The purpose of this study is to assess the effects of economic fluctuations on health outcome. By using data obtained from eight Asia-Pacific countries over the period 1976 to 2003 and a fixed-effects model to conduct the regression analysis, the results of this study indicate that unemployment...

This paper uses a panel data set comprising 23 cities for the years 1979-2002 in Taiwan and a fixed-effects model to find evidence of the effect of economic instability on infant, neonatal, and postneonatal mortality rates. In addition, the effects of income, demographic factors, and the...

This paper uses a direct measure of information to empirically investigate the determinants of consumer health information and the linkage of the information to demand for preventive care. In our analysis, two equations are estimated: (1) health information and (2) demand for preventive care,...