Rationing by waiting lists: an empirical investigation

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Models of supply and demand for the waiting time for elective surgery provided by the UK National Health Service are presented and analyzed. Systems of waiting lists or waiting times are used by governments as rationing mechanisms. The demand and supply models were evaluated using 4460 observations correlated to the number of elective surgery episodes recorded in 1991-92. The results suggest that there was low elasticity of demand with regard to waiting time, implying that increased expenditures in medical resources could lessen waiting time without resulting in higher utilization.

Health Care, Health Care and Social Assistance, Supply and demand, Medical care, Rationing, Medical appointments and schedules, Medical scheduling

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Migration between home country and diaspora: an economic analysis

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A model is proposed to study the effect of the distribution of a population between a home country and a foreign nation or diaspora, which is evaluated using sequential decision-making concerning migration at the individual level. An ineffective distribution between home country and diaspora is observed due to fiscal externalities that occur in the per-capita tax burdens, such as defense spending, which rely on the size of domestic population. Results indicate that immigration to the home country is desirable to populations of both diaspora and home country.

Economics, Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Decision-making, Decision making, Fiscal policy, Emigration and immigration, Zionism

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Dynamic epidemiology and the market for vaccinations

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The externalities arising from individual attitude towards vaccinations are examined using static and dynamic models. No externality is found in an explicitly dynamic epidemic model that uses a continuous-time framework. Contrasting results are derived from a static model that is diagrammatically presented using left-right diagrams. This difference is offset by considering the variability of static schedules over time.

All Other Miscellaneous Ambulatory Health Care Services, Vaccination & Immunization, Public health, Vaccination

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