Healthcare providers’ response to payment incentives may have consequences for both fiscal spending and patient health …

study how digitization of prescriptions affects pharmaceutical use and health outcomes. We use comprehensive administrative … prescription use. Younger patients' health outcomes do not improve but adverse outcomes, such as prescription drug abuse disorders …

rates on access and health outcomes for beneficiaries. In this paper, we exploit within-state variation in Medicaid … associated with significant increases in doctors' visits, improvements in access measures, better self-reported health, and fewer …

In this study, we document the effect of food stamp access on adult health care utilization. While the Food Stamp … increased the affordability of specialty health care. These findings have important implications for cost-benefit analyses of … the Food Stamp Program, as reductions in health care utilization because of food stamps may offset some of the program …

This text aims to offer three contributions to the study of Brazilian public expenditures on health and education … Brazilian states and thousands of Brazilian municipalities. They sugggest also that Brazilian public expenditures on health and …

In this study, we document the effect of Food Stamp access on adult health care utilization. While Food Stamps is one … or mental health, or due to individuals with common chronic health conditions, leaving open the possibility that changes … Stamps increased the affordability of specialty health care, which may have further reduced the need for physician visits …

-sharing. Moreover, we do not find evidence for health improvements due to longer stays for marginal Medicaid beneficiaries. …

growth in the number of employed in care services. Performed analysis includes employment in the health and social sector and …