Waiting lists in mental health services are currently considered too long. Lengthy waits of up
to 18 weeks are commonly reported in the UK. Waiting lists have long been associated with …

A number of health care systems use waiting time as a rationing device for access to
inpatient care. However, a considerable amount of research has focussed in particular on …

The coronavirus pandemic has had huge impacts on the National Health Service (NHS).
Patients suffering from the illness have placed unprecedented demands on acute care …

OBJECTIVES: This paper reviews the empirical literature on what characterises individuals
with voluntary private health insurance (VPHI) in universal health care systems and …

Health care reform has become one of the most prevalent topics in recent policy discourse
within and across nations. In the 1990s, common features of the health care arena elevated …

Economic Analysis in Health Care, Second Edition is intended as a core textbook for
advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of health economics. The authors …

The authors examine the role and nature of the market for voluntary health insurance in the
European Union and review the impact of public policy, at both the national and EU levels …

The value of time determines relative prices of goods and services, investments, productivity,
economic growth, and measurements of income inequality. Economists in the 1960s began …

Recent studies using Canadian and US data have documented a positive relationship
between family income and child health, with the slope of the gradient being larger for older …

Policy change has eroded the entitlement of UK residents to free state-provided health care,
with a resulting rise in the use of the private sector. This paper examines the choice between …