This paper discusses the relationship between medical innovations and ageing from a health economics perspective and … surveys empirical evidence on medical R&D incentives, R&D costs of pharmaceuticals, and the cost-effectiveness of health … conceptualization of ageing as an accumulation of health deficits. The paper also discusses the role of medical progress for longevity …

consumption. We investigate whether an aggregate health production function can help to explain the substantial fluctuations in … the rate of increase in longevity since 1960. We view longevity as the output of the health production function, and … models using annual U.S. time-series data on life expectancy, health expenditure, and medical innovation. Reliable annual …

paper we investigate whether an aggregate health production function can help to explain the annual time-series behavior of … U.S. longevity since 1960. We view longevity as the output of the health production function, and output fluctuations as … U.S. time-series data on life expectancy, health expenditure, and medical innovation. Reliable annual data are available …

consumption. We investigate whether an aggregate health production function can help to explain the substantial fluctuations in … the rate of increase in longevity since 1960. We view longevity as the output of the health production function, and … models using annual U.S. time-series data on life expectancy, health expenditure, and medical innovation. Reliable annual …

health information and the services that are most appropriate. Including innovative studies on interactive health information …, health communication, and health education"--Provided by publisher. …

-- Health and health care -- Dimensons of health in the elderly population / David M. Cutler and Mary Beth Landrum ; comment … of the causal pathways from socioeconomic status to health / Till Stowasser, Florian Heiss, Daniel McFadden, and Joachim … Winter ; comment, Robert J. Willis -- Childhood health and differences in late-life health outcomes between England and the …

One of the most well-established relationships in the economics of aging is that between health and wealth. Yet this … circumstances to health and health care. Among the topics addressed are the significance of out-of-pocket health care costs, the …