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 …

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 … health services (and other services subject to agency problems) to consider the organizational form of their suppliers when …

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 …

In this survey of recent research in health economics, I concentrate on studies that have appeared since 1971 or are in … are covered: (1) demand for adults' health and medical care; (2) effects of health on labor supply and wage rates; (3 …) demand for children's health and medical care and (4) selected topics pertaining to the supply side of the medical care …

key links between pollution, human health, and labor productivity. Together, these assumptions imply that the benefits of … regulation to provide benefits through several different channels, including improved health or productivity. The model shows … that when the benefits of reduced pollution come in the form of improved health or productivity, the benefits do affect …

finding, arguing that the health benefits from reduced pollution will also interact with pre-existing taxes, possibly causing … for health effects by representing environmental quality and leisure as substitutes in utility. The present paper employs … considers health effects. It shows that interactions with health effects from pollution actually will tend to reduce the optimal …

reduced medical care than have individuals in Great Britain, Canada, France, and Germany, all countries with universal health …

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 …

Economists use micro-based and macro-based approaches to assess the effects of health on economic growth. The micro … economic return on health. We reconcile these two strands of literature by showing that the point estimate of the macroeconomic … effect of health is quantitatively close to that found by aggregating the microeconomic effects, when carefully specifying …

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