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. …

Over the last few decades, health care services in the United States have become more geographically centralized. We … study how the loss of hospital-based obstetric units in over 400 counties affect maternal and infant health via a difference …-sections. In contrast to concerns voiced in the public discourse, the effects on a range of maternal and infant health outcomes are …

article summarizes key characteristics of the COVID-19 pandemic that should be incorporated in economics and health policy … analyses. We then review the literature on the importance of public health measures, including taking early, targeted, and … term, addressing misallocation of health resources and improving health governance are critical. Drawing on evidence from …

This paper studies the effects of the 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative on health insurance … coverage, access to care, health care use, and health outcomes. We exploit a difference-in-differences that relies on the … significant increases in health care use, although there is some evidence that DACA increased demand for mental health services …

Health-maximizing and welfare-maximizing behaviors can be at odds, especially among disadvantaged groups, generating … health disparities. We estimate a lifecycle model of medication and labor supply decisions using data on HIV-positive men. We … interfered with work. A counterfactual mandate to use HAART improves health but increases inequality because low …

expressing health care-seeking behavior as a function of economic and behavioral fundamentals and highlighting the role of trust …. We report several findings. First, we document a strong association between higher levels of trust in the health care … scenarios, from routine check-ups to vaccinations. Second, the impact of trust on health care utilization is similar in …

Bentham, championed reforms that form part of the Public Health Act of 1848, which led to the primacy of sanitation efforts … (such as pressurised water supply, sewage management, and garbage collection and safe disposal) in public health policy in … the UK and elsewhere. Maclean convinced the Sanitarians that quarantines were not grounded in health science but instead …

We investigate universalization of access to health in Brazil. We find large reductions in maternal, foetal, neonatal … driving mechanisms. We find sharp increases in coverage of primary health facilities with GPs and outreach workers and, in … line with this, increases in outpatient procedures, prenatal care visits, health-education activities and home visits by …

How much can socioeconomically-based health disparities be attributed to differential access to secondary and … specialist health care? We evaluate this question in the context of Arab-Jewish health disparities in Israel while exploiting the … introduction of public transportation to Arab communities. Primary care health services are readily available within Arab towns and …