Previous research on male subjects has conjectured that subjective self-reports of health status may lead to an upward bias in the estimated effect of health on labor force participation because subjects who are out of the labor force may be more likely to understate their health status so as to...

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Pharmaceutical expenditures have grown rapidly in recent decades, and now total nearly 10% of health care costs. Generic drug utilization has risen substantially alongside, from 19% of scripts in 1984 to 47% in 2001, thus tempering expenditure growth through significant direct dollar savings....