We study the impact of economic crisis on health in Mexico. There have been four wide-scale economic crises in Mexico … in the past two decades, the most recent in 1995-96. We find that mortality rates for the very young and the elderly … increase or decline less rapidly in crisis years as compared with non-crisis years. In late 1995-96 crisis, mortality rates …

cyclical increases in income may raise mortality, even when the long-run effects of income are in the opposite direction. There … is no evidence that recent increases in inequality raised mortality beyond what it would otherwise have been …

cheap fentanyl. Drug mortality dipped in the months between the $600 and $300 bonuses, especially for age groups …

of Doyle et al. (2015), we find that the VA reduces 28-day mortality by 46% (4.5 percentage points) and that these …

when available through retail dispensaries, is associated with higher opioid mortality. The results for recreational …

We analyze whether receiving care from higher-priced hospitals leads to lower mortality. We overcome selection issues … higher prices raises spending by 52% and lowers mortality by 1 percentage point (35%). However, the relationship between … higher prices and lower mortality is only present at hospitals in less concentrated markets. Receiving care from an expensive …

Decades of evidence reveal a complicated relationship between mammograms and mortality. Mammograms may detect deadly … cause symptoms. I provide a brief history of the evidence on mammograms and mortality, focusing on evidence from clinical … trials, and I discuss how this evidence informs mammography guidelines. I then explore the evolution of all-cause mortality …

recently discharged patients and in risk-adjusted 30-day patient mortality rates. Overall, the results indicate that access to …

place of residence substantially influences health and mortality. Whether policies that encourage people to move to places …