This paper examines the role of the health gradient the positive correlation between household income and health in …-specific health gradients and find their slope increases with age, but declines among retired workers. We then estimate a variety of … parametric and semi-parametric duration models and find that workers’ position relative to the agegroup-specific health gradient …

There are many pathways explaining the relationship between socioeconomic status and health; one possibility is that … some normally unobservable characteristic causes people to invest both in their financial well-being and their health. Here … we consider the possibility that the decision making processes are similar across domains and that the steps individuals …

In this paper, we specify a dynamic programming model that addresses the interplay among health, financial resources … used self reported health or disability status as a proxy for health status, we model health as a latent variable, using … is estimated using data from the Health and Retirement Study. We compare results based on our model to results based on …

gains and savings in other sectors, are considered in resource allocations by health technology assessment (HTA) agencies …-structured interviews with decision makers and academic experts in eight countries (Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, South Korea …, Sweden and the UK) were concluded.Results: The principle that investment in health care, including drug interventions, can …

This paper examines data from the SHRM/EBRI 2014 Health Benefits Survey. The survey was conducted in February and March … understand changes to employer-sponsored health coverage in 2015. Plan sponsors -- especially larger employers -- usually have a … sense of the changes they are going to make to their health benefits a year early, as it takes time to prepare such …

used for decision-making at different levels of the health sector in India and to highlight impediments to improved data …Recently, there has been increased attention to data use in the international public health community. At the global … level there have been major investments in data collection for public health programs. However, there is concern that such …