healthcare utilization and health outcomes among non-COVID–19 patients. Using monthly panel data of nationally representative …-of-pocket medical costs, and perceived health. At its peak, doctor visits decreased by 30% and out-of-pocket medical spending decreased …-reported health and sleep quality, COVID–19 increased depressive symptoms by 4%. We argue that it is imperative to monitor COVID–19's …

We study the efficiency in health systems generated by community health teams, a common strategy in low- and middle … episodes, we show that investing in community-based healthcare, which relied on less-specialized health workers, led to a more …

We investigate how, in temporary economic hardship, agents change their consumption of health services, and how this … indicate that consumption of health services critically depends on the existence of user charges versus universal coverage. The …

Uniform health care delivered by a mainstream public insurer – such as the National Health Service (NHS), seldom … satisfies heterogeneous demands for care, and some unsatisfied share of the population either use private health care, or … purchase private insurance (PHI). One potential mechanism to partially satisfy heterogeneous preferences for health care, and …

When examining the impacts of exposure to air pollution on health outcomes, researchers usually carry out "placebo … tests" to provide evidence in support of their identification assumption. In general, this exercise targets health … falsification tests. If healthcare infrastructure is limited, when we observe health shocks such as those driven by air pollution …

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 …

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 …

medical providers' output in response to a piece rate compensation scheme. We use data from a Federally Qualified Health …