<Para ID="Par1">Healthcare capital-to-labor ratios are examined for the 10 provincial single-payer health care plans across Canada. The data show an increasing trend–particularly during the period 1997–2009 during which the ratio as much as doubled from 3 to 6 %. Multivariate analyses indicate that every...</para>

Healthcare capital-to-labor ratios are examined for the 10 provincial single-payer health care plans across Canada. The data show an increasing trend - particularly during the period 1997-2009 during which the ratio as much as doubled from 3% to 6%. Multivariate analyses indicate that every...

This paper utilizes maximum likelihood methods to simulate a Hirschman-Herfindahl index (HHI) for markets in which complete market share information is unavailable or delayed. Many jurisdictions either may be unable to administratively collect data or experience delays in collection that make...

Economists have long used state-collected discharge data to construct Hirschman-Herfindahl (HH) indices measuring hospital competition. Since data are collected to determine the facility providing the service rather than ownership, the difference between the number of reporting facilities and...

In this paper, we historically examine the market for Factor VIII concentrate, a collection of blood products used in the treatment of hemophilia A. With the introduction of HIV-1 into the U.S. blood supply, a majority of American hemophiliacs became infected with the virus. In response to...

This paper utilizes techniques from combinatorics to derive a closed form solution for an estimator of that portion of a Hirschman-Herfindahl index which measures concentration for that segment of the market with unattributed market share. This index makes more complete use of sample information...

Rationale: In the incremental net benefits approach to economics evaluation, willingness-to-pay (lambda) is defined as the trade-off between costs and effects; however, this definition is not true to first principles of economics, namely, opportunity cost. Given that decision-makers are credited...

This paper examines relationships between aging, social capital, and healthcare utilization. Cross-sectional data from the 2001 Canadian Community Health Survey and the Canadian Census are used to estimate a two-part model for both GP physicians (visits) and hospitalization (annual nights)...

We examine the relationship between social capital, community size and GP visits, and conceptualize social capital as a stock variable measured at a prior point in time.