E-rounds

No. 52: Effects of a single-entry intake system on access to outpatient visits to specialist physicians and allied health professionals: a systematic review

July 06, 2022

No. 51: Wait times for elective treatments according to insurance status

July 24, 2015

Waiting times for elective treatments according to insurance status: A randomized empirical study in Germany Lungen M, Stollenwerk B, Messner P, Lauterbach KW, Andreas G Int J Equity Health. 2008 Jan 9;7:1. doi: 10.1186/1475-9276-7-1.

No. 50: Voluntary Private Health Insurance Among the Over 50s in Europe

June 24, 2015

Paccagnella, O, Vincenzo R, and Weber, G. Health Econ. 22(3) (2012):289-315. doi:10.1002/hec.2800. Epub 2012 Feb 7. This is CDM’s 50th e-round since 2008, when we first began writing them. It’s fitting that this e-round is about the effect of private health insurance on those...

No. 49: Cream skimming and hospital transfers in a mixed public-private system

April 01, 2015

Cheng TC, Haisken-DeNew JP, Yong J. Soc Sci Med. 2015 May;132:156-64. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.03.035. Epub 2015 Mar 19.

No. 48: Noninsured services provided with insured cataract surgery in Canada: ensuring transparent and fair treatment of patients.

March 01, 2015

McAlister CN, Ike I, Ahmed K CMAJ, August 11, 2015, 187(11). CMAJ Podcast: author interview

No. 47: Looking Beyond Income and Education

February 27, 2015

Fitzpatrick T, Rosella L, Calzavara A, Petch J, Pinto A, Manson H, Goel V, Woodchis, WP. Looking Beyond Income and Education — Socioeconomic Status Gradients Among Future High-Cost Users of Health Care, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2015 (Article in press). Available from: doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2015.02.018...

No. 46: Voluntary Health Insurance In The European Union: A Critical Assessment

January 29, 2015

Mossialos, Elias* and Thomson, Sarah M. S. * *London School of Economics International Journal of Health Services, Volume 32, Number 1, Pages 19–88, 2002; World Health Organization, on behalf of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, 2004

No. 45: Activity-Based Funding of Hospitals and Its Impact on Mortality, Readmission, Discharge Destination, Severity of Illness, and Volume of Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

December 10, 2014

Palmer KS, Agoritsas T, Martin D, Scott T, et al. (2014) Activity-Based Funding of Hospitals and Its Impact on Mortality, Readmission, Discharge Destination, Severity of Illness, and Volume of Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. PLoS ONE 9(10): e109975. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0109975 http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0109975

No. 44: Comparison of Hospital Administrative Costs in Eight Nations

July 24, 2014

Himmelstein DU, Jun M, Busse R, Chevreul K, Geissler A, Jeurissen P Thomson S, Vinet AM, Woolhandler S. A Comparison of Hospital Administrative Costs in Eight Nations: US Costs Exceed All Others By Far, Health Affairs, vol. 33, no. 9 (2014) 1586-1594. https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2013.1327

No. 43: Inequitable Access to Elective Surgery in New Zealand’s Two-Tier System

June 13, 2014

Derrett S, Bevin TH, Herbison P, Paul C. Access to elective surgery in New Zealand: considering equity and the private and public mix. Int J Health Plann Mgmt 2009; 24: 147–160.

No. 42: Two studies demonstrate the effect of co-payments on medication adherence

November 20, 2013

Sinnott S, Buckley C, O’Riordan D, Bradley C, Whelton H. The effect of co-payments for prescriptions on adherence to prescription medicines in publicly insured populations; a systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One. 28 May 2013;8 (5):e64914. Lesen E, Sundell KA, Carlsten A, Mardby A,...

No. 41: How OECD countries measure and report wait times: an exercise in incomparability

October 10, 2013

Viberg N, Forsberg BC, Borowitz M, Molin R. International comparisons of waiting times in health care – Limitations and prospects. Health Policy. 2013, in press. Available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.06.013; accessed October 6, 2013.

No. 40: Do private clinics or expedited fees reduce wait- or return-to-work times for injured workers following knee surgery?

June 13, 2013

Koehoorn M, McLeod CB, Fan J, McGrail K, Barer M, Côté P, Hogg-Johnson S. Do private clinics or expedited fees reduce wait- or return-to-work times for injured workers following knee surgery? Healthcare Policy August 2011;7(1):55-67.