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 …

disability occurred because of chronic disease prevention efforts among the elderly. For this purpose we analyze data from the … National Long Term Care Survey and from the National Health and Interview Survey. Our findings suggest that primary prevention …, as reflected in decreased disease prevalence, was not responsible for advances made in elderly functioning between 1980 …

End-stage renal disease (ESRD), or kidney failure, is a debilitating, costly, and increasingly common medical condition … International Study of Health Care Organization and Financing, a substudy within the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study …. Variation in spending per ESRD patient is relatively small and is correlated with overall per capita health care spending …

smokers from merged National Health Interview Survey and Medicare claims information. Consistent with our theory, we find that …The contribution of cigarette smoking to national health expenditures is thought to be large, but our current …

variation to provide initial estimates of how this eligibility affects the health status of non-Medicaid-eligible SSDI …-reported health of this population, with suggestive evidence that this improvement is stronger as underwriting restrictions increase … and among SSDI beneficiaries with mental health conditions. The estimated effect is highly robust to alternative scaling …

This paper examines the efficiency and equity implications of alternative health care system financing strategies … health care, and that there has been no consistent and systematic relationship between financing and cost containment. Using … data on expenditures and life expectancy by income quintile from the Canadian health care system, I find that universal …

virus (HCV) treatment and put the US on a path to eliminating hepatitis C. Our objective was to project the health benefits … disease burden and cost of care in the US for the next 20 years under status quo and national hepatitis C elimination … of diabetes, and 25,000 cases of chronic kidney disease. The initiative will also avert 24,000 deaths adding 220,000 life …

implications for regulation and welfare. We address endogeneity issues by demonstrating that patients with higher disease severity …

I review the key issues that arise in financing health care delivery. I begin by documenting the key features of health … care markets that make financing so central in this sector, such as the skewed and unpredictable nature of health care … spending and market failures in health care delivery. I then review the key issues that public and private payers face in …