Informal payments for health care are common in most former communist countries. This article explores the demand side of these payments in Albania. Using tobit and Heckman selection models we control for individual determinants of informal payments in outpatient and inpatient health care....

As part of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) single technology appraisal (STA) process, the Evidence Review Group (ERG) produced a report to comment on the clinical and cost effectiveness of golimumab (Simponi<Superscript>®</Superscript>, Merck Sharp & Dohme) for the treatment of ankylosing...</superscript>

Social networks of family and friends are very important in providing economic and social support to households. The massive internal migration flows towards the big cities in the transition countries like Albania can seriously affect such networks, and influence the support received. Previous...

Objective To examine the use of community-based social services by elderly people at risk of institutionalization, who prefer to remain at home.Methods A study with a longitudinal design (measurements at two points in time) was conducted.Results One hundred and thirty-four elderly people (mean...

The growing importance attached to education as a key factor to improve economic performance coupled with the persistent scarcity of resources for education makes it important that skills and literacy are produced efficiently. This paper provides an international comparison of the efficiency of...