The COVID–19 pandemic has challenged the capacity of healthcare systems around the world and can potentially compromise … healthcare utilization and health outcomes among non-COVID–19 patients. Using monthly panel data of nationally representative … middle-aged and older Singaporeans, we examined the associations of the pandemic with healthcare utilization, out …

We study the efficiency in health systems generated by community health teams, a common strategy in low- and middle …-income countries for primary healthcare delivery. We exploit the rollout of a nation-wide expansion of coverage to this model in El … episodes, we show that investing in community-based healthcare, which relied on less-specialized health workers, led to a more …

This paper examines the effect of a nationwide healthcare reform implemented in Turkey on women's fertility decisions …. The Family Medicine Program (FMP), introduced in 2005, provided a wide-range of primary healthcare services, free of … exploit the staggered rollout of the FMP implementation across Turkish provinces over time using a difference …

used containing quarterly information on healthcare costs (care by general practitioner (GP), hospital care, pharmaceutical … percent lower healthcare costs and mortality rates, depending on age groups and type of CAM. The lower costs result from fewer …