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| Rhema VaithianathanSummaryAffiliation: University of Auckland Country: New Zealand Publications
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Supply-side cost sharing when patients and doctors colludeRhema Vaithianathan
Department of Economics, University of Auckland, PBN 92019, Auckland, New Zealand
J Health Econ 22:763-80. 2003..If patients have a high willingness to pay or are informed, then allowing collusion may be preferred...
Health insurance and imperfect competition in the health care marketRhema Vaithianathan
University of Auckland, Department of Economics, PBN 92019, Auckland, New Zealand
J Health Econ 25:1193-202. 2006..The results suggest a beneficial role for Government intervention, either in the insurance or the health care market...
Better the devil you know than the doctor you don't: is advertising drugs to doctors more harmful than advertising to patients?Rhema Vaithianathan
Department of Economics, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
J Health Serv Res Policy 11:235-9. 2006..This is particularly apt, given the calls for similar transparency rules to address the potential conflict of interest between drug companies and researchers...
Iatrogenic effects of COX-2 inhibitors in the US population: findings from the Medical Expenditure Panel SurveyRhema Vaithianathan
Department of Economics, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Drug Saf 32:335-43. 2009..Selective cyclo-oxygenase 2 inhibitors ('coxibs') have been demonstrated to increase cardiovascular risk, but the cumulative burden of adverse effects in the US population is uncertain...
Building on myths: an economist's response to the Ministerial Review Group Report on the health systemRhema Vaithianathan
Department of Economics, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
N Z Med J 123:79-83. 2010..Restructuring is an extremely expensive exercise--and should only be done when there is a compelling logic to the new structure...
The NHS as an insurerRhema Vaithianathan
University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
J Health Serv Res Policy 15:171-3. 2010..Insurance value should be a guiding principle for NHS decision-makers...
