We estimate the effects of higher quality healthcare usage on health, labor supply and schooling outcomes for sick … that using better quality care improves health outcomes and changes the allocation of time amongst productive activities … heterogeneous effects on marginal productivity across productive activities and household members. -- Labor supply ; health shocks …

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 …

Health spending per capita in England has more than doubled since 1997, yet relatively little is known about how that … spending is distributed across the population. This paper uses administrative National Health Service (NHS) hospital records to …

This paper adopts a reduced form demand approach to analyse the key determinants influencing the health status of … results. After controlling for endogeneity we find that increased wealth is strongly associated with increased health status …, raising questions regarding the reliability of such data and promoting a multiplicity based approach to representing health …

In this paper, we compare the correlation among formal and informal volunteering and self-perceived health across 13 … association with self-perceived health in Finland and the Netherlands, significant negative relationship in Belgium, but none in …-perceived health in France, the Netherlands, Spain, Greece and Portugal, and a significantly negative relationship in Italy. Our …

adverse effects on the economy and the health sector. More specifically, over the 2008-2015 period, GDP was reduced by 29 ….5 percent, wages were reduced by 35-45 percent, private consumption dropped by 30 percent and health expenditure declined by 41 … public expenditures, the fight against corruption and the underground economy, the control of health expenditures, and the …

Owing to lack of relevant data on health human resource (HHR) migration, the empirical dimension of the health …-worker crisis debate has remained void despite abundant theoretical literature. A health worker crisis is overwhelming the world …. Shortages in health professionals are reaching staggering levels in many parts of the globe. This paper complements existing …

Mobile health solutions are expanding rapidly and have become a part of the health care landscape. Over a hundred … dimensions to potential ways in which these solutions can impact patient health, costs, and other metrics. The optimal choice and … necessarily lead to better patient health, because there is evidence in other domains that, when given more information and …