We estimate the health costs of supply-side barriers to accessing medical care. The setting is Colombia, where citizens … have a constitutional right to health care, but insurance companies that manage delivery impose restrictions on access. We … use administrative data on judicial claims for health as a proxy for unmet demand. We validate this using the register …

This Article examines state constitutions and health care rights. Notably, close to a third of states' constitutions … recognize health while the U.S. Constitution contains no reference. Ample scholarly commentary exists on the absence of a right … to health care under the U.S. Constitution but little attention has been paid to state constitutional law. This Article …

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 …

In 2006, the state of Massachusetts sanctioned the individual health insurance mandate and the expansion of health …. This finding may results from the expansion of health insurance coverage, which reduces the financial stress and improves … the mental health and wellbeing particularly among the low income families …

This paper examines the impact of universal, free, and easily accessible primary healthcare on population health as … provided at family health centers, which operate on a walk-in basis and are located within the neighborhoods in close proximity … health. …

Background: Economic evaluation (EE) is a dynamically advancing knowledge area of health economics. It has been … investments becomes even more crucial with advances in modern medicine and public health which bring about both improved patient …-reviewed papers using Google Scholar and EBSCO databases (e.g. MEDLINE Complete, CINAHL Complete, Health Business Elite, Health Policy …

. However, as the better-off regions, areas, and households approach the upper limits of achievable education and health …

Many health economists demand more competition in the health care system. They focus on the competition between … sickness funds for insured and the competition between health care providers for contracts with sickness funds. But they … neglect the competition between health care providers for patients which is crucial for medical quality. This third field of …