healthcare utilization and health outcomes among non-COVID-19 patients. Using monthly panel data of nationally representative …-of-pocket medical costs, and perceived health. At its peak, doctor visits decreased by 30% and out-of-pocket medical spending decreased …-reported health and sleep quality, COVID-19 increased depressive symptoms by 4%. We argue that it is imperative to monitor COVID-19's …

This paper frames the state of mental health policy in India in terms of seven sets of questions, and seeks to provide … momentum in changing the relatively poor state of mental health care in India. …

We evaluate the short- and medium-term health impacts of Sure Start, a large-scale and universal early childhood …' can deliver significant health benefits, even in contexts with universal healthcare. Impacts are driven by … environments might be a successful strategy to reduce inequalities in health. …

show long-lasting health impacts. Can these benefits hold when these programs are offered to all children in contexts with … universal healthcare? We evaluate the short- and medium-term health impacts of Sure Start, a universal integrated ECI in England … disadvantaged areas and likely driven by both health and non-health services. …

Self-selection into healthcare options biases estimates of the effects of healthcare on health outcomes. We exploit … exogenous variation in the cost of formal-sector care to show that the use of such care improves short-term health outcomes for … treatment and adhere to their medications. -- healthcare ; information ; child health ; Tanzania …

Act (ACA), former President Obama's signature health insurance law. His very first executive order, signed within hours of … this fundamental policy shift affect the U.S. health care and health insurance systems? Those questions were explored by a … panel of health and policy experts at the Employee Benefit Research Institute's 79th policy forum held in Washington, DC …

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 health status of people is a precious commodity and central to economic, socio-political, and environmental … the portrait of immigrants and natives. In this paper we are concerned with international migration and health outcomes in … insights into the Healthy Immigrant Paradox and the health assimilation of immigrants as we also elucidate selection and …

Medical utilization, such as a count of hospitalizations, is routinely used as a health proxy for both policy and … or policy changes have altered hospitalizations at the same level of health. In this work, we document how … hospitalizations have evolved as a marker for subsequent health (mortality and morbidity) and subsequent utilization (hospitalizations …