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...

Revised estimates for 2014 healthcare spending growth show increases larger than initially reported – which continues a worrisome trend, says a new C.D. Howe Institute report. In “Healthcare Spending Decelerating? Not so Fast!,” author William B.P. Robson warns that initial estimates based...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Foreword -- Preface: Institutions -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Part I History and Evolution -- 1 Origins and Evolution of Healthcare -- 2 Early Evolution of American Healthcare -- 3 20th- and...