This is an attempt to understand the characteristics of private hospitals and the equity in accessing their services, using secondary data available for the period 1986-2004. The data indicates that private hospitals did not expand in numbers but a strong consolidation by large hospitals has...

Occupational licensing is among the fastest-growing labor market institutions in the U.S. economy. One of the key features of occupational licensing is that the law determines who gets to do the work. In those cases where universally licensed occupations are both complements to and substitutes...

Il processo di graduale ma continuo invecchiamento della popolazione, che tutti i Paesi industrializzati stanno sperimentando, ha reso necessario approfondire la valutazione dell'impatto che ne deriva per gli equilibri del sistema sociale e, di conseguenza, per le finanze pubbliche. In Italia,...

Nei prossimi decenni tutti i Paesi ad economia e welfare sviluppati dovranno fronteggiare spese sanitarie fortemente crescenti, con trend potenziali che nel lungo periodo, al 2050-2060, potrebbero raddoppiare o più che raddoppiare l'incidenza della componente pubblica sul Pil. Così emerge...

Many studies have documented adverse health outcomes for uninsured patients in U.S. hospitals. These poor outcomes have been attributed to their health status and limited access to healthcare. A measure of treatment that remains unexplored is the quality of the physicians treating uninsured...

Questo Working Paper porta un esempio di criterio di ripartizione del Fsn tra le Regioni. Il criterio rimane coerente, in termini generali, con le indicazioni contenute nel "Decreto legislativo in materia di autonomia di entrata delle Regioni a statuto ordinario e delle Province, nonché...

This paper models the impact on economic growth of HIV/AIDS when the epidemic is in a mature phase, in contrast with previous studies focused on periods of expansion, as in African countries. Simulations for Honduras, the epicenter of the epidemic in Central America, show that AIDS is not likely...

We study dual job incentives with a focus on public-service physicians referring patients to their private practices. We call this moonlighting. Not all physicians moonlight; we introduce a group of dedicated doctors who in the base models behave sincerely in the public system. Allowing...

Priority setting and resource allocation across various health care functions is a critical issue in health policy and strategic decision making. As health resources are limited while there are so many health challenges to resolve, consumers and payers have to make difficult decisions about...

This paper analyzes the effects of child adoption on the utilization of assisted reproductive technology (ART) in the US. Using state-level longitudinal data for 1999-2006, we show that ART use is responsive to changes in adoption markets. Controlling for state-specific fixed effects, the...