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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 30 Citations 6,847 86 World Ranking 5144 National Ranking 318

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Law
  • Health care
  • Economy

Robert G. Evans mostly deals with Health care, Family medicine, Actuarial science, Empirical evidence and Public relations. Robert G. Evans has included themes like Nursing, Cost escalation and Public economics in his Health care study. The Cost escalation study combines topics in areas such as Developed country, Demographic economics, Population ageing, Health policy and Health promotion.

His Family medicine research includes themes of Medical prescription, Prescription drug, MEDLINE and Comorbidity. His Medical prescription study incorporates themes from Odds ratio and Drug. When carried out as part of a general Actuarial science research project, his work on Fee Schedule is frequently linked to work in Humanities, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of study.

His most cited work include:

  • Why are some people healthy and others not? : the determinants of health of populations (897 citations)
  • Supplier-Induced Demand: Some Empirical Evidence and Implications (438 citations)
  • Strained mercy : the economics of Canadian health care (261 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Robert G. Evans focuses on Health care, Economic growth, Health policy, Health services and Public economics. His Health care research integrates issues from Nursing, Public health, Public relations, Public administration and Cost escalation. As part of the same scientific family, Robert G. Evans usually focuses on Public relations, concentrating on Physician supply and intersecting with Family medicine.

His research integrates issues of Quality, Government and Politics in his study of Economic growth. His Health policy study also includes fields such as

  • Health promotion that intertwine with fields like Developed country,
  • Health economics which intersects with area such as Economic evaluation and Pharmacoeconomics. While the research belongs to areas of Public economics, Robert G. Evans spends his time largely on the problem of Health care cost, intersecting his research to questions surrounding Principal and Containment.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Health care (39.09%)
  • Economic growth (20.00%)
  • Health policy (19.09%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2010-2016)?

  • Health policy (19.09%)
  • Economic growth (20.00%)
  • Economic shortage (2.73%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Robert G. Evans mainly investigates Health policy, Economic growth, Economic shortage, Per capita and Public economics. Robert G. Evans combines subjects such as Public interest, Social responsibility, Profit and Significant negative correlation with his study of Health policy. His studies deal with areas such as Prime minister, Globalization, Ideology and Public administration as well as Economic growth.

In his study, Fee-for-service, Gerontology, Physician shortage and Demography is strongly linked to Payment, which falls under the umbrella field of Per capita. His Public economics research incorporates elements of Red queen, Control, Cost curve, Health care cost and Population health. Health care covers he research in Population health.

Between 2010 and 2016, his most popular works were:

  • Diagnosing senescence: contributions to physician expenditure increases in british columbia, 1996/97 to 2005/06. (13 citations)
  • Waste, economists and American healthcare. (11 citations)
  • False hope for Canadians who study medicine abroad (9 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Law
  • Health care
  • Economy

His primary areas of investigation include Economic growth, Per capita, Payment, Medical training and Certification. His Economic growth study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Net migration rate and Demographic economics. His Per capita study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Conventional wisdom, Fee-for-service, Gerontology and Physician shortage.

His work deals with themes such as Demography and Primary care, which intersect with Payment. His study in Family medicine extends to Medical training with its themes.

This overview was generated by a machine learning system which analysed the scientist’s body of work. If you have any feedback, you can contact us here.

Best Publications

Why are some people healthy and others not? : the determinants of health of populations

Robert G. Evans;Morris L. Barer;Theodore R. Marmor.
Canadian Journal of Economics (1995)

1422 Citations

Producing Health, Consuming Health Care

R.G. Evans;G.L. Stoddart.
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (1990)

763 Citations

Why are Some People Healthy and Others Not? The Determinants of the Health of Populations.

Constance A. Nathanson;Robert G. Evans;Morris L. Barer;Theodore R. Marmor.
Contemporary Sociology (1995)

517 Citations

How does direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) affect prescribing? A survey in primary care environments with and without legal DTCA

Barbara Mintzes;Morris L. Barer;Richard L. Kravitz;Ken Bassett.
Canadian Medical Association Journal (2003)

410 Citations

Strained mercy : the economics of Canadian health care

J.A. Boan;Robert G. Evans.
(1985)

400 Citations

Influence of direct to consumer pharmaceutical advertising and patients' requests on prescribing decisions: two site cross sectional survey

Barbara Mintzes;Morris L Barer;Richard L Kravitz;Arminée Kazanjian.
BMJ (2002)

388 Citations

Controlling health expenditures--the Canadian reality.

Robert G. Evans;Jonathan Lomas;Morris L. Barer;Roberta J. Labelle.
The New England Journal of Medicine (1989)

336 Citations

Age, costs of acute and long-term care and proximity to death: evidence for 1987-88 and 1994-95 in British Columbia.

K Mcgrail;B Green;M L Barer;R G Evans.
Age and Ageing (2000)

274 Citations

APOCALYPSE NO: Population Aging and The Future of Health Care Systems

Robert G. Evans;Kimberlyn M. McGrail;Steven G. Morgan;Morris L. Barer.
Canadian Journal on Aging-revue Canadienne Du Vieillissement (2001)

241 Citations

“Breakthrough” drugs and growth in expenditure on prescription drugs in Canada

Steven G Morgan;Kenneth L Bassett;James M Wright;Robert G Evans.
BMJ (2005)

176 Citations

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