<Para ID="Par1">Healthcare capital-to-labor ratios are examined for the 10 provincial single-payer health care plans across Canada. The data show an increasing trend–particularly during the period 1997–2009 during which the ratio as much as doubled from 3 to 6 %. Multivariate analyses indicate that every...</para>

This paper utilizes maximum likelihood methods to simulate a Hirschman-Herfindahl index (HHI) for markets in which complete market share information is unavailable or delayed. Many jurisdictions either may be unable to administratively collect data or experience delays in collection that make...

Economists have long used state-collected discharge data to construct Hirschman-Herfindahl (HH) indices measuring hospital competition. Since data are collected to determine the facility providing the service rather than ownership, the difference between the number of reporting facilities and...

We examine the relationship between social capital, community size and GP visits, and conceptualize social capital as a stock variable measured at a prior point in time.

In this paper, we historically examine the market for Factor VIII concentrate, a collection of blood products used in the treatment of hemophilia A. With the introduction of HIV-1 into the U.S. blood supply, a majority of American hemophiliacs became infected with the virus. In response to...

Abstract In 2012, the share of California’s Gross State Product consumed by healthcare was 15.4%, and approximately 50% of healthcare spending went to care for 5% of the population. To address such cost challenges as well as to improve quality of care and patient outcomes, a group of...

Abstract The ACA’s passage was followed by great uncertainty about how the healthcare landscape would transform. During this tumultuous period, a unique group of California’s private sector health systems, medical groups and health plans, alongside public sector leaders, came together to...