We study inequality in the distribution of self-assessed health (SAH) in the United States and China, two large … social determinants of health. Using comparable health survey data from China and the United States, we compare health … inequality trends throughout the period covering the public health insurance coverage expansions in the two countries. We find …

We study inequality in the distribution of self-assessed health (SAH) in the United States and China, two large … social determinants of health. Using comparable health survey data from China and the United States, we compare health … inequality trends throughout the period covering the public health insurance coverage expansions in the two countries. We find …

EQ-5D is used in cost-e ectiveness studies underlying many important health policy decisions. It comprises a survey … instrument generating a description of health states across ve domains, and a system of utility values for each state. The …

. However, as the better-off regions, areas, and households approach the upper limits of achievable education and health …

We study biological aging of elderly U.S. Americans born 1904-1966. We use thirteen waves of the Health and Retirement … Study and construct a health deficit index as the number of health deficits present in a person measured relative to the … number of potential deficits. We find that, on average, Americans develop 5 percent more health deficits per year, that men age …