household income, socio-demographic factors, and private health insurance factors in both Japan and the USA. Using these two … rises, households have a positive effect on purchasing health insurance as a normal good. Another similarity between the two … pure health issuance characteristics, an increase in premium of health insurance policies cause individuals to substitute …

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 …

Using a large survey panel that connects household shopping behavior with individual health information, this paper …, we document little change in shopping in response to treatment. With our results, we discuss the takeaways for health …

Millions Saved (2016) is a new edition of detailed case studies on the attributable impact of global health programs at … can be used in decision making and to provide further evidence on the extent of health gains produced for the funding … public health successes, finding that large health gains have been achieved in programs that represent good value for money …