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Sara Allin

University of Toronto
Verified email at utoronto.ca
Cited by 5460

The determinants of efficiency in the Canadian health care system

S Allin, M Grignon, L Wang - Health Economics, Policy and Law, 2016 - cambridge.org
In spite of the vast number of studies measuring economic efficiency in health care, there
has been little take-up of this evidence by policy-makers to date. This study provides an …

[PDF][PDF] Making decisions on public health: a review of eight countries

S Allin, E Mossialos, M McKee, W Holland… - 2004 - apps.who.int
Smoking, hazardous drinking, fast driving, unhealthy eating, unsafe sex. These are just some
of the things that pose a threat to the health of populations everywhere. Although they are …

Subjective unmet need and utilization of health care services in Canada: what are the equity implications?

S Allin, M Grignon, J Le Grand - Social science & medicine, 2010 - Elsevier
This study aimed to evaluate whether subjective assessments of unmet need may complement
conventional methods of measuring socioeconomic inequity in health care utilization. …

[HTML][HTML] A comparison of 2020 health policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America

L Unruh, S Allin, G Marchildon, S Burke, S Barry… - Health Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper compares health policy responses to COVID-19 in Canada, Ireland, the United
Kingdom and United States of America (US) from January to November 2020, with the aim of …

Measuring socioeconomic differences in use of health care services by wealth versus by income

S Allin, C Masseria, E Mossialos - American journal of …, 2009 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. We compared the extent of socioeconomic differences in use of health care
services based on wealth (ie, accumulated assets) as the socioeconomic ranking variable with …

Inequity in publicly funded physician care: what is the role of private prescription drug insurance?

S Allin, J Hurley - Health economics, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
This study examines the impact that private financing of prescription drugs in Canada has on
equity in the utilization of publicly financed physician services. The complementary nature …

The economic costs of childhood disability

M Stabile, S Allin - The future of children, 2012 - JSTOR
… In an extensive research review, Mark Stabile and Sara Allin examine evidence about three
kinds of costs—direct, out-of-pocket costs incurred as a result of the child s disability; indirect …

[BOOK][B] Health Systems in Transition Third Edition

GP Marchildon, S Allin, S Merkur - 2021 - books.google.com
The health care system in Canada receives a great deal of international attention, but it is
subject to considerable critique and debate locally. Health Systems in Transition: Canada …

Analysing the Greek health system: a tale of fragmentation and inertia

E Mossialos, S Allin, K Davaki - Health economics, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The Greek health system does not yet offer universal coverage and has fragmented funding
and delivery. Funding is regressive, with a reliance on informal payments, and there are …

The recalled childhood gender identity/gender role questionnaire: Psychometric properties

…, SJ Bradley, J Tkachuk, JM Cantor, SM Allin - Sex roles, 2006 - Springer
This article reports on the psychometric properties of The Recalled Childhood Gender
Identity/Gender Role Questionnaire, a 23-item questionnaire designed to measure recalled gender…