BackgroundThe increasing prevalence of chronic disease represents a significant burden on most health systems. This paper explores the market failures and policy failures that exist in the management of chronic diseases.DiscussionThere are many sources of market failure in health care that...

Background: The Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL) utility instrument was psychometrically developed for the general population. This study aimed to explore its potential as an osteoarthritis (OA) outcome measure. Methods: WOMAC, Lequesne index, SF-36, Visual analogue scales and the AQoL were...