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

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 …

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

We seek to explain why countries have adopted national Old-Age Insurance and Health Insurance programs. Theoretical …

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 …