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cord-330454-jmd3wosy	Rutten, Martine	A comparative analysis of some policy options to reduce rationing in the UK's NHS: Lessons from a general equilibrium model incorporating positive health effects	2008-10-22		.txt	text/plain	7781	335	51	The CGE model is calibrated to a purpose-built Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for the UK for the year 2000 with considerable refinement in terms of sectors (distinguishing health care and its main input suppliers), factors (capital, skilled and unskilled labour) and household types (based on the age and labour market participation of household members). The effects on welfare of higher health provision come through two main channels: (a) the direct gain from increasing the "well-being" of the population, and (b) the indirect effects of an increase in the size of the effective (i.e., "able to work") endowments of skilled and unskilled labour for use in non-health activities. Using an applied CGE model for the UK, which in addition to the labour market effects also incorporates the direct impact of health provision on the "well-being" of the population, we have compared the nominally equivalent policies of increasing the NHS budget under the assumptions of mobile and health care-specific factors and the immigration of foreign skilled workers (doctors and nurses) at the current wage with one another.	./cache/cord-330454-jmd3wosy.txt	./txt/cord-330454-jmd3wosy.txt