The effect of competition on the quality of health care remains a contested issue. Most empirical estimates rely on … the impact of competition on hospital outcomes. The English government introduced a policy in 2006 to promote competition … introduction of competition on not only clinical outcomes but also productivity and expenditure. We find that the effect of …

private healthcare market remains. This paper explains how competition in English healthcare has developed to involve the … suggesting that the current opportunity to rethink how competition works in English healthcare is a welcome development …After approximately 30 years, and following a decisive move towards integrated care systems, competition reforms in …

This paper studies the impact of hospital competition on waiting times. We use a Salop-type model, with hospitals that … from the closest hospital (monopoly segment). Compared with a benchmark case of monopoly, we find that hospital competition … hospital competition, the effect of increased competition depends on the parameter of measurement: Lower travelling costs …

more effective technology adoption incentives than conventional regulatory standards. We explore this issue for an … during the lead phasedown provided incentives for more efficient technology adoption decisions. Where environmentally … for technology diffusion. …

healthcare system on the basis of diagnosis-related groups (DRG). DRGs are not only used for classifying medical treatments, but … also for case-based reimbursement, hence induce active competition among hospitals, forcing them to become more efficient …

Several trade-based measures of product variety have recently been used implicitly to represent states of technology …, promoting long-run growth. In this paper, we define the state of technology as the range of specialised production processes and … propose the variety of capital goods available for production as a direct measure of technology. Within a simple growth …

In this article, we present a new perspective on forecasting technology adoption, focused on the extensive margin of … the seminal model of technology diffusion. After motivating the new perspective and the choices of priors, we apply the … characteristics of countries and technologies matter for technology diffusion. …

bringing the benefits of the medical science and technology to all individuals. …

constant. But over time, one factor remains unchanged – Technology continues being the sustenance of health care. Manufacturers … decisions are about different types of issues: if, or how the technology can be developed, whether a technology should or should … not enter the market, whether to acquire and use certain technology, and so forth. Such demand is well implied in the …

Technology assessment is essentially an approach, a collective of the systematic methods used to scientifically … investigate the conditions for and the consequences of technology and technicising and to denote their societal evaluation. It is … technology which allows for the direct communication between the brain and an external device. It is a truly direct connection …