In this study, we investigate the extent to which female education could help in the expansion of healthcare coverage through enrolment for National Healthcare Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The major finding is that female schooling is positively and significantly correlated with enrolment for NHIS....

Aims: To demonstrate the infectious-like spread of an agent leading to a period of higher death and medical admissions in the Wigan local authority, part of the greater Manchester area of England, during 2011 and 2012.Study Design: Longitudinal study of deaths and hospital admissions. Place and...

This study tests for adverse selection in the established Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance exchanges established in 2014, and quantifies the consequences for consumer welfare and market efficiency. Using a new statewide dataset of medical claims from Colorado, I use plausibly exogenous...

In 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) mandated that private insurance plans extend coverage to adult dependents under the age of 26. We hypothesize that this policy may have had the unintended consequence of increasing "job lock" among parents who would otherwise leave their employer. We use a...

Health shocks may have significant consequences for the poor in countries without established health insurance systems. The burden of such shocks may be greater if its consequences are transferred to human capital formation of children in families that are unable to access affordable healthcare....

By comparing funding and expenditure data, Indigenous healthcare access data, and Indigenous healthcare outcomes data between provinces/territories, this study aimed to closely examine how different models and approaches of healthcare governance influence health outcomes. Each of the ten...

We study the health insurance and labor market implications of the recent Affordable Care Act (ACA) provision that allows dependents to remain on parental policies until age 26 using data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). Our comparison of outcomes for young adults aged...

I use the Medicare Part D prescription drug insurance market to examine the dynamics of firm interaction with consumers on an insurance exchange. Enrollment data show that consumers face switching frictions leading to inertia in plan choice, and a regression discontinuity design indicates...