Improved health in low-income countries could considerably improve wellbeing and possibly promote economic growth. The … in investing in health and how these barriers can be overcome, and to assess the impacts of subsequent health gains. This … chapter first discusses the methodological pitfalls that field experiments in the health sector are particularly susceptible …

This paper outlines changes that have been made in the 2019 version of the Health Equity and Financial Protection … refinements to the estimation of out-of-pocket expenditures. On the health equity side, the 2019 database includes 198 more data …

The US health care sector is large and growing - health care spending in 2011 amounted to $2.7 trillion and 18% of GDP …. Approximately half of health care output is allocated via markets. In this paper, we analyze the industrial organization literature … on health care markets focusing on the impact of competition on price, quality and treatment decisions for health care …

investments in their education and in which we allow for health-related gender differences in productivity. We show that better …We analyze the economic consequences for less developed countries of investing in female health. In so doing we … female health speeds up the demographic transition and thereby the take-off toward sustained economic growth. By contrast …

Health care providers may vertically integrate not only to facilitate coordination of care, but also for strategic … health outcomes. Our findings suggest that subjecting integrated providers to higher-powered reimbursement incentives, i ….e., less cost-sharing, may enhance medical productivity. More generally, we conclude that it may be efficient for purchasers of …

health care. Many health economists believe that technological change is the major factor driving the growth of the heath … analysis of this sector. This is a question of the impact of new innovations on quality-adjusted prices in health care. We …. We conclude by discussing the conditions particular to the health care industry that may result in less rapid declines …

International Study of Health Care Organization and Financing, a substudy within the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study …. Variation in spending per ESRD patient is relatively small and is correlated with overall per capita health care spending …

We investigate the effect of managed care on the health care system, focusing on the effects managed care could have on … the number and types of health care providers and their efficiency. By influencing providers, managed care may change the … structure and performance of the entire health care system in ways that influence care provided to all patients. We begin by …