Browsing Articles by Journals "Journal of Health Economics"
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Access to treatment and educational inequalities in cancer survival
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)The public health care systems in the Nordic countries provide high quality care almost free of charge to all citizens. However, social inequalities in health persist. Previous research has, for example, documented substantial ... -
Do expert patients get better treatment than others? Agency discrimination and statistical discrimination in obstetrics
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)We address models that can explain why expert patients (obstetricians, midwives and doctors) are treated better than non-experts (mainly non-medical training). Models of statistical discrimination show that benevolent ... -
Paying for pharmaceuticals: uniform pricing versus two-part tariffs
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Two-part pricing (the Netflix model) has recently been proposed instead of uniform pricing for pharmaceuticals. Under two-part pricing the health plan pays a fixed fee for access to a drug at unit prices equal to marginal ...