This paper examines the determinants of healthcare expenditure for low‐, middle‐ and high‐income countries, and it quantifies their influences in order to assess policies for achieving universal health coverage. We elaborate two models, a fixed‐effect model and the dynamic panel model,...

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...