I consider the problem of evaluating the effect of a health care reform on the demand for doctor visits when the effect is potentially different in different parts of the outcome distribution. Quantile regression is a useful technique for studying such heterogeneous treatment effects. Recent progree has been made to extend such methods to applications with a count dependent variable. An analysi...

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This article presents a review of the literature as it relates to the influence of the word power in the context of the Canadian healthcare system. The concept of power is used to explore issues of gender and the evolution of advanced nurse practice in the development of the Canadian healthcare system. Furthermore, issues related to the call for interprofessional collaboration are addressed. He...

There has been tremendous recent growth in the field of pediatric complex care. Complex care programs are attracting the attention of policy makers at the national level. Key challenges for the field include development of a consensus method to identify children with medical complexity, promotion of high quality research, navigation of health care reform, and measures to promote professional id...