Importance Health care spending in the United States is a major concern and is higher than
in other high-income countries, but there is little evidence that efforts to reform US health …

Objective To determine how the UK National Health Service (NHS) is performing relative to
health systems of other high income countries, given that it is facing sustained financial …

… In this month’s Health Affairs , Irene Papanicolas and coauthors report on their study of …
Irene Papanicolas is a lecturer in health economics in the Department of Social Policy at the …

Methods| We used data from 8 state health departments (California, Connecticut, Florida,
Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania) to determine the total …

… Irene Papanicolas International comparisons of health systems Irene Papanicolas and
Peter C. Smith … Irene Papanicolas Lecturer in Health Economics, Department of Social …

Greece has been affected more by the financial turmoil beginning in 2007 than any other
European country. 15 years of consecutive growth in the Greek economy have reversed. In …

Efficiency is one of the central preoccupations of health policy-makers and managers, and
justifiably so. Inefficient care can lead to unnecessarily poor outcomes for patients, either in …

Background Coeliac disease is a common chronic autoimmune disorder. Underdiagnosis is
common and the quality of life impact of symptoms may be severe. We report a study of …

For 2 years the Greek financial crisis has captured global attention. In return for loans from
the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and European institutions, Greece agreed on harsh …

The objective of this paper is to examine variations in perceptions of access to health care
across and within 29 European countries. Using data from the 2008 round of the European …