Jerry Hurley

Teaching

ECON 788 - Fall 2011

Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

Research Interests: Health Economics

Recent Research Funding

"The Link Between Access to Primary Care and Inequity in Hospital Utilization in Canada." M. Grignon and J. Hurley (Co-PIs), B. Newbold, J. You and S. Allin (CIs). Canadian Institutes of Health Research April 1, 2010- March 30, 2012.

"Improved Methodological Approaches for Needs-based Resource Allocation." Y. Asada and G. Kephart (Co-PIs), J. Hurley and S. Bornstein (CIs).  Canadian Institutes of Health Research, $102,543, July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2009.

"Equity in health care utilization in Canada: measurement and the impact of health care policies."    M. Grignon (PI), A. Gildiner, M. Herring, J. Hurley (CIs).  Canadian Institutes of Health Research, $226,411, April 1, 2006 - September 30, 2008.

"Relationship Between Historical Public Health Unit Budgets and Regional-level Indicators of Public Health Needs in Ontario."  J. Hurley (PI). Ontario Ministry of Health, $29,253, August 1, 2005 - March 31, 2006.

"Financing and Funding Health Care:  Exploring Equity and Efficiency using Experimental Economic Methods."  J. Hurley  (PI); J. Carr, K. Cuff, M. Giacomini, M. Grignon, S. Mestelman, A. Muller, M. Rahal, G. Wardle (CIs).  Canadian Institutes of Health Research, $943,000, April 1 2005 - March 31, 2010.

"The Dynamics of Parallel Systems of Finance:  Interactions Between Canada's Workers' Compensation Systems and Public Health Care Systems."  J. Hurley (PI); A. Culyer, W. Gnam, J. Lavis, C. Mustard and E. Tompa (CIs).  Canadian Institutes of Health Research, $75,000, April 1, 2005 - March 31, 2006.

"Physician Labour Supply in Canada:  A Cohort Analysis."  S.H. Jeon and J. Hurley (co-PIs), T. Crossley, B. Hutchison, O. Adams, S. Martin (Co-Investigators), Canadian Institutes of Health Research, $50,977, July 1, 2004 - October 31, 2005.  Also approved for funding by Canadian Health Services Research Foundation, for which award was declined.

"Cost, Access and Equity under Income-based Pharmacare."  S. Morgan (Principal Investigator), M. Barer, C. Black, R. Evans, M. Maclure, N. Roos, A. Kozyrskyj, C. Metge, E. VanDoorslaer, J. Smythe, J. Wright, K. Bassett, R. Reid, J.Agnew (Co-investigators).  Canadian Institutes for Health Research, $481,419, April 2004 - March 2007.

"Simulating the Effects of MSA-based Public Financing in Canada."    J. Hurley (Principal Investigator), S. Morgan (Co-investigator).  Canadian Institutes for Health Research, $39,950, October 2003 - July 2004.

Recent Research Publications

Giacomini, M., J. Hurley, and D. DeJean. 2011. Fair Reckoning: A Qualitative Investigation of an Economic Resource Allocation Survey." Health Expectations. Forthcoming.

Hurley, J. 2010. Health Economics. Toronto: McGraw-Hill-Ryerson.

Hurley, J., N. Buckley, K. Cuff, M. Giacomini, D. Cameron. 2010. "Judgments Regarding the Fair Division of Goods: The Impact of Verbal versus Quantitative Descriptions of Alternative Principles." July. Social Choice and Welfare. Vol. 37(2): 341- 372.

Grignon, M, J. Hurley, L. Wang, and S. Allin. 2010. "Inequity in a Market-based Health System: Evidence from Canadas Dental Sector." Health Policy. Forthcoming.

Jeon, S.H. and J. Hurley. 2010. "Physician Resource Planning in Canada: The Need for a Stronger Behavioural Foundation." Canadian Public Policy. Vol. 36(3): 359-375.

Gajic, A., D. Cameron and J. Hurley. 2010. The Impact of Alternative Incentives on Response and Retention in a Mixed-Mode Survey. European Journal of Health Economics. Forthcoming.

