Towards an evidence-based national health service?

Article Abstract:

The main contribution of evidence-based medicine (EBM) is to fortify the subjective probabilities of physicians regarding the effectiveness and cost of any particular treatment. The acquisition of medical evidence is limited in the synchronization of clinical judgements over the desirability of intervention in certain situations. Concerns about outcome definition and diagnostic uncertainty as well as the quantity and quality of evidence needed for a revision of past probabilities are likely to remain.

Obituary, Medical care, Health care reform, Socialized medicine

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Labour supply incentives and recent family credit reforms

Article Abstract:

The distributional impact and the effect on female participation and labor supply of the Family Credit reform in the UK announced in the Nov. 1994 Budget is assessed. An increment of 10 pounds sterling a week was provided in the November 1994 reform for full-time workers. The IFS TAXBEN model is used to study its distributional impact. A labor supply model is developed to study the reform's incentive effect.

Taxation, Social security

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The labour supply, unemployment and participation of lone mothers in in-work transfer programmes

Article Abstract:

An analysis of the UK in-work transfer scheme known as Family Credit (FC) reveals that raising FC rates raises participation levels for both part-time and full-time categories with no adverse effect on the probability of working full-time. The study also reveals that the 'stigma' attached to FC is valued at 6 pounds sterling per week and that non participation occurs but cannot be determined.

Economics, Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities, SOCIAL SERVICES, Social Assistance, Social Services & Nonprofit Institutns, Research, Unemployment, Welfare economics

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