This study examines the effect of the elderly population on SARS-CoV-2 Disease (COVID-19) mortality for a sample of 146 … countries. It shows that the elderly population is robustly associated with higher COVID-19 mortality. This effect, however …, decreases significantly in countries with higher health care absorptive capacity. The results are robust to control for a set of …

The present paper provides new evidence that hospital delivery can significantly lower child mortality risks … local health facilities (both traditional and modern) before and after the completion of the 'Women's Health Project' in … delivery on various mortality rates among children born during 2002-2007. Our best estimates come from the parents fixed …

System (PPS) for hospitals based on Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG) to assess their impact on health and on the use of health … care services. We consider survey data for the years 1993-2007 with information on both individualsÄ perceived health and … their utilization of health care services. Results suggest that the introduction of market incentives via a fixed …