Listener: 22 March, 2008.
Keywords: Social Policy; Statistics;
“Incentives matter” is a routine part of economists’ thinking. Tax a commodity, its price goes up and there is an incentive to reduce consumption. Reduce the tax, the price goes down and the incentive goes the other way.
But many real-life circumstances are more complex, and [...]
A report finds our health system is too top-down.
Listener: 8 March, 2008.
Keywords: Governance; Health;
“There does not seem to be the understanding that several actions – for example, writing a policy or reminding staff about a concern – are actually very weak actions. There is also little indication that general clinical staff are involved in the [...]