This paper characterizes the link between ambient temperatures and a broad set of mental health outcomes. We find that … health. Specifically, cold temperatures reduce negative mental health outcomes while hot temperatures increase them. Our … conditioning penetration rates, accessibility of mental health services, and other factors. The character of the results suggests …

This paper assesses the effect of import competition on the labor market and health outcomes of US workers. We first …. Exploiting over 40 million individual observations on health and mortality, we find that import had a detrimental effect on … physical and mental health that is concentrated in those areas and exhibits strong persistence. It decreased health care …

This paper examines the effect of soda taxes on the consumption behaviour and health of school-aged children in Europe …: Hungary imposed a "Public Health Product Tax" on several unhealthy products including sodas in 2011. France introduced solely …

The focus of the present study is on consumer health information in relation to supplier induced demand (SID). We argue … new information measure based on questions of the Swiss Health Survey, we estimate a Poisson hurdle model for office … visits and the length of stay in hospitals. We find that information has a negative effect on health care utilization …

System (PPS) for hospitals based on Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG) to assess their impact on health and on the use of health … care services. We consider survey data for the years 1993-2007 with information on both individualsÄ perceived health and … their utilization of health care services. Results suggest that the introduction of market incentives via a fixed …

based on Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) to assess their impact on self-assessed health status and on the use of health care …' perceived health and their access to a number of health services. Results suggest that the introduction of market incentives via … a fixed-price payment system does not lead to worst health perceptions. Instead, the reform marked a moderate decrease …

funds spent on the health sector. Therefore the question arises as to whether it is possible to find the link between … expenditure on health and health conditions among societies in the EU countries. This article shows the relationship between … health financing and the condition of health in the societies of the new EU Member States. …

Background: Significant health expenses can force households to reduce consumption of items required for daily living … of out-of-pocket (OOP) and other health expenses have typically characterized them as “catastrophic” in terms of a … threshold level or percentage of household income. We aim to re-conceptualize the impact of health expenses on household …

This paper investigates whether minimum wage increases impact worker health in the United States. We consider self …-reported measures of general, mental, and physical health. We use data on lesser-skilled workers from the 1993 to 2014 Behavioral Risk … Factor Surveillance Survey. Among men, we find no evidence that minimum wage increases improve health; instead, we find that …

Trade in health products has been flourishing in recent years as the demand for better health has been growing … throughout the world. At the same time, trade in health products is hampered by substantive trade barriers. In this paper, we … availability of health-related products such as pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and medical equipment. The case for liberalizing trade …