Most national surveys of health care utilisation capture only self-reported measures of morbidity. If self-reported morbidity is measured with error, then the results of applied work may be misleading. In this paper we propose a model of the relationship between morbidity and health service...

We construct a simple model of the determinants of administrative managerial effort and apply it explain the doubling of the cost of administering primary care in England in real terms between 1989/90 and 1994/5 following the introduction of the internal market. We find that the main cost driver...

It has been suggested that, especially in countries with high per capita income, there is an independent effect of income distribution on the health of individuals. One source of evidence in support of this relative income hypothesis are analyses of aggregate cross section data on population...

In April 2003 a new payment system for hospitals called Payment by Results (PbR) was introduced in England. The new system is a fixed tariff case-mix based prospective payment system which reimburses hospitals for the type and amount of care they provide. By linking provider income more closely...

It has been suggested that, especially in countries with high per capita income, there is an independent effect of income distribution on the health of individuals. One source of evidence in support of this relative income hypothesis are analyses of aggregate cross section data on population...

Using nationally representative, longitudinal data from the first 14 waves of the BritishHousehold Panel Survey we examine the labour market returns to inter-regional migration inGreat Britain...