The latest issue of Health Economics, Policy and Law (HEPL) is now online.
In this issue there are articles on competition in China’s public hospital system (by Jay Pan, Xuezheng Qin and Chee-Ruey Hsieh), on medical disputes in Chinese public hospitals (by Alex Jingwei He and Jiwei Qian), and on how the pharmaceutical industry influences prescriptions in Shanghai (by Wei Yang). There is also an article on the health service system for native Americans in the United States (by Tiffany Henley and Maureen Boshier).
The issue finishes with a debate section led by Tony Culyer on the use of cost-effectiveness thresholds in health care, with responses from Anthony Harris, and Michael Gusmano & Gregory Kaebnick.
The issue can be viewed here.