Air pollution is known to negatively affect a range of health outcomes. Wildfire smoke is an increasingly important … contributor to air pollution, yet extreme smoke events are highly salient and could induce behavioral responses that alter health …, including accidental injuries, and come disproportionately from less insured populations. In contrast, health outcomes with the …

Recent increases in mortality have brought life expectancy back to the forefront of the public health debate in the US … average health performance of OECD countries at their typical health expenditures. …

We investigate the evolution of health over the life-cycle. We allow for two sources of persistence: unobserved … individual characteristics that trace back to early adulthood and before can have far reaching effects on health. …

This paper examines the impact of universal, free, and easily accessible primary healthcare on population health as … provided at family health centers, which operate on a walk-in basis and are located within the neighborhoods in close proximity … health. …

This paper examines satisfaction with various aspects of health care by type of health plan among three groups of … health-plan enrollees: those with a consumer-driven health plan (CDHP), those with a high-deductible health plan (HDHP), and … in Health Care Survey, an online survey that examines issues surrounding consumer-directed health care, including the …

We examine whether China's remarkable reduction in income poverty has been accompanied by comparable progress in health … significantly lower than for comparator countries.China's experience of reducing health deprivations has been notably less … and maintenance of its public health infrastructure …

Empirical studies from developed countries observe that women report worse health and higher healthcare utilization … than men, but the health disadvantage diminishes with age; gender differences in self-rated health often vanish or are … reversed in older ages. Comparable assessments of health during later life from developing countries are limited because of …

promote transparency, informed decision making, and improve health and healthcare for all Californians. We recommend that the … All-Payer Claims Database (APCD) can provide invaluable information about the drivers of cost, the value of health care … and quality transparency tools, and offer a means of providing critical information in a timely manner for patients …

US government investments in health information technology (IT) reflect the significant promise of digitization for … improving quality and efficiency in health care. Previous studies of the impact of health IT have focused on the hospital …

Electronic health records (EHRs) are widely perceived as having great potential for improving the quality of healthcare … and to simplify the narrative, we use the label “digital health biographies” (DHBs) for the alternative we envision …