Objective. To compare health care utilization between Canadian and U.S. residents. Data Sources. Nationally representative 2007 surveys from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) for the U.S. and the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) for Canada. Study Design. We use descriptive and...

We examine enrollment in the U.S. Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs (SNAP) by health status and find that while SNAP-eligible adults in poor overall health and with multiple chronic conditions are more likely to jointly enroll in SNAP and Medicaid, they are less likely to...

We use panel data techniques and information on state-level Food Stamp Program (FSP) characteristics to obtain unbiased estimates of the impact of FSP participation on weight status and health care spending among non-elderly adults. Our results suggest that program participation by women leads...

U.S. health care spending in 2012 totaled $2.8 trillion or 17.2 percent of gross domestic product. Given the magnitude of health care spending, the large public sector role in health care, and the reforms being implemented under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), we believe it...

U.S. health care spending in 2012 totaled $2.8 trillion or 17.2 percent of gross domestic product. Given the magnitude of health care spending, the large public sector role in health care, and the reforms being implemented under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), we believe it...

In this article, we investigated the effects of marriage and spousal characteristics on the use of preventive care. We accounted for the endogeneity of marriage by combining propensity score estimation techniques with marriage transitions observed in longitudinal data. Results indicated that...