the largest health gains during the last several decades. Nor was higher dispersion in mortality caused entirely by the …The 21st century has been a period of rising inequality in both income and health. In this study, we find that … geographic inequality in mortality for midlife Americans increased by about 70 percent from 1992 to 2016. This was not simply …

the largest health gains during the last several decades. Nor was higher dispersion in mortality caused entirely by the …The 21st century has been a period of rising inequality in both income and health. In this study, we find that … geographic inequality in mortality for midlife Americans increased by about 70 percent from 1992 to 2016. This was not simply …

. First, we cover the role of health in driving economic growth and well-being and discuss standard frameworks for assessing … and their macroeconomic repercussions. Fourth, we discuss the health toll and economic impacts of five infectious diseases … human toll and impose a staggering economic burden, early and targeted health and economic policy interventions can often …

late childhood. We estimate that a one standard deviation reduction in childhood diarrhea mortality rates results in about …

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 …

population density and the extent of tests conducted to fine tune the index. The association between per capita health … expenditure and relative performance indices reveals that there are states where relatively sound health infrastructure has not … ensured better performance in curing patients and those relatively weak have done better. But with a multi-dimensional health …

The Czech health care system is doing well in terms of health outcomes compared to other Central East European … economies that inherited similar health systems after the transition and has been converging to OECD averages. However …, benchmarking the Czech health system to countries with comparable institutional setting points to potential for efficiency gains …

impact of changes within a program, the Danish nurse home visiting program, on child and maternal health. We exploit … contacts to health professionals in the first four years after birth. Forgoing an early nurse visit also increases the … probability of maternal contacts to mental health specialists in the first four years after childbirth. We highlight two potential …

expressing health care-seeking behavior as a function of economic and behavioral fundamentals and highlighting the role of trust …. We report several findings. First, we document a strong association between higher levels of trust in the health care … scenarios, from routine check-ups to vaccinations. Second, the impact of trust on health care utilization is similar in …