survey data, we assess six possible explanations for this upsurge in mortality. Most find little support in the data: the … deterioration of the health care system, changes in diet and obesity, and material deprivation fail to explain the increase in … mortality rates. The two factors that do appear to be important are alcohol consumption, especially as it relates to external …

We examine the relationship between education and mortality in a young population of Italian males. In 1981 several … schooling or lower mortality rates, thus excluding that the main findings reflect direct effects of military service on … subsequent mortality rather than a causal effect of schooling. We conclude that increasing the proportion of high school …

better health care implies that mortality could be the source of a poverty trap. In our regressions, adult mortality explains …Analyzing a variety of cross-national and sub-national data, we argue that high adult mortality reduces economic growth … by shortening time horizons. Higher adult mortality is associated with increased levels of risky behaviour, higher …

Payer-driven competition has been widely advocated as a means of increasing efficiency in health care markets. The 1990 …s reforms to the UK health service followed this path. We examine whether competition led to better outcomes for … and space to identify the impact of competition. Using data on mortality as a measure of hospital quality and exploiting …

cardiovascular disorders among eligible workers, suggesting that changes in health-related behavior explain increased mortality among …We estimate the causal effect of early retirement on mortality for blue-collar workers. To overcome the problem of …

opening to private provision affected mortality rates – an important and not easily contractible quality dimension – using a … competition significantly improved non-contractible quality as measured by mortality rates. It also reduced the cost per resident …

One of the mechanisms that is implemented in the cost containment wave in the health-care sectors in western countries … reimbursement scheme when decisions on prices and qualities are taken simultaneously (that we relate to primary health-care sectors … solution when decisions are sequential (specialized health-care sector). We also derive some normative conclusions on the way …

Extending choice in health care is currently popular amongst English, and other, politicians. Those promoting choice … health care providers and, analogously with private markets, they will raise their game to attract business. The paper … health care. The review considers several interlocking aspects of the current English choice policy: competition between …