Buckley, N., K. Cuff, J. Hurley, L. McLeod, R. Nuscheler, D. Cameron. 2010. Willingess-to-Pay for Parallel Private Insurance: Canadian Evidence from a Laboratory Experiment. McMaster University Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis Working Paper 10-2.

Mentzakis, E., P. Stefanowska, J. Hurley. 2011. A Discrete Choice Experiment Investigating Preferences for Funding Drugs used to Treat Orphan Diseases. Health Economics, Policy and Law. Vol. 6(3): 405-433.

Crossley, T., J. Hurley and S. Jeon. 2009 "Physician Labour Supply in Canada: a Cohort Analysis." Health Economics. Vol. 18(4): 437-456.

Allin, S. and J. Hurley. 2009. "Inequity in Publicly Funded Physician Care: What is the Role of Private Prescription Drug Insurance? " Health Economics. Vol. 18(10): 1218-1232.

Mulvale G. and J. Hurley. 2008. "Insurance Coverage and the Treatment of Mental Illness: Effect on Medication and Provider use in Canada." Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics. Vol. 11(4): 177-99.

Hurley, J., D. Pasic, J. Lavis, C. Mustard, A. J. Culyer, and W. Gnam. 2008. "Parallel Lines do Intersect: Interactions between the Workers Compensation and Provincial Publicly Financed Health Care Systems in Canada." HealthCare Policy. Vol. 3(4): 100-112.

Hanley, G., S. Morgan, J. Hurley, E. van Doorslaer. 2008. "Distributional Consequences of the Transition from Age-based to Income-based Prescription Drug Coverage in British Columbia, Canada." Health Economics. Vol. 17(12): 1379-1392.

Custers, T., J.Hurley, N.S. Klazinga and A.D. Brown. 2008. "Selecting Effective Incentive Structures in Health Care: a Decision Framework to Support Health Care Purchasers in Finding the Right Incentives to Drive Performance." BMC Health Services Research. Vol 8: 66.

Hurley, J., A. J. Culyer, W. Gnam, J.Lavis, and D. Pasic. 2008. "Response to Commentaries." HealthCare Papers. Vol. 8(3): 52-54.

Hurley, J., D. Pasic, J. Lavis, A. J. Culyer, C. Mustard, and W. Gnam. 2008. "Parallel Payers and Preferred Access: How Canadas Workers Compensation Boards Expedite Care for Injured and Ill Workers." HealthCare Papers. Vol. 8(3): 6-15.

Hurley, J., G. E. Guindon, V. Rynard and S. Morgan. 2008. "Publicly Funded Medical Savings Accounts: Expenditure and Distributional Impacts in Ontario, Canada." Health Economics. Vol. 17(10): 1129-1151.

Hurley, J. and G. E. Guindon. 2008. "Private Insurance in Canada." In, Private Health Insurance and Medical Savings Accounts: Lessons from International Experience, S. Thomson, E. Mossialos and R. G. Evans, Eds, London: Cambridge University Press. Forthcoming.

Giacomini, M. and J. Hurley. 2008. "Issues in Evaluating Equity." In, Health Promotion Evaluation Practices in the Americas: Values and Research, L. Potvin and D. McQueen, eds., New York: Springer.

Hurley, J., G. E. Guindon, and V. Rynard. 2007. "Medical Savings Accounts: Promises and Pitfalls." In, Paying for Health Care: New Ideas for a Changing Society, M. Lu and E. Jonsson, eds., Weinheim: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co KGaA,pp 125-148.

Jeon, S. and J. Hurley. 2007. "The Relationship between Physician Hours of Work, Service Volume and Service Intensity." Canadian Public Policy. Vol. 33(Supplement): 17-30.

Hurley, J. and M. Grignon. 2006. "Income and Equity of Access to Physician Services." CMAJ. Vol. 174(2): 187-88.

Contoyannis. P. C., J. Hurley, P. Grootendorst, S.H. Jeon, R. Tamblyn. 2005. "Estimating the Price Elasticity of Expenditure for Prescription Drugs in the Presence of Non-linear Price Schedules: An Illustration from Quebec, Canada." Health Economics. Vol. 14(9): 909-23.

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