There is a widespread perception that the increasing proportion of female physicians in most
developed countries is contributing to a primary care service shortage because females …

… Barer is the author of numerous journal articles and research monographs. He served
until recently as Senior Health Economics editor for Social Science and Medicine. …

© 2000 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors received treatment during December
1999 had waited, the retrospective method would be used. Alternatively, one could use the …

… Mintzes and Barer contributed to study plan, design, analysis and reporting. Drs. Kravitz,
Bassett and Lexchin contributed to data interpretation, review of drafts of the manuscript and, to …

Only the United States and New Zealand allow advertising of prescription drugs directed at
patients. US spending on such advertising grew rapidly during the 1990s, reaching $2.47 bn (…

BACKGROUND: the consequences of ageing populations for health care costs have become
a concern for governments and health care funders in most countries. However, there is …

Illness increases with age. All else being equal, an older population has greater needs for
health care. This logic has led to dire predictions of skyrocketing costs “apocalyptic …

As the availability of both health utilization and outcome information becomes increasingly
important to health care researchers and policy makers, the ability to link person-specific …

Methods and results Between 1990 and 2003, the board appraised 1147 newly patented
drugs (identified by active ingredient (s), formulation, and strength), including derivatives of …

Canada and the United States have conducted a large-scale social experiment on the effects
of alternative ways of funding expenditures for health care. Two very similar societies, with (…