There is much debate about the effects of pharmaceutical direct to consumer advertising (DTCA) on health care use. In …

gas development (commonly known as "fracking"). Colorado provides a unique research environment to study the health …

U.S., their roles in shaping population health and health disparities remain largely unknown. We examine the impacts of … by which sentencing policies can affect population health. We provide suggestive evidence that three strikes policies … further interrogate state criminal legal system policies for their impacts on population health, considering whether, how, and …

expressing health care-seeking behavior as a function of economic and behavioral fundamentals and highlighting the role of trust …. We report several findings. First, we document a strong association between higher levels of trust in the health care … scenarios, from routine check-ups to vaccinations. Second, the impact of trust on health care utilization is similar in …

We report results from the first randomization of a regulatory reform in the health sector. The reform established … epidemics. In our experiment, all 1348 health facilities in three Kenyan counties were classified into 273 markets, and the … markets were then randomly allocated to treatment and control groups. Government inspectors visited health facilities and …