Brittenden J, Cotton SC, Elders A, Ramsey CR, Norrie J, Burr J, Campbell B, Bachoo P, Chetter I, Gough M, Earnshaw J, Lees T, Scott J, Baker SA, Francis J, Tassle E, Scotland G, Wileman S, Campbell MK. (Division of Applied Medicine, The Health Services Research Unit, and the Health Economics Research Unit, University of Aberdeen; Department of Vascular Surgery, NHS Grampian, Aberdeen Royal Infi...

We appraise the theoretical basis and the consequent empirical work of Frank Wolak in his study of the New Zealand Electricity Market in a report to the New Zealand Commerce Commission released in March 2009. The report found no multilateral actions, but concluded there was evidence of unilateral market power. We find that the theoretical and empirical methodologies employed to reach this posit...

OBJECTIVE To describe the management performance of philanthropic hospitals that operate their own health plans, in comparison with philanthropic hospitals as a whole in Brazil. METHODS The managerial structures of philanthropic hospitals that operated their own health plans were compared with those seen in a representative group from the philanthropic hospital sector, in six dimensions: mana...

• identify and prioritize key issues; • describe the mechanisms for putting pharmacoeconomic and outcomes information and data into the same operational format that decisionmakers use to make formulary decisions; • identify the entities that are conducting/supporting the research, the purpose of the research, and their target audiences for communicating research results; • discuss outlets of co...

transaction cost economics (tce), as a subset of new institutional economics (nie), is the combination of economics, organization and law. noble prize in 2009 was dedicated to oliver williamson who was the most popular face in the economics as tce main contributor. in tce, the main issues on the one hand is how institutions follow characteristics of transactions, on the other hand, the making o...