) 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 …

is played.The final essay is on moral hazard, market power and the demand for health insurance. The issue of health …

and Quality in Health Care as a national priority. One of the goals is the prevention of central venous catheter … efficient approach to preventing CR-BSI in Queensland Health intensive care units. A Markov model was developed in conjunction … which uncertainty is not considered, show that the use of any of the four A-CVCs will result in health gains accompanied by …

Maternal and infant mortality is a global health issue with a significant social and economic impact. Each year, over … demand-side and supply side-interventions focusing on increasing health service use and improving birth outcomes. Little is … changes of health service use and birth outcomes are associated with the interventions in the Safe Motherhood Programme. 2. To …

theory to the market for outpatient surgical procedures in order to compare the entry and exit patterns of firms in a mature …, our results extend niche overlap theory to settings in which two different organizational forms compete and demonstrate …

Good health is a determinant of economic growth and a component of well-being. This paper discusses and synthesizes … economic models of individual and household behavior, showing how they may be used to illuminate health policy making in low …-income countries. The models could help address questions such as: How can the health of the poor be improved, and what are the …

This dissertation consists of three essays on health economics. Lack of incentive to protect asset has been one of the …