This short essay reviews Gary Becker's contributions and influence in health economics. It was originally prepared for …

Depression, a common and serious illness that is more prevalent among the poor, may limit the demand for health … novel health product, hand sanitizer, in India. We cross-randomize depression treatment (pharmacotherapy) and free … well as product use. Depression treatment improves mental health and increases willingness to pay by 5 percent, implying …

of such health inequality measures as the concentration index (CI) depends crucially on the underlying health measure …. The highest degree of inequality is found when dichotomized subjective health measures like health satisfaction or self …-assessed health (SAH) are employed. Measures of medical care usage like doctor visits result in substantially lower concentration …

demographic and health surveys covering the last twenty years. Over the 1980s and 1990s, the infant mortality rate, under-5 …, especially in the 1990s, the pace of health improvement was slower than that recorded during the prior decades. In addition, the … distribution between countries of aggregate health improvements became markedly more skewed. These trends are in part explained by …