Waiting times for hospital care are a significant issue in the UK National Health Service. The reforms of the health service in 1990 gave a subset of family doctors (GP fundholders) both the ability to choose the hospital where their patients were treated and the means to pay for some services....

Medical providers often have a significant influence on treatment decisions which they can use in their own financial interest. Classical models of supplier-induced demand predict that medical providers will supply fewer services if they face increasing prices. We test this prediction based on a...

Medical providers often have a significant influence on treatment decisions which they can use in their own financial interest. Classical models of supplier-induced demand predict that medical providers will supply fewer services if they face increasing prices. We test this prediction based on a...

Analysis of pneumonia data set shows consistency with current literature of obtaining higher costs in government-owned and higher level facilities. For AMI, higher costs and higher mortality rates are detected in government hospitals. Recommendations based on the findings are offered.

This paper investigates the existing health financing schemes of communities in region XI, particularly on the factors that enable them to set up a sustainable self-managed system where resource generation for financing health services can be established. This provides baseline data on the...

This paper deals with the epidemiological trends and incidence of selected leading diseases in the country. Mortality rates and morbidity rates are investigated. It also offers recommendations for future policies and programs.

Does higher medical spending improve quality of care? We estimate the effect of changes in regulated reimbursement prices for hospitals on multiple dimensions of hospital quality, including mortality outcomes, surgical complications, process quality, and patient satisfaction. We exploit an...