incentives facing physicians …

black veterans. The discrimination we observe is acute—we would not observe any racial mortality differences had physicians … not been racially biased in determining pension awards. The effect of income on health was indeed large enough to close … the black-white mortality gap in the period. Our work emphasizes that the large effects of physicians' attitudes on racial …

black veterans. The discrimination we observe is acute—we would not observe any racial mortality differences had physicians … not been racially biased in determining pension awards. The effect of income on health was indeed large enough to close … the black-white mortality gap in the period. Our work emphasizes that the large effects of physicians' attitudes on racial …

Primary care physicians (PCPs) provide frontline health care to patients in the U.S.; however, it is unclear how their … health care utilization by focusing on Medicare patients affected by PCP relocations or retirements, which we refer to as … results suggest that switching to higher-quality PCPs could significantly affect patients' longer-run health outcomes …

A host of different factors affect health and longevity, ranging from genetic endowments to public policy. Physicians … styles of primary care physicians significantly affect the health outcomes of their patients. Using data on the population of … aspect of physicians’ health management styles have important implications for patient outcomes and health care costs …

implications for population health and the environment: improved cookstoves. Motivated by a model of intra-household decision …

trial of at-birth vitamin A supplementation in Bangladesh. Tornado exposure in utero and in infancy decreased birth size and … larger for boys. Our results suggest that wide-scale supplementation policies would generate potential health benefits in …

trial of at-birth vitamin A supplementation in Bangladesh. Tornado exposure in utero and in infancy decreased birth size and … larger for boys. Our results suggest that wide-scale supplementation policies would generate potential health benefits in …

recent years by health plans and governments in an attempt to improve the quality of health care services. This study …) incentives on the provision of targeted primary care services, and whether physicians' responses differ by age, practice size and … nearly all the services provided by practicing primary care physicians in Ontario. With an individual-level data set of …

We ask how patient knowledge of appropriate antibiotic usage affects both physicians prescribing behavior and the … knowledge also increases physicians' information provision about possible side effects, but has a negative impact on the quality …