assess how the UK health care system performed against the norm of horizontal equity in health care access during the first … wave of COVID-19 wave. Unmet need was most evident for hospital care, and less pronounced for primary health services …

In response to the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), there have been substantial variations in policy … public health or medicine. To investigate the effects of officials' professionalism on their response to and performance in …-related policy measures, and health outcomes. We show that, on average, cities whose top officials had public health or …

The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is bringing about once-in-a-century changes to human society. Three … integrating early, targeted and coordinated public health measures with more equitable social policy, and with health care policy … that realigns incentives of the major players in the health care market. Drawing on evidence from past and present …

Publicly financed Community Based-Health Insurance (CBHI) schemes are typically implemented in developing countries to … foster healthcare utilization and improve health outcomes among low-income households. Using the Demographic and Health … Survey from 2005 to 2016, we estimate the effects of the Ethiopian CBHI on children's health. Difference …

, controlling for demographic, economic, and health-related characteristics of the localities, while including geographic xed e ects …

COVID-19 and the adoption of technologies in various sectors of the economy, ranging from health care facilities to …

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 …

history of disability or major chronic health condition at baseline. A latent variable structural equation model is used to … analyse the predictive role of latent baseline biological health, indicated by a rich set of biomarkers, and other personal … characteristics, in determining the individual’s disability state and health service utilisation five years later. We find that …