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 …

malaria more salient, leading to a change in beliefs about its importance and to an increase in private health investments …

primarily the symptom of real declines in the health of near-elderly Americans, relative to their European peers. In particular …, we use a microsimulation approach to project what US longevity would look like, if US health trends approximated those in … Europe. We find that differences in health can explain most of the growing gap in remaining life expectancy. In addition, we …

The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is bringing about once-in-a-century changes to human society. This … article summarizes key characteristics of the COVID-19 pandemic that should be incorporated in economics and health policy … analyses. We then review the literature on the importance of public health measures, including taking early, targeted, and …

We examine the extent to which exposure to higher relative COVID-19 mortality (RM), influences health system trust (HST … signal among those over 45, and as a signal of health-care system failure among younger age individuals …

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 …

clinics, called Family Health Centers, on a walk-in basis. Although reducing fertility was not specified among the goals of … the reform, reproductive-health and family-planning services have been covered under the FMP. To establish causality, we … 20-29. These results can be explained by increased access to and reduced cost of reproductive-health and family …

There is limited information on whether integrating childhood interventions with health and nutrition services … health workers; and mothers' practice of activities. Nurses gave out and reviewed message cards with mothers, together with a … few play materials. A cluster randomized trial was conducted in the Caribbean (Jamaica, Antigua and St Lucia) in 29 health …