This note analyzes levels and trends of health expenditures by country, income group, and region in the context of … Health Organization's (WHO) National Health Accounts, the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) fiscal data bases, and the … World Bank's World Development Indicators. The paper provides snapshots of health financing patterns, both public and …

One of the most daunting challenges facing the new U.S. administration is health care reform. The size of the system … in Health Care, two leading physicians offer an optimistic prognosis. In their frontline work as providers, Thomas Lee … results in chaos. Lee and Mongan argue that attacking this chaos is even more important than whether health care is managed by …

Economic evaluations of health care can help to make better medical decisions. Decisions about life and death. Our … reality. Prospect theory respects reality. Now, we have all the opportunity to reliably value health. And, these values can …

A consensus exists that rising income levels and technological development are among the key drivers of total health … spending. However, determinants of public sector health expenditure are less well understood. This study examines a complex … relationship across government health expenditure (GHE), sociopolitical risks, and international aid, while taking into account the …

Economic evaluations of health care can help to make better medical decisions. Decisions about life and death. Our … reality. Prospect theory respects reality. Now, we have all the opportunity to reliably value health. And, these values can …

This paper studies empirically the consequences of retirement on health. We make use of a targeted retirement offer to … was 60 years of age. Estimating the effect of the offer on individuals' health within the age range 56-70, we find support … government health care expenditures. …