health outcomes using two data sources: the National Health Interview Surveys (NHIS) and the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS … health and maternal reports of the number of bed days in the past year (i.e. morbidity). The NIS data was used to examine the … known to be sensitive to medical intervention and are objective measures of children's health. The results of this paper …

consumption. We investigate whether an aggregate health production function can help to explain the substantial fluctuations in … the rate of increase in longevity since 1960. We view longevity as the output of the health production function, and … models using annual U.S. time-series data on life expectancy, health expenditure, and medical innovation. Reliable annual …

Has U.S. health care for the elderly become more equitable during the past several decades? When inequality is measured … their intrinsic shortcomings; expenditures depend on preferences, health status, and prices, while outcomes are strongly … affected by health behavior and past illness. We suggest a new approach to measuring inequality: the use of quality …

We propose a method of quantifying non-fatal health on a 0-1 QALY scale that details the impact of specific symptoms … and impairments and is not based on ratings of counterfactual scenarios. Measures of general health status are regressed … on health impairments and symptoms in different domains, using ordered probit and ordinary least squares regression. This …

The pricing of medical products and services in the U.S. is notoriously complex. In health care, supply prices (those … received by the manufacturer) are distinct from demand prices (those paid by the patient) due to health insurance. The insurer …

--and health outcomes; however, much uncertainty remains regarding what causal processes underlie this association. The present … ask the extent to which health shocks affect net worth--a less-studied dimension of socioeconomic status. Given a lack of … should be less causally related to wealth differences year-to-year). Additionally, we interact these health indicators with …

This paper investigates consumer switching costs in the context of health insurance markets, where adverse selection is … at a large firm where we also observe individual-level panel data on health insurance choices and medical claims. We … health risk. We use these estimates to study the welfare impact of an information provision policy that nudges consumers …

We analyze the incidence of public-employee health benefits. Because these benefits are negotiated through the …