All-Payer Claims Database (APCD) can provide invaluable information about the drivers of cost, the value of health care …, policymakers, and health services researchers. The data collected by APCDs, however, also contains information that individuals …, providers, and insurers would like to remain confidential. Given the sensitivity of individual health information contained in …

The proved influence of inequality of opportunity (luck) and efforts (behavior in relation to health) on the health … status and mortality of individuals bring up the problem of the unequal distribution of health in a given population. This … subject is relatively little discussed in the literature on public health in developing countries including Togo. By focusing …

Futurists, investors, and health-law programs all try to catch a glimpse of the future of healthcare. Lucky for you …

patients in them and thereby facilitate the partnership between patients and physicians that should be the hallmark of health …

Germany’s healthcare system is praised as one of the best in the world. In this article, we review Germany’s health … system by critically analysing its structure, funding, resource allocation, provider payments, efficiency, health outcomes …, and access. Whilst health provision and access are comparably high, signs of technical inefficiencies exist. Although …

child health can provide an important explanation for disparities in children's human capital development across different …-cognitive skills. We analyze data from economic experiments with preschoolers and their mothers to investigate whether child health can … willingness to compete with others. Our findings suggest that health problems arenegatively related to children's willingness to …