Background: Care of patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is important and resource
intense. To enable ESRD programs to develop strategies for more cost-efficient care, an …

This new edition examines the economics of health care systems in a non-technical manner.
It is written in a highly accessible manner for economists and non-economists alike. It is …

Objective Acute renal failure can be treated with continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT)
or intermittent hemodialysis. There is no difference in mortality, although patients treated …

This article provides a rounded critique of social impact bonds (SIBs): a newly developed
and innovative financial investment model, developed in the UK and starting to spread …

Background The role of housing as a social determinant of health is well-established, but
the causal pathways are poorly understood beyond the direct effects of physical housing …

Background Health organizations the world over are required to set priorities and allocate
resources within the constraint of limited funding. However, decision makers may not be well …

In recent years civil society organisations, associations, institutions and groups have become
increasingly involved at various levels in the governance of healthcare systems around the …

Health Policy, 6 (1986) 119–143 contained an article by Henke and Behrens which purported
to estimate the economic costs of illness in the Federal Republic of Germany. The paper is …

Background: The choice of therapy for a displaced intra-articular calcaneal fracture has long
been a source of uncertainty in orthopaedic surgery, both in terms of the impact of the …

The open-ended and payment scale approaches to eliciting willingness to pay (WTP) valuations
are compared. Use of the payment scale led to a higher response rate, a higher rate of …