In this paper, we characterize the multi-faceted health of the elderly and understand how health along multiple … of health can be combined into three broad categories: a first dimension representing severe physical and social … improvement in health is not due to differential mortality of the sick or a new generation of more healthy people entering old age …

We explore economic model of health behaviors. While the standard economic model of health as an investment is …. Most prominently, the correlation of different health behaviors across people is virtually zero, suggest that standard …

We propose a method of quantifying non-fatal health on a 0-1 QALY scale that details the impact of specific symptoms … and impairments and is not based on ratings of counterfactual scenarios. Measures of general health status are regressed … on health impairments and symptoms in different domains, using ordered probit and ordinary least squares regression. This …

We explore economic model of health behaviors. While the standard economic model of health as an investment is …. Most prominently, the correlation of different health behaviors across people is virtually zero, suggest that standard …

made by individuals, these decisions are influenced by a set of incentives, including retirement benefits and health care … retirement. It explores well-established relationships among economic circumstances, health, and mortality, as well as the … effects of poverty and lower levels of economic development on health and life satisfaction. By combining micro and macro …

sharply, in coming decades. This has drawn growing interest to research on the health and economic circumstances of … shaped by their past decisions such as their saving behavior, as well as by current and future economic conditions, health …, physical circumstances such as health and disability, and emotional well-being, including happiness and mental health …

improvements in self-reported health. The association between area education and health increased greatly between 1990 and 2010 … less educated areas. Differences in health-related amenities, ranging from hospital quality to pollution, explain no more … than 17% of the area human capital spillovers on health. Over half of the correlation between area human capital and health …

deterioration of the health care system, changes in diet and obesity, and material deprivation fail to explain the increase in …

This series from the NBER presents new research by leading economists on current health care policy issues. The papers … in this seventh volume, originally presented at the annual Frontiers in Health Policy Research conference held in … Washington D.C. in the summer of 2003, reflect the economic challenges faced by policymakers and health care professionals in an …

health care, has better health outcomes. It has long been clear that mortality as a whole is not better in the US than in … other countries. We focus our analysis on the US performance for the treatment of non-fatal health outcomes and we compare … the health of the United States to that of Canada, the United Kingdom and Spain. Our results indicate a discrepancy …