Ou Yang

Why greater private sector participation has not improved aged care performance

Ou Yang, Anthony Scott, Jongsay Yong, Yuting Zhang

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2021

For-profit age care facilities are the most expensive residential aged care option, but researchers have found that less-expensive..

Ownership, quality and prices of nursing homes in Australia: Why greater private sector participation did not improve performance

Jongsay Yong, Ou Yang, Yuting Zhang, Anthony Scott

Journal article  |  2021  |  HEALTH POLICY

OBJECTIVE: This study examines whether greater private-sector participation in aged care can lead to better outcomes by comparing ..

The impact of environmental policy stringency on industrial productivity growth: A semi-parametric study of OECD countries

Guohua Feng, Keith R McLaren, Ou Yang, Xiaohui Zhang, Xueyan Zhao

Journal article  |  2021  |  ENERGY ECONOMICS

This paper employs a semi-parametric varying coefficient system approach to investigating the impact of environmental policy strin..

Nursing Home Competition, Prices and Quality: A Scoping Review and Policy Lessons.

Ou Yang, Jongsay Yong, Anthony Scott

Journal article  |  2021  |  Gerontologist

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: In recent years, countries have increasingly relied on markets to improve efficiency, contain costs, an..

Does socioeconomic status affect hospital utilization and health outcomes of chronic disease patients?

Jongsay Yong, Ou Yang

Journal article  |  2021  |  EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS

This study quantifies the extent socioeconomic status (SES) affects hospital utilization and adverse hospital events of chronic di..

Actually, Mr Trump, it’s stronger environmental regulation that makes economic winners

Ou Yang

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2020

Donald Trump has ordered US federal agencies to bypass environmental protection laws and fast-track pipeline, highway and other in..

Should hospital funding be linked to socioeconomic status?

Jongsay Yong, Ou Yang

Report  |  2020

How does socioeconomic status impacts one's health and their access to healthcare? Using records from the Victorian Department of ..

Nursing Home Competition, Prices and Quality: A Review and Some Lessons for Australia

Ou Yang, Jongsay Yong, Anthony Scott

Report  |  2020

In recent years, with the aim of containing cost pressure and improving efficiency, many countries have begun to introduce market ..

Cream skimming: Theory and evidence from hospital transfers and capacity utilization

O Yang, MK Chan, TC Cheng, J Yong

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

The paper examines cream skimming behaviour by studying hospital transfers in a mixed public-private hospital system. A key innova..

Does profit-motivated patient selection exist in Australia?

Ou Yang, Jongsay Yong

Report  |  2020

The proliferation of prospective payment arrangements, and more recently bundled payment models, has highlighted issues surroundin..