Geographic variation in use of elective surgeries has been widely studied in the US, where over-utilization is incentivized. We wanted to explore recent trends in the geographic variation of common surgical procedures in France – where a global budget, centralized planning process, and...

[eng] Government Debt and Exchange Rate Dynamics: Empirical Evidence for G7 Countries over the Last Two Decades . by Alain Paraponaris . Empirical exchange rate studies can be roughly divided into univariate models and open economy macroeconomic models. The former have no particular grounding in...

Women represent a growing proportion of the physician workforce, worldwide. Therefore, for the purposes of workforce planning, it is increasingly important to understand differences in how male and female physicians work and might respond to financial incentives. A recent survey allowed us to...

A bivariate probit model with sample selection is used to estimate the conditional probability of reporting a need for personal assistance (NPA) with at least one activity of daily living among French community-dwelling elderly. 71.8% of men and 77.3% of women reported impairments and among...

This article presents an adaptation of the labour supply model applied to the independent medical sector. First, we model simultaneous General Practitioner (GP) decisions on both the leisure time and the consultation length for two payment schemes: fixed fees and unregulated fees. The objective...

To examine the relations between density of dental practitioners (DDP) and socio-economic and demographic factors shown to affect access to dental care for the elderly.

Objectives To assess the risk of leaving employment for cancer survivors 2 years after diagnosis and the role of workplace discrimination in this risk.Methods A representative sample of 4270 French individuals older than 17 and younger than 58 years when diagnosed with cancer in 2002 were...