Ageing and technological change play a major role in the governance of healthcare resources, with cohorts living longer and consuming increasing amounts of intensive, previously unavailable treatments. Equity of access to pharmaceutical treatment on the basis of clinical need alone remains the...

The primary objective of this study was to derive cost comparators for the fourteen Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) classes of drugs at first level, based on age-sex related weightings. It was hoped to develop an accurate method of analysing prescribing patterns in general practice and to...

This paper analyses the interdependencies existing in wholesale European electricity prices. The results of a multivariate long run dynamic analysis of weekly median prices reveal the presence of a strong although not perfect integration among some neighboring markets considered in the sample...

The massive introduction of RES in electricity markets has influenced the long-run dynamics of electricity prices and their interactions with conventional thermal production sources. Taking into account the Northern Italian zone characterized by a high solar PV and hydro penetration, we...