In recent years the British National Health Service (NHS) has experienced an acute shortage of qualified nurses. This …

intermediary, parameters of the information structure (precisions of public and private information), and the level of stress …

deterioration of the health care system, changes in diet and obesity, and material deprivation fail to explain the increase in … causes of death (homicide, suicide, and accidents) and stress associated with a poor outlook for the future. However, a large …

Strengthening the relationship of accountability between health service providers and citizens is by many people viewed … as critical for improving access to and quality of health care. How this is to be achieved, and whether it works, however … communities began to more extensively monitor the provider, both the quality and quantity of health service provision improved …

We study the short-run effect of involuntary job loss on comprehensive measures of public health costs. We focus on job … loss induced by plant closure, thereby addressing the reverse causality problem of deteriorating health leading to job loss … as job displacements due to plant closure are unlikely caused by workers' health status, but potentially have important …

Despite the popularity of school meals, little evidence exists on their effect on health outcomes. This study uses … ameliorated the deterioration of health in young children caused by a severe drought. Correcting for self-selection into the … for children, providing large and significant health gains for children whose families suffered from drought. …

malaria more salient, leading to a change in beliefs about its importance and to an increase in private health investments. …

intergenerational transmission or well-being and health. Some studies have proposed to use employer wage differentials and in particular …