Over the last two decades, the Peruvian government has made great efforts to improve access to health care by … significantly augmenting the coverage of the non-contributory public health care system Seguro Integral de Salud (SIS). This … expansion has a positive impact on welfare and public health indicators, as it limits the risk of catastrophic health …

We review Greek public sector healthcare policies and health-related outcomes since 2010.We find that excess spending … was successfully curtailed, elements of the institutional framework were modernized, and health outcomes have been …

This paper estimates the impact of public spending on the poor''s health status in over 70 countries. It provides … evidence that the poor have significantly worse health status than the rich and that they are more favorably affected by public … spending on health care. An important new result is that the relationship between public spending and the health status of the …

The health and economic impacts of COVID-19 on India have been substantial, with wide variation across states and union …. State characteristics, such as health care infrastructure and the share of services in the economy, played an important role … in shaping the health and economic outcomes, highlighting the importance of adequate social spending, health care …

High and rapidly rising health care costs in the United States and growing ranks of uninsured persons have brought … health care reform to the top of the U.S. Administration’s policy agenda. This paper describes the health care financing … coverage under managed competition and its ability to deal with the equity and efficiency problems in the U.S. health care …

admissions in Denmark and full-population tax data. We evaluate the quality of treatment based on its ability to mitigate the …