This paper analyzes the impact of health indicators on an individual's trip and mode choices to out-patient care … facilities. The study's focus is an out-patient trip to a health care facility, and the source of data is the China Health and … Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) for 2011, 2013 and 2015. Based on a random utility framework, the study finds that making …

the largest health gains during the last several decades. Nor was higher dispersion in mortality caused entirely by the …The 21st century has been a period of rising inequality in both income and health. In this study, we find that … geographic inequality in mortality for midlife Americans increased by about 70 percent from 1992 to 2016. This was not simply …

with 1–2 weeks later arrival and no detectable reduction in final mortality. The case for permanent limits on international …

This paper examines the impact of universal, free, and easily accessible primary healthcare on population health as … measured by age-specific birth and mortality rates, focusing on a nationwide socialized medicine program implemented in Turkey … provided at family health centers, which operate on a walk-in basis and are located within the neighborhoods in close proximity …

Medical experts have argued forcefully that using cigarettes harms health, prompting the adoption of myriad anti …-smoking policies. The association between smoking and mortality may, however, be driven by unobserved factors, making it difficult to … a teenager, which are arguably exogenous, on adult smoking participation and mortality. A one-dollar increase in teenage …