Improved health in low-income countries could considerably improve wellbeing and possibly promote economic growth. The … in investing in health and how these barriers can be overcome, and to assess the impacts of subsequent health gains. This … chapter first discusses the methodological pitfalls that field experiments in the health sector are particularly susceptible …

investments in their education and in which we allow for health-related gender differences in productivity. We show that better …We analyze the economic consequences for less developed countries of investing in female health. In so doing we … female health speeds up the demographic transition and thereby the take-off toward sustained economic growth. By contrast …

medical preventive measures improve expected health, they do not save money. Various lifestyle and early childhood … interventions, however, may both save money and improve health. Second, preventive measures, including medical and lifestyle …, generalizations in everyday discourse about the value of prevention can be overly broad. Third, health insurance coverage for medical …

Health care providers may vertically integrate not only to facilitate coordination of care, but also for strategic … health outcomes. Our findings suggest that subjecting integrated providers to higher-powered reimbursement incentives, i ….e., less cost-sharing, may enhance medical productivity. More generally, we conclude that it may be efficient for purchasers of …

In this survey of recent research in health economics, I concentrate on studies that have appeared since 1971 or are in … are covered: (1) demand for adults' health and medical care; (2) effects of health on labor supply and wage rates; (3 …) demand for children's health and medical care and (4) selected topics pertaining to the supply side of the medical care …

We develop an economic framework for valuing improvements to health and life expectancy, based on individuals … by about $1.5 trillion per year since 1970. The potential gains from future innovations in health care are also extremely …

positively on the level of survival from other causes. This means that a specific public health intervention has benefits other … World Health Organization …

What is inequality in health? Are economists' standard tools for measuring income inequality relevant or useful for … measuring it? Does income protect health and does income inequality endanger it? I discuss two different concepts of health …'s health is related to his or her status within a reference group as measured by income relative to the group mean. Income …