Alfons Palangkaraya

Innovation Scoreboards: An Australian Perspective

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Date: 27-07-2006

DOI: 10.4337/9781847201553.00016

Hospital Competition, Technical Efficiency and Quality

Publisher: Wiley

Date: 12-01-2011

DOI: 10.1111/J.1475-4932.2010.00704.X

Is firm productivity related to size and age? The case of large Australian firms

Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Date: 10-11-2009

DOI: 10.1007/S10842-007-0028-4

Patent Application Databases

Publisher: Wiley

Date: 03-2010

DOI: 10.1111/J.1467-8462.2009.00576.X

Misclassification between patent offices: Evidence from a matched sample of patent applications

Publisher: MIT Press - Journals

Date: 08-2011

DOI: 10.1162/REST_A_00111

Applicant behaviour in patent examination request lags

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 12-2008

DOI: 10.1016/J.ECONLET.2008.08.014

Hospital utilization in mixed public-private system: Evidence from Australian hospital data

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 21-01-2014

DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2013.854307

Effects of competition on hospital quality: An examination using hospital administrative data

Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Date: 07-03-2013

DOI: 10.1007/S10198-012-0386-7

Abstract: This paper investigates the effects of competition on hospital quality using hospital administration data from the State of Victoria, Australia. Hospital quality is measured by 30-day mortality rates and 30-day unplanned readmission rates. Competition is measured by Herfindahl-Hirschman index and the numbers of competing public and private hospitals. The paper finds that hospitals facing higher competition have lower unplanned admission rates. However, competition is related negatively to hospital quality when measured by mortality, albeit the effects are weak and barely statistically significant. The paper also finds that the positive effect of competition on quality as measured by unplanned readmission differs greatly depending on whether the hospital is publicly or privately owned.

Trust and the market for technology

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 03-2015

DOI: 10.1016/J.RESPOL.2014.10.001

Do Patents Shield Disclosure or Assure Exclusivity When Transacting Technology?

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 2013

DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.2226729

The income distributive implications of recent private health insurance policy reforms in Australia

Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Date: 12-06-2009

DOI: 10.1007/S10198-008-0111-8

Abstract: The Australian government implemented a series of private health insurance (PHI) policy reforms between 1997 and 2000. As a result, the proportion of the population with PHI coverage increased by more than 35%. However, this study found significant evidence that the policy reform disproportionately favours high-income earners. In particular, the 30% premium subsidy represents a windfall gain for households which would have purchased PHI even without the rebate. The amount of such gain is estimated to be around $900 million per year, a large proportion of which went to higher income households.

Trust, Incomplete Contracts and the Market for Technology

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 2013

DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.2226727

Population ageing and its implications on aggregate health care demand: Empirical evidence from 22 OECD countries

Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Date: 20-03-2009

DOI: 10.1007/S10754-009-9057-3

Abstract: Recent evidence indicates that the relationship between age and health care expenditure is not as straightforward as it appears. In fact, micro-level studies find that time to death, rather than ageing, is possibly the main driver of the escalating health care costs in developed countries. Unfortunately, the evidence at the macro level is less clear and often depends on the specification of the empirical model used. We use an aggregate demand framework to assess whether health expenditure is more likely to be driven by ageing per se or proximity to death. Using panel data from 22 OECD countries from the first half of the 1990s, we find population ageing to be negatively correlated with health expenditure once proximity to death is accounted for. This suggests that the effects of ageing on health expenditure growth might be overstated while the effects of the high costs of medical care at the end of life are potentially underestimated. With respect to the latter, our finding highlights the importance of long-term and hospice care management. An expanded long-term care program may not only improve patient welfare, but also reduce costs of care by reducing the duration of hospital care for terminally ill patients. If expensive medical treatment for patients near the end of life can be controlled for, health expenditure growth resulting from population ageing is unlikely to present a most serious problem.

Relative factor abundance and FDI factor intensity in developed countries

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 12-2008

DOI: 10.1080/10168730802497577

Parallel imports, market size and investment incentive

Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

Date: 06-2009

DOI: 10.1142/S0217590809003252

Abstract: This paper proposes a vertical control model that features two-part tariff pricing, leader-fringe-follower competition, and investment to characterize the conditions under which parallel imports will (or will not) occur when such activities are legally permitted. In addition, we analyze the effects of parallel imports on the incentive of an authorized distributor to invest in market development. We find that parallel imports cannot arise if the target and the source market either differ too greatly or are too similar in size. Two results are worth emphasizing. First, parallel imports can arise even if the IP owner has the ability to deter parallel imports. Second, the presence of parallel imports and even the threat posed by parallel imports can reduce the domestic distributor's market development investment.

Characteristics of international patent application outcomes

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 06-2007

DOI: 10.1016/J.ECONLET.2006.11.008

On the Relationship between Innovation and Export: The Case of Australian SMEs

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 2013

DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.2226720

Patent examination outcomes and the national treatment principle

Publisher: Wiley

Date: 07-05-2014

DOI: 10.1111/1756-2171.12053

Trade liberalisation, exit, and output and employment adjustments of australian manufacturing establishments

Publisher: Wiley

Date: 2011

DOI: 10.1111/J.1467-9701.2010.01274.X

A two-stage estimation of hospital quality using mortality outcome measures: An application using hospital administrative data

Publisher: Wiley

Date: 11-11-2010

DOI: 10.1002/HEC.1560

Abstract: This paper proposes a method of deriving a quality indicator for hospitals using mortality outcome measures. The method aggregates any number of mortality outcomes into a single indicator via a two-stage procedure. In the first stage, mortality outcomes are risk-adjusted using a system of seemingly unrelated regression equations. These risk-adjusted mortality rates are then aggregated into a single quality indicator in the second stage via weighted least squares. This method addresses the dimensionality problem in measuring hospital quality, which is multifaceted in nature. In addition, our method also facilitates further analyses of determinants of hospital quality by allowing the resulting quality estimates be associated with hospital characteristics. The method is applied to a s le of heart-disease episodes extracted from hospital administrative data from the state of Victoria, Australia. Using the quality estimates, we show that teaching hospitals and large regional hospitals provide higher quality of care than other hospitals and this superior performance is related to hospital case-load volume.

Geographical agglomeration in Australian manufacturing

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 06-05-2010

DOI: 10.1080/00343400902783248

A Two-Stage Estimation of Hospital Quality Using Mortality Outcome Measures: An Application Using Hospital Administrative Data

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 2008

DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.1175619

Effects of recent carrot-and-stick policy initiatives on private health insurance coverage in Australia

Publisher: Wiley

Date: 09-2005

DOI: 10.1111/J.1475-4932.2005.00260.X

Determinants of International Patent Examination Outcomes

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 2005

DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.730304

Patent Application Outcomes across the Trilateral Patent Offices

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 2005

DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.717223

How effective is lifetime health cover in raising private health insurance coverage in Australia? An assessment using regression discontinuity

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 06-2007

DOI: 10.1080/00036840500486532

Oregon State University

Location: United States of America

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Swinburne University Of Technology

Location: Australia

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University Of Melbourne

Location: Australia

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Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP110100266

Start Date: 11-2011

End Date: 11-2015

Amount: $430,039.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0667467

Start Date: 06-2006

End Date: 12-2009

Amount: $305,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140100813

Start Date: 06-2014

End Date: 12-2018

Amount: $420,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP160100776

Start Date: 02-2017

End Date: 01-2021

Amount: $348,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP170100416

Start Date: 07-2018

End Date: 12-2020

Amount: $256,551.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0880429

Start Date: 2008

End Date: 12-2010

Amount: $107,829.00

Funder: Australian Research Council