care providers in Rwanda to study the effect of incentives for health care providers. In order to identify the effect of …. The incentives led to a 20% increase in productivity, and significant improvements in child health. We also find evidence …

Past research on the health workforce can be structured into three perspectives - "health workforce planning" (1960 … through 1970s); "the health worker as economic actor" (1980s through 1990s); and "the health worker as necessary resource …" (1990s through 2000s). During the first phase, shortages of health workers in developed countries triggered the development …

of treatment on total medical expenditures, health behaviors, employee productivity, or self-reported health status in …

government-run health care system. Exploiting the pre-treatment presence of Chagas disease's main vector, we find that … control can improve the economic and fiscal health of developing countries while mitigating (racial) disparities and …

Public health interventions often involve a trade-off between improving health and protecting individual rights. We … for sex. The first part of our analysis shows that the CDAs led to substantial public health improvements. However … treatment relative to men who purchased sex. These findings emphasize that the success of a public health intervention depends …

How responsive to health shocks are healthcare systems in the developing world? Developing countries are known to have … both lower levels of hospital infrastructure and serious health shocks driven by air pollution. These shocks are transitory … and may be marginal relative to other health demands, so healthcare systems might be able to manage them. On the other …

Governments in many low- and middle-income countries are developing health insurance products as a complement to tax …-funded, subsidized provision of health care through publicly operated facilities. This paper discusses two rationales for this transition …. First, health insurance would boost fiscal revenues for health care, as post-treatment out-of-pocket payments to providers …

Extreme heat imperils health and results in more emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations. Since … temperature affects many individuals within a region simultaneously, these health impacts could lead to surges in healthcare … first estimates of the health impacts from extreme heat that unpacks the direct effects from the indirect ones that arise …