drugs, use of other medical services, and health for a nationally representative sample of Medicare beneficiaries. Given the … health. We find that gaining prescription drug insurance through Medicare Part D was associated with a 70% increase in the … health care services or health, as measured by functional status and self-reported health. Among those in poorer health, we …

We assess quantitatively the effect of exogenous health improvements on output per capita. Our simulation model allows … for a direct effect of health on worker productivity, as well as indirect effects that run through schooling, the size and … developing countries, and standard components of quantitative macroeconomic theory. We consider both changes in general health …

The Thai 30 Baht program was one of the largest health system reforms ever undertaken by a low-middle income country …). For the previously uninsured, we find that the 30 Baht program led to increased health care utilization, as well as a …

This paper investigates the effects of expanding public health insurance eligibility for older children. Using data … from the National Health Interview Surveys from 1986 to 2005, we first show that although income continues to be an … important predictor of children's health status, the importance of income for predicting health has fallen for children 9 to 17 …

Does Canada's publicly funded, single payer health care system deliver better health outcomes and distribute health … resources more equitably than the multi-payer heavily private U.S. system? We show that the efficacy of health care systems … of health status using JCUSH (The Joint Canada/U.S. Survey of Health) and other surveys. We find a somewhat higher …

Missed clinic appointments present a significant burden to health care through disruption of care, inefficient use of …

This paper develops a satellite account for the US health sector and measures productivity growth in health care for … the elderly population between 1999 and 2012. We measure the change in medical spending and health outcomes for a …

We use the increases in health insurance coverage at age 65 generated by the rules of the Medicare program to evaluate … the effects of health insurance coverage on health related behaviors and outcomes. The rise in overall coverage at age 65 …. Finally, there are small impacts of reaching age 65 on self-reported health, with the largest gains among the groups that …