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 …

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 …

investments in children, starting from encouraging pre-natal and maternal care and early childhood health interventions and … targeted indicators, increasing usage of trained health professionals for childbirth dramatically and halving the share of …

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 …

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 …

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 …

positively on the level of survival from other causes. This means that a specific public health intervention has benefits other … World Health Organization …

What is inequality in health? Are economists' standard tools for measuring income inequality relevant or useful for … measuring it? Does income protect health and does income inequality endanger it? I discuss two different concepts of health …'s health is related to his or her status within a reference group as measured by income relative to the group mean. Income …

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 …