Improved health in low-income countries could considerably improve wellbeing and possibly promote economic growth. The … in investing in health and how these barriers can be overcome, and to assess the impacts of subsequent health gains. This … chapter first discusses the methodological pitfalls that field experiments in the health sector are particularly susceptible …

This thesis contains three essays on topics from the field of Applied Health Economics. Two major subdivisions of the … health care system, the health- and nursing care market, were closer investigated. In particular, the effect of public … reporting on nursing home quality in Germany was analyzed. Further, it was examined whether a change of health insurance may …

Prescription Drugs: Monopolies and Profits -- Hospitals : Profit First -- Physicians -- Health Plans : The Money … Middlemen -- European Systems of Health-Care Delivery -- The Affordable Care Act of 2010 and Other Federal Health-Care Laws …"The author traces the historical progression of health care policy in the United States toward corporatization, which …