Health spending per capita in England has more than doubled since 1997, yet relatively little is known about how that … spending is distributed across the population. This paper uses administrative National Health Service (NHS) hospital records to … examine key features of public hospital spending in England. We describe how costs vary across the lifecycle, and the …

words in relevant databased and websites. Data extracted included methods and empirical evidence (costs, effects … reported evidence. The included studies were also assessed for reporting quality using the Consolidated Health Economic …

Competition among health insurers is widely considered to be a means of enhancing efficiency and containing costs in … the health care system. In this paper, it is argued that this could be unsuccessful since health care providers hold a … strong position on the market for health care services. Physicians exert a type of monopolistic power which can be described …

firms, we then recover the marginal costs and markups. We finally evaluate the effect of the parallel imports' policy by …

, we then recover the marginal costs and markups. We finally evaluate the effect of the parallel imports' policy by …

availability of health-related products such as pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and medical equipment. The case for liberalizing trade …Trade in health products has been flourishing in recent years as the demand for better health has been growing … throughout the world. At the same time, trade in health products is hampered by substantive trade barriers. In this paper, we …

This paper studies the effect of a change in the mandatory manufacturer rebate on wholesale prices for pharmaceuticals …

pharmaceuticals on competition by parallel imports. First, I analyze the effect of a manufacturer rebate on competition by parallel …