the health of the population requires integrating these different trends. We compare the risk factor profile of the …

health improvements, which we estimate at 1.82 years of quality-adjusted life. However, these were roughly offset by … health by way of behavioral improvements and public health are possible …

This article describes the anatomy of health insurance. It begins by considering the optimal design of health insurance …. The analysis then turns to the operation of health insurance markets. Economists generally favor choice in health … them and encourages plans to provide services efficiently. But choice in health insurance is a mixed blessing because of …

This paper uses data on health insurance choices by employees of Harvard University to examine the effect of … inefficient; we estimate the magnitude of the welfare loss from adverse selection at 2 percent of baseline health spending …

US health sector that appropriately measures health care productivity and applies that to the elderly population between …Estimating medical care productivity is a central economic challenge. This paper develops a satellite account for the … 1999 and 2012. The central output of the satellite account is health. The primary input is medical care; we also examine …

paper, we explore the role of improved medical care for cardiovascular disease on health status improvements over time. We … appropriate medical therapies had better health outcomes than patients living in low-use areas. Finally, we estimate that …

This paper reviews the public sector role in the provision of health care. A first role of the government is to use tax … correct distortions in markets for medical care and health insurance. Markets for health insurance have traditionally not …