In this paper we look at the relationship between health and income as mediated by "lifestyle" choices; that is, a set … of behaviours which are thought to influence health and are generally considered to invoke a substantial degree of free … choice. The main underlying assumption is that individuals are co-producers of their own health. We first present a …

Utilizing a nationally representative panel data of middle-aged and elder individuals from China, we assess the health … that the negative impact of air pollution on female health is significant, particularly for females in the middle of the … health distribution. Notably, the implementation of environmental policies leads to health improvements in females and plays …

and car insurance using data from the UK. The main empirical results are: - higher labor income risk induces a higher … demand for car insurance. - the effects of increases in labor income risk after 1979 seem to be more than offset by a more …

This paper identifies health determinants in urban China applying Grossman model. Using wave of China Health and … Nutrition Survey in 2000, we find that education has important positive effect on health, and cost of health care services has … important determinant of health. The body weight is also important, but unlike finding in developed countries, under …

more likely to have private health insurance. Larger winners are also more likely to drop coverage earlier, possibly after …We exploit lottery wins to investigate the effects of exogenous changes to individuals' income on health care demand in … the United Kingdom. This strategy allows us to estimate lottery income elasticities for a range of health care services …

Doing "more" in healthcare can be a major threat to the delivery of high-quality health care. This study used coarsened … exact matching to test the hypothesis of supplier-induced demand (SID) by comparing health care utilization and expenditures … affiliated with healthcare professionals. Our study also suggests that as the public becomes more informed, the demand of health …

depend heavily on their state of health. This study evaluates the effects of pensions on older adults' health service …, the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), we adopted a fuzzy regression discontinuity design and … undertook segmented regression analysis. Pension demonstrated heterogeneous effects on health service utilization by income. We …

efficiency of dementia care and management for dementia patients. Health policy and practices should consider geographic …Dementia leads public health issue worldwide. China has the largest population of adults living with dementia in the … world, imposing increasing burdens on the public health and healthcare systems. Despite improved access to health services …