Good health is a crucial part of well-being but spending on health can be justified on economic grounds. The goal of … reducing poverty provides a different but equally powerful case for health investments. However, if policymakers are to … accelerate the substantial health gains of recent decades, especially for the poor in African countries such as Nigeria, the …

GOOD HEALTH IS A CRUCIAL PART OF WELL-BEING BUT SPENDING ON HEALTH CAN BE JUSTIFIED ON ECONOMIC GROUNDS. THE GOAL OF … REDUCING POVERTY PROVIDES A DIFFERENT BUT EQUALLY POWERFUL CASE FOR HEALTH INVESTMENTS. HOWEVER, IF POLICYMAKERS ARE TO … ACCELERATE THE SUBSTANTIAL HEALTH GAINS OF RECENT DECADES, ESPECIALLY FOR THE POOR IN AFRICAN COUNTRIES SUCH AS NIGERIA, THE …

Although a number of studies have been conducted on health production functions, little attention has been given to … pharmaceuticals as a separate input into the production of health. Building upon existing published work, this paper uses an … alternative specification and more recent data to estimate the effect of pharmaceutical expenditures on levels of health in the …

The discussion about health care systems focuses on the dynamics of expenditures and on the weak growth of revenues. In …. Second, a double moral hazard model is developed. Here, the patient’s actions influence health outcome and cannot be … monitored by the physician. It is shown that the choice of insurance and payment contracts depends on the characteristics of …

nature of the changes in the structure of the health care industry. We will focus on the markets for health insurance …The health care industry is being transformed. Large firms are merging and acquiring other firms. Alliances and … implications of these changes for the nature and consequences of competition in health care markets. In this paper we summarize the …

This paper examines how demand for prescription drugs is influenced by different types of insurance. In order to …

The importance of the physician-patient relationship for the health care market is beyond controversy. Most theoretical … the hypotheses that physician consultation and health-relevant behavior are not stochastically independent. This means … that health care demand is determined by the patient and not only by the physician. In the recursive bivariate probit model …