I investigate the relationship between physician pay, C-section use, and infant health, using vital statistics data and … past work, I look at how changing physician pay affects infant health outcomes. I find that increased Csection use is … have adverse health consequences, especially for low-income patients. …

In Germany, private health insurance covers more innovative and costly treatments than public insurance. Moreover … whether these superior features of private insurance actually transfer into better health. I focus on German adolescents who … of euros could be saved by aligning private and public health insurance. …

: worker health. To study this question, we use data on lesser-skilled workers from the 1993-2014 Behavioral Risk Factor … wage increases lead to improvements in overall worker health. In fact, we find some evidence that minimum wage increases … may decrease some aspects of health, especially among unemployed male workers. We also find evidence that increases reduce …

study how a wave of mergers that led to the shutdown of one third of all Swedish maternity wards affected the health of … Sweden over two decades, we show that the closures negatively affected the health of mothers, while effects on infant health …

hospital capacities, capital, and funding by the statutory health insurance (SHI). This prompts hospitals to hire more … health ministers to ministers of other professions in Germany during 1955-2017. German state health ministers have great … power to determine hospital capacities and infrastructure. Our results show that physician-trained health ministers increase …

We examine the personal health situation and how the complexities thereof affect the elderly Austrians' willingness to … accept electronic health records (EHR). Using data from the sixth wave of the SHARE survey in Austria, we find the complexity … of individual health problems and the social integration of individuals influencing the acceptance of EHR. The more the …

France’s health-care system offers high-quality care. Average health outcomes are good, public satisfaction with the … health-care system is high, and average household out-of-pocket expenditures are low. As in other OECD countries, technology … by care providers, tackle the high spending on pharmaceuticals, strengthen the role of health insurers as purchasing …

a comparison effect, decrease subsequent demand. This tension is particularly important for the distribution of health … experiment in Northern Uganda in which three health products differing in their scope for learning were initially offered either …

Faith-inspired institutions (FIIs) commonly have as their stated mission a desire to provide quality health services to … services more affordable. However, it suggests that in current African health contexts, FIIs may no longer be that different …

health care and Rajiv Aryogyasri (RAS), a health insurance scheme to cover the catastrophic health expenditure of BPL …