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 …

This paper examines the impact of universal, free, and easily accessible primary healthcare on population health as … provided at family health centers, which operate on a walk-in basis and are located within the neighborhoods in close proximity … health. …

have a constitutional right to health care, but insurance companies that manage delivery impose restrictions on access. We …We estimate the health costs of supply-side barriers to accessing medical care. The setting is Colombia, where citizens … use administrative data on judicial claims for health as a proxy for unmet demand. We validate this using the register …

consequential effects on maternal and newborn health in Mexico for 2008-2015. It models how changes in the obesity level of …

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 …

In this paper, I examine the impact of uninsured patients on the health of the insured, focusing on one health outcome … alternative explanations, including reverse causality, patient composition effects, sample selection or unobserved trends and that …

Health economists have largely ignored complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) as an area of research, although … to explore the cost-effectiveness of CAM compared to conventional medicine. A data set from a Dutch health insurer was … differences in socio-economic status. Possible explanations include selection (e.g. people with a low taste for medical …

We investigate the impact of obstetrician supervision, as opposed to midwife supervision, on the short-term health of … design, we consistently find no health benefits from obstetrician supervision, despite increased rates of neonatal intensive …

We investigate the impact of early-life medical interventions on low-risk newborn health. A policy rule in The …, we find no health benefits from additional treatments for average newborns. However, there is substantial heterogeneity … in returns to treatments with significant health benefits for newborns in the lowest income quartile and no benefits in …