The English version of this article can be found here: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2291144. “Le budget de la santé continuera de croître à un rythme de 4,8 % par année. [...] [L]es cibles de croissance des dépenses de programmes sont établies à 1,8 % pour 2013-2014....,” Discours Sur Le...

Unless repeal attempts succeed, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ObamaCare) promises to increase state government obligations on account of Medicaid by expanding Medicaid eligibility and introducing an individual health insurance mandate for all US citizens and legal...

This paper investigates the returns to health care provision during the mortality transition. We construct a new panel data set covering German municipalities from 1928 to 1936. The endogeneity of health care supply is addressed by using the expulsion of Jewish physicians from statutory health...

Public spending on health in Canada has reach $121 billion in 2008; an average annual increase of 7.4% compared to the 1998 level. For the same period, total government revenue has grown at an average annual rate of 5.2%. This fact has led some stakeholders to conclude that health spending is...

This document concentrates on the changes to the Canada Health Transfer (CHT) allocation and the most effective way to evenly distribute the CHT budget across provinces. Three main formulas were considered throughout the study: the current allocation under the Ten Year Plan to Strengthen...

Millions Saved (2016) is a new edition of detailed case studies on the attributable impact of global health programs at scale. As an input to the book, this paper provides an independent assessment of the cost-effectiveness of a selection of the cases using ex post information from impact...

We investigate the effects on health care costs and utilization of team-based primary care delivery: Quebec's Family Medicine Groups (FMGs). FMGs include extended hours, patient enrollment and multidisciplinary teams, but they maintain the same remuneration scheme (fee-for-service) as outside...

Introduction: The treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis is toxic, has contraindications and a high cost.Objective: To estimate the cost-effectiveness of thermotherapy versus pentavalent antimonials for the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis.Methods: Effectiveness was the proportion of healing,...

This paper investigates the effect of physicians on infant mortality, stillbirths and the incidence of common childhood diseases. We construct a new panel data set covering German municipalities from 1928 to 1936 based on historical sources. The endogeneity of health care supply is addressed by...