Regarding the connection between economic development and public health, the statistically evident correlation between … be identified, whose origins are in part inherent to the special structural characteristics of the market for health but … focus on the demand for health, this paper takes a holistic approach toward modeling the health market, in order to account …

The years 2003-2004 marked the tenth anniversary of the rapid rise and demise of the Clinton administration's health … reform efforts. Health reform may again be a political issue in the 2008 congressional and presidential elections. However …, analysts still disagree over why large-scale health reform efforts continue to fail in the American political landscape. This …

We develop a general framework for optimal health policy design in a dynamic setting. We consider a hypothetical … dynamics. We seek to identify the optimal time to change the current health intervention policy and the optimal time to collect …

by waiting lists in a public health care system. Health care is supplied for free, but with some restrictions by the … public health sector. Patients can choose to address their demand else-where by stipulating a private health care insurance … public health care system. Form a policy point of view, our model casts serious doubts on the use of these instruments for …

Equity in health has to be distinguished from equity in access to health care, or equity in the distribution of health … care resources. We take as a working definition of health for our purposes the number of quality adjusted life years that a … synonymous with reducing inequalities in health, we also consider the much richer variety of concepts employed by philosophers …

The paper analyzes the comparative effects of alternative health financing mechanisms on economic growth within a two …-of-pocket payment system. A private health insurance system ranks 'in between'. If physical capital relative to health is abundant …, investments in health have stronger growth effects, which points to the relevance of health investments in particular for …

The paper analyzes the comparative effects of alternative health financing mechanisms on economic growth within a two …-of-pocket payment system. A private health insurance system ranks 'in between'. If physical capital relative to health is abundant …, investments in health have stronger growth effects, which points to the relevance of health investments in particular for …

We study the effects of a labor-intensive health care sector within an R&D-driven growth model with overlapping … generations. Health care increases longevity and labor participation/productivity. We examine under which conditions expanding … health care enhances growth and welfare. Even if the provision of health care diverts labor from productive activities, it …

mortality. The economy consists of two sectors: final goods production and a health care sector, selling medical services to … individuals. Individuals demand health care with a view to lowering mortality over their life-cycle. We derive the age …We study the role of health care within a continuous time economy of overlapping generations subject to endogenous …

mortality. The economy consists of two sectors: final goods production and a health care sector, selling medical services to … individuals. Individuals demand health care with a view to lowering mortality over their life-cycle. We derive the age …We study the role of health care within a continuous time economy of overlapping generations subject to endogenous …