Thesis (DBA(DoctorateofBusinessAdministration))--University of South Australia, 2007.

This dissertation deals with three problems in health care. In the first, we consider the incentives to change prices and capital levels at hospitals, using optimal control under the assumption that private payers charge higher prices if patients consume more hospital services. The main results...

Health is a fundamental human right. Access to health care, which includes providing apopulation with safe, effective, good quality drugs at the least possible cost, is a prerequisite torealising that right. Drugs or medicines play a fundamental role in the effectiveness, efficiencyand...

BACKGROUND: Powerful public-private partnerships (PPPs) can only be established if the partners areable to deal with complexity. Such partnerships may serve to stimulate local communityand economic development. Thus, it may maximise the effectiveness of local groupsand resources in meeting the...

The economic consequences of international migration have spurred vigorous debates among policy makers. There also are discussions within the economics literature, with labor economists disagreeing on whether immigration is beneficial for host economies and development economists having...

A collection of eighteen articles have been purposely chosen to demonstrate the development of the original and significant contributions of my research over the period 1990 to 2008. Despite the relatively large number of articles, which cover a range of related issues, there is a surprisingly...