This paper investigates the returns to health care provision during the mortality transition. We construct a new panel … data set covering German municipalities from 1928 to 1936. The endogeneity of health care supply is addressed by using the … expulsion of Jewish physicians from statutory health insurance as exogenous variation in regional physician supply. Increases in …

This paper investigates the returns to health care provision during the mortality transition. We construct a new panel … data set covering German municipalities from 1928 to 1936. The endogeneity of health care supply is addressed by using the … expulsion of Jewish physicians from statutory health insurance as exogenous variation in regional physician supply. Increases in …

Justice is so central to the mission of public health that it has been described as the field's core value. Our account … impulses that animate public health: to advance human well-being by improving health and to do so particularly by focusing on … controversies in the field, and it provides examples of the kinds of policies that public health agencies guided by a robust …

Increasing ambient temperatures will severely affect human health in the decades to come and will exacerbate a variety … of chronic health conditions. In this paper, I examine the temperaturemorbidity relationship in the tropical climate … diseases. Drawing on detailed individual level data from the Indonesian national health insurance scheme JKN and linking it …

Increasing ambient temperatures will severely affect human health in the decades to come and will exacerbate a variety … of chronic health conditions. In this paper, I examine the temperaturemorbidity relationship in the tropical climate … diseases. Drawing on detailed individual level data from the Indonesian national health insurance scheme JKN and linking it …

The effect of government spending on population’s health has received attention over the past decades. This study re …-examines the link between government health expenditures and health outcomes to establish whether government intervention in the … health sector improves outcomes. The study uses annual data for the period 1980–2014 on Ghana. The ordinary least squares …

In this article, we discuss the public health provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). We … first set forth a framework to identify the key reforms that are needed for a robust public health system. These include … would make significant investment in public health (especially in wellness and prevention programs), it does little to …

This paper studies the performance of immigrants relative to natives, in terms of their health status, use of health … care services, lifestyles, and coverage of health expenditures. We base the analysis on international evidence that … identified a healthy immigrant effect, complemented by empirical research on the Portuguese National Health Survey. Furthermore …

I trace the evolution of ethical approaches to health policy in the United States and examine a number of critical … factors such as procedural mechanisms than on understanding how individuals and groups value different aspects of health and … agree on health-related decisions. Third, the nation needs workable frameworks to guide collective choices about valuable …