Das etablierte Lehrbuch vermittelt in bewährter Form einen fundierten Überblick über das Gebiet der Gesundheitsökonomie. Es werden die theoretischen Grundlagen von Markt und Wettbewerb und die problematische Übertragbarkeit auf den Gesundheitssektor erläutert. Der Schwerpunkt liegt auf den...

This paper develops a theoretical model and then, using Canadian joint replacement surgery data, empirically tests the relationship between government policies that promote privately funded health care and patients' waiting time in the public health care system. Two policies are tested: one...

In 2002, New Zealand's government-funded primary health care payments were changed from a fee-for-service basis to a capitation basis as part of a change towards a population-based, managed care style of primary health care provision. However, some specific differences characterise the New...