States seniors. Using data from 1996 to 2005, we explore...

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Free to choose?: reform and demand response in the English National Health Service

Gaynor, Martin; Propper, Carol; Seiler, Stephan - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

choice increased demand elasticity faced by hospitals with regard to clinical quality and waiting time for an important … welfare. The elasticity of demand faced by hospitals increased post-reform, giving hospitals potentially large incentives to … improve their quality of care and find suggestive evidence that hospitals responded strongly to the enhanced incentives due to …

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The changing role of government in financing health care: an international perspective

Stabile, Mark; Thomson, Sarah - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

This paper explores the changing role of government involvement in health care financing policy outside the United States. It provides a review of the economics literature in this area to elucidate the implications of recent policy changes on efficiency, costs, and quality. Our review reveals...

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Multiple criteria decision analysis for value based assessment of new medical technologies: a conceptual framework

Kanavos, Panos; Angelis, Aris - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

Assessing the value of new medical technologies may require new approaches that take into account a more comprehensive set of parameters than the incremental cost/QALY. It is argued that MCDA can fulfil this role and has the potential to be methodologically superior to the currently used...

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Determinants of branded prescription medicine prices in OECD countries

Kanavos, Panos G.; Vandoros, Sotiris - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

This paper investigates the determinants of the prices of branded prescription medicines across different regulatory settings and health care systems, taking into account their launch date, patent status, market dynamics and the regulatory context in which they diffuse. By using volume-weighted...

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Poverty and postnatal depression: a systematic mapping of the evidence from low and lower middle income countries

Coast, Ernestina; Leone, Tiziana; Hirose, Atsumi; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

This study systematically maps, assesses and aggregates research relating to postnatal depression (PND) and poverty in low and lower middle income countries (LLMICs). Our search of 12 databases yielded 2202 articles, of which 47 items from 17 countries were included in our mapping. We highlight...

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Medical technology as a key driver of rising health expenditures: disentangling the relationship

Sorenson, Corinna; Drummond, Michael; Bhuiyan Kahn, Beena - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

Health care spending has risen steadily in most countries, becoming a concern for decision-makers worldwide. Commentators often point to new medical technology as the key driver for burgeoning expenditures. This paper critically appraises this conjecture, based on an analysis of the existing...

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Wealth shocks and health outcomes: evidence from stock market fluctuations

Schwandt, Hannes - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

Do wealth shocks affect the health of the elderly in developed countries? The economic literature is skeptical about such effects which have so far only been found for poor retirees in poor countries. In this paper I show that wealth shocks also matter for the health of wealthy retirees in the...

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