We examine the effects of the State Innovation Models (SIM) on population-level health status. The SIM initiative … Surveillance System for the years 2010 -- 2016 to compare health of the populations in 6 SIM states to 15 states that were not … involved in any aspects of SIM. We examine changes in health using an event study design. We develop a Latent Class Profile …

. In a financial crisis bank health is significantly damaged. Post-crisis regulatory changes have aimed at restoring bank … health, but measuring bank health by Tobin's Q, we find that the ill health of banks in the recent U.S. financial crisis and …

examine pregnancy and health at birth to investigate possible mechanisms linking SES and health. I find that a limited set of … maternal health habits during pregnancy, particularly smoking habits, can explain about half (one third) of the correlation … between SES and low birth weight among white (black) mothers. I show evidence on three hypotheses to explain why health habits …

This paper develops a satellite account for the US health sector and measures productivity growth in health care for … the elderly population between 1999 and 2012. We measure the change in medical spending and health outcomes for a …

transmission, deworming creates substantial externality health and school participation benefits among untreated children in the …

We develop an economic framework for valuing improvements to health and life expectancy, based on individuals … by about $1.5 trillion per year since 1970. The potential gains from future innovations in health care are also extremely …

drugs, use of other medical services, and health for a nationally representative sample of Medicare beneficiaries. Given the … health. We find that gaining prescription drug insurance through Medicare Part D was associated with a 70% increase in the … health care services or health, as measured by functional status and self-reported health. Among those in poorer health, we …

(NDP), offer an incomplete picture by ignoring, for example, the value of leisure, home production, and the value of health … fluctuations that incorporates monetized changes in health of the population in the United States and globally during the past 50 …

This chapter surveys experience with performance pay in developing country health programs. In doing so, it focuses on …-income country health programs …