The United States relies primarily on market forces to determine prices for drugs, whereas most other industrialized countries use a variety of approaches to determine drug prices. Branded drug companies have patents and market exclusivity periods in most industrialized countries. During this...

There is increasing awareness that race and ethnicity play an important role in the poverty and social marginalization of Latin American and Caribbean populations.

This paper evaluates effects of health insurance on preventive efforts among diabetics in Colombia. Type 2 diabetes patients show low compliance with preventive measures. Economic theory suggests that insurance reduces self-protection by reducing curative care costs. On the supply side, if...

There is increasing awareness that race and ethnicity play an important role in the poverty and social marginalization of Latin American and Caribbean populations.

White seniors report better health than Black seniors in urban areas in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This is the case even after controlling for baseline health conditions and several demographic, socio-economic and family support characteristics. Furthermore, adjusted racial disparities in self-reported...

This study examines the causal effect of removing lockdown policies on new COVID-19 cases and deaths in Colombia, where abrupt ends to lockdowns were induced by sales tax holidays. Due to endogeneity issues, the causal effect of removing lockdowns has been challenging to measure. Using an...

White seniors report better health than Black seniors in urban areas in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This is the case even after controlling for baseline health conditions and several demographic, socio-economic and family support characteristics. Furthermore, adjusted racial disparities in self-reported...

White seniors report better health than Black seniors in urban areas in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This is the case even after controlling for baseline health conditions and several demographic, socio-economic and family support characteristics. Furthermore, adjusted racial disparities in self-reported...

Background: The WHO recommends use of masks and social distancing to reduce transmission and death from COVID-19. Governments worldwide also rely on test-trace-isolate (TTI) programs for additional risk mitigation. This study aims to estimate the cost-effectiveness of implementing a national TTI...