. However, there are also significant health implications of such anti-competitive practices that seldom receive attention. This … paper hopes to draw attention to the potential public health issues that arise as a result of lack of competition in the … concentration on various health outcomes. Results: High retailer concentration may adversely affect affordability, accessibility …

eignet. Ein Exkurs zum amerikanischen Gesundheitswesen vermittelt dem Leser den n?tigen Hintergrund. Eine kritische …The paper is concerned with the efficient organization of contractual relationships between health insurers and … health care system. The focus lies on an ex ante alignment of incentive structures as well as on an efficient handling of …

) quality, ii) efficiency, and iii) ownership.i) Quality of health care is the most important good of the health production … of competition on quality of care.ii) The health economy also merits attention because of its sheer size e.g. with … industrialised countries, approximately one third of health care expenditure is generated by inpatient care. For this reason …

health effects of F&V stamp policy designed for low income consumers. The analysis combined two models: an economic model … which predictshow F&V consumption is affected by a change in policy and a health model which evaluatesthe impact of a change … consumption remains in plausible values, (4) the policy reduces the health inequalities between low and high income populations …

, residents continue to be exposed to environmental health risks that result from poor and inadequate basic sanitation provision … hygienic environment for its users. A badly managed sanitation facility is an environmental health risk, and it encourages …, Health and Solid Waste Departments. Hence the need for an integrated and inclusive approach to planning is required. Using a …

BACKGROUND: The Health and Health Services Research Fund (HHSRF) is dedicated to support research related to all … aspects of health and health services in Hong Kong. We evaluated the fund's outcomes and explored factors associated with the … translation of research findings to changes in health policy and provider behaviour. METHODS: A locally suitable questionnaire was …

In this dissertation we present mathematical models that help answer health policy questions relating to HIV and …. Using the model and data from the Urban Men's Health Study, we estimate the affect that interventions at venues, namely …