Governments in many low- and middle-income countries are developing health insurance products as a complement to tax …-funded, subsidized provision of health care through publicly operated facilities. This paper discusses two rationales for this transition …. First, health insurance would boost fiscal revenues for health care, as post-treatment out-of-pocket payments to providers …

expressing health care-seeking behavior as a function of economic and behavioral fundamentals and highlighting the role of trust …. We report several findings. First, we document a strong association between higher levels of trust in the health care … scenarios, from routine check-ups to vaccinations. Second, the impact of trust on health care utilization is similar in …

We study the role of physicians in driving geographic variation of US healthcare utilization. We estimate a model that …, and that at least a third of geographic differences in healthcare utilization can be explained by differences in average …

background, revealing an important role that vaccination efforts can play in narrowing inequities in health and healthcare. More …The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected the United States healthcare system, resulting in major disruptions in … practices. There is little empirical evidence on the types of policies or innovations that are effective in shaping healthcare …

Moral hazard and provider-induced demand may contribute to overutilization of scarce health care resources. The U ….S. health care system includes several compensatory cost-containment mechanisms, but their effects depend on how patients and …

We report results from the first randomization of a regulatory reform in the health sector. The reform established … epidemics. In our experiment, all 1348 health facilities in three Kenyan counties were classified into 273 markets, and the … markets were then randomly allocated to treatment and control groups. Government inspectors visited health facilities and …

Technological innovation in medical services can improve health, but its ability to reach patients often depends on …. Government price setting for healthcare facilities spills over onto physicians--impacting their technology utilization and time …

their health care and behaviors. We leverage a natural experiment in Chile's public healthcare system that sent reminders … national administrative patient-level data, we show that reminders increased preventative care visits, which led to more health … findings inform healthcare settings where patients must first visit their primary care provider for approval before undergoing …

US healthcare is undergoing a period of substantial change, with many hospitals vertically integrating with physician …