medical preventive measures improve expected health, they do not save money. Various lifestyle and early childhood … interventions, however, may both save money and improve health. Second, preventive measures, including medical and lifestyle …, generalizations in everyday discourse about the value of prevention can be overly broad. Third, health insurance coverage for medical …

If health service delivery is poorly managed, then increases in inputs or ability may not translate into gains in … present results from a randomized field experiment in 80 primary health care centers (PHCs) in Nigeria to evaluate the effects … of a health care management consulting intervention. One set of PHCs received a detailed improvement plan and nine months …

We investigate the effect of managed care on the health care system, focusing on the effects managed care could have on … the number and types of health care providers and their efficiency. By influencing providers, managed care may change the … structure and performance of the entire health care system in ways that influence care provided to all patients. We begin by …

Health care providers may vertically integrate not only to facilitate coordination of care, but also for strategic … health outcomes. Our findings suggest that subjecting integrated providers to higher-powered reimbursement incentives, i ….e., less cost-sharing, may enhance medical productivity. More generally, we conclude that it may be efficient for purchasers of …

In this survey of recent research in health economics, I concentrate on studies that have appeared since 1971 or are in … are covered: (1) demand for adults' health and medical care; (2) effects of health on labor supply and wage rates; (3 …) demand for children's health and medical care and (4) selected topics pertaining to the supply side of the medical care …

We develop an economic framework for valuing improvements to health and life expectancy, based on individuals … by about $1.5 trillion per year since 1970. The potential gains from future innovations in health care are also extremely …

consumption. We investigate whether an aggregate health production function can help to explain the substantial fluctuations in … the rate of increase in longevity since 1960. We view longevity as the output of the health production function, and … models using annual U.S. time-series data on life expectancy, health expenditure, and medical innovation. Reliable annual …

positively on the level of survival from other causes. This means that a specific public health intervention has benefits other … World Health Organization …

What is inequality in health? Are economists' standard tools for measuring income inequality relevant or useful for … measuring it? Does income protect health and does income inequality endanger it? I discuss two different concepts of health …'s health is related to his or her status within a reference group as measured by income relative to the group mean. Income …

Has U.S. health care for the elderly become more equitable during the past several decades? When inequality is measured … their intrinsic shortcomings; expenditures depend on preferences, health status, and prices, while outcomes are strongly … affected by health behavior and past illness. We suggest a new approach to measuring inequality: the use of quality …