's impact on the overall government budget owing to the existence of government-provided health insurance programs such as …In this study, we document the effect of food stamp access on adult health care utilization. While the Food Stamp … increased the affordability of specialty health care. These findings have important implications for cost-benefit analyses of …

government-provided health insurance programs such as Medicaid. …In this study, we document the effect of Food Stamp access on adult health care utilization. While Food Stamps is one … or mental health, or due to individuals with common chronic health conditions, leaving open the possibility that changes …

In this article, we discuss the public health provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). We … first set forth a framework to identify the key reforms that are needed for a robust public health system. These include … would make significant investment in public health (especially in wellness and prevention programs), it does little to …

Whether user fees for basic health services should be charged or abolished for the poor has recently been debated. This … study examines the impact on child health status of removing user fees in South Africa. Our main innovation is to exploit … little political power and residential choice. By comparing health development across ex ante similar children, we find that …

appropriate adjustment of the health financing system. That is why the subject of evaluation of the performance of healthcare … systems in the context of financial management and the quality of public health has been undertaken by many Polish and foreign … of the health of the population. …

Rationale: Brazil's healthcare system - the Unified Health System (SUS) offers free and universal access to health to … high complexity procedures in the Ministry of Health healthcare budget from 2000 to 2004. Methodology: Patients under the … High Complexity/Costs subsystem were identified in the Ministry of Health's database (DATASUS). Annual expenses were …

Quantity rationing is widely used by the traditional literature on public health care expenditure determination as a … means to justify the coexistence of the private health care sector. However, this artefact is not suitable for a wide range … of health care services that have an "all or nothing" characteristic. In this paper, we use another kind of rationing …

unintended side effects with regards to retiree health or healthcare costs. This study empirically analyzes the effect of (early … components of healthcare expenditure confirm a positive health effect caused by physical and emotional relief following … retirement. Apart from direct health effects, the results also reveal behavioral changes in the utilization of healthcare …

well. Thus, public and private provision of health care, made mutually consistent within a utility-based approach by the …