rates on access and health outcomes for beneficiaries. In this paper, we exploit within-state variation in Medicaid … associated with significant increases in doctors' visits, improvements in access measures, better self-reported health, and fewer …

With regard to their future health, adolescents are at a critical stage. Previous evaluations have shown that health … designed a field experiment to evaluate the effectiveness of financial incentives to promote participation in health screenings … treatment group received a e40 shopping voucher if they participated in an age-specific health screening. On average, the …

With regard to their future health, adolescents are at a critical stage. Previous evaluations have shown that health … designed a field experiment to evaluate the effectiveness of financial incentives to promote participation in health screenings … treatment group received a e40 shopping voucher if they participated in an age-specific health screening. On average, the …

analogy to medical treatments, the individual exposure to these tools may have side effects. We study effects on health using … outcomes before and after exposure to training and sanctions. We find that training improves cardiovascular and mental health … sanctions cause a short-run deterioration of mental health, possibly due higher stress levels, but this tapers out quickly. …

corruption scandals in the Italian Regional Health Systems by two important national newspapers having opposite ideology, La …

India's health sector. The results reveal that the public health system is seemingly more equitable in a few states, while … regressivity in the pattern of public health-care utilization is observed in others. Both results are to be considered with caution …-in of inpatients, making the public health-care system simply appear more equitable. However, patients voting with their …

-experimental evidence on the impact of fiscal decentralization on health disparities between- and within-regions. Our findings, robust to a …

Policies aimed to spur quality competition among health care providers are ubiquitous, but their impact on quality is …