Workplaces vary in their ability to recruit and retain workers. We introduce two new concepts which can be used as proxy measures of the relative attractiveness of a particular setting, where setting can be defined narrowly (e.g., a particular organization) or broadly (e.g., a sub-sector)....

Self-rated health is a widely used measure of health typically obtained from a question, “How do you rate your health?” Despite the measure’s popularity, debates continue as to what exactly self-rated health captures. This study augments the rich literature on the construct of self-rated...

In this paper we critically appraise the appropriateness and validity from an economic perspective of alternative preference-based approaches to measuring outcomes in economic evaluations of health care interventions. We describe the properties of an outcome measure for economic evaluation to...

Systematic variations in health and illness among social groups have persisted and, in some cases increased, in many countries in spite of improvements in the availability of, and access to, health care services. Health policy makers have responded by showing increasing interest in non-clinical...

While there is a large and growing literature investigating the relationship between an individual's employment status and health, considerably less is known about the effect on this relationship of the context in which unemployment occurs. The aim of this paper is test for the presence and...

Changes were made to the management and delivery of primary dental care in the NHS in England in 2006 aimed at improving access to NHS dental services among populations with low use. These included: (i) commissioning of NHS dental services by primary care trusts (ii) replacing item of service...

This article examines the degree to which relationships between social capital and health are embedded in local geographical contexts and influenced by demographic factors, socio-economic status, health behaviours and coping skills. Using data from a telephone survey of a random sample of adults...

The effects of regular and frequent increases in charges for health care on patient utilisation are analysed using monthly data on National Health Service (NHS) prescribed drugs in England for the period 1979-1985. Using a partial adjustment model a utilisation equation of prescribed drugs is...

The application of Sen's notion of capabilities to problems of the allocation of resources to health in the form of an extra-welfarist framework underlies the justification of quality adjusted life years (QALYs) as the method for valuing the benefits of health care. In this paper we critically...

Health care decision makers are required to make planning decisions over a medium to long term planning horizon. Whilst population ageing is an important consideration for planners, age-stratified demographic models may produce misleading estimates of future resource requirements if the actual...