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Long-term returns to local health-care spending
This paper investigates the effects of health-care spending on mortality rates of patients who experienced a heart attack. We relate in-hospital...
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Healthcare spending in high-income and upper-middle-income countries: a cross-country analysis
This research investigates the determinants of government healthcare expenditure in high-income and upper-middle-income countries by exploring...
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Advocacy, experience sharing and action planning toward raising additional financing for primary health care: spending more and spending better towards universal health coverage
BackgroundReallocation of funding to respond the covid-19 pandemic, against a backdrop of longstanding underfunded health systems and high out of...
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What drives health care spending in Switzerland? Findings from a decomposition by disease, health service, sex, and age
BackgroundHigh and increasing spending dominates the public discussion on healthcare in Switzerland. However, the drivers of the spending increase...
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The role of consumer choice in out-of-pocket spending on health
BackgroundAnalyses of out-of-pocket healthcare spending often suffer from an inability to distinguish necessary from optional spending in the data...
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Pediatric unit spending in the North of Italy during the COVID-19 pandemic
BackgroundDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, accesses to pediatric health care services decreased, as well as the consumption of traditional drugs, while...
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What is the value of disease expenditure studies? An argument for an international database of spending estimates
Based on a recent study on disease-specific health spending by age, sex, and type of care in Norway, we argue for the need to improve disease...
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Changes in Healthcare Spending Attributable to High Deductible Health Plan Offer Among Enrollees with Comorbid Substance Use Disorder and Cardiovascular Disease
BackgroundThe rise in prevalence of high deductible health plans (HDHPs) in the United States may raise concerns for high-need, high-utilization...
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Disease-specific health spending by age, sex, and type of care in Norway: a national health registry study
BackgroundNorway is a high-income nation with universal tax-financed health care and among the highest per person health spending in the world. This...
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Regional variation in long-term care spending in Japan
BackgroundHealth inequalities are widening in Japan, and thus, it is important to understand whether (and to what extent) there is a regional...
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Characteristics and spending patterns of high-cost child patients: findings from Fujian in China
BackgroundThe health condition during childhood has been shown to influence an individual’s health and socioeconomic status in adulthood....
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The Dependence of Online Gambling Businesses on High-Spending Customers: Quantification and Implications
Online gambling has grown to be a significant industry but it faces regulatory threats because of perception that it is heavily dependent on a small...
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Heteroscedasticity of residual spending after risk equalization: a potential source of selection incentives in health insurance markets with premium regulation
Many community-rated health insurance markets include risk equalization (also known as risk adjustment) to mitigate risk selection incentives for...
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Potential mechanisms linking poverty alleviation and health: an analysis of benefit spending among recipients of the U.S. earned income tax credit
BackgroundThe earned income tax credit (EITC) is the largest U.S. poverty alleviation program for low-income families, disbursed annually as a...
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Spending, Utilization, and Price Trends for Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in US Medicaid Programs: An Empirical Analysis from 2011 to 2021
Background and ObjectiveImmune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have become a cornerstone in cancer treatment. With high treatment costs and an...
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Historical and projected public spending on drugs for rare diseases in Canada between 2010 and 2025
ObjectiveRare diseases are life-threatening, debilitating, or serious chronic conditions that affect < 50/100,000 people. Canadians can only access...
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High out‑of‑pocket spending and financial hardship at the end of life among cancer survivors and their families
Cancer is one of the most expensive medical conditions to treat worldwide, affecting national and local spending, as well as household budgets for...
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Total expenditure elasticity of spending on self-treatment and professional healthcare: a case of Russia
The studies on the demand for healthcare in low- and middle-income countries rarely take into consideration the fact that many people spend their...
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Incidence of catastrophic health spending in Indonesia: insights from a Household Panel Study 2018–2019
BackgroundIndonesia implemented one of the world’s largest single-payer national health insurance schemes (the Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional or JKN) in...
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Patterns of Healthcare Utilization and Spending Among Homebound Older Adults in the USA: an Observational Study
BackgroundHomebound older adults have complex social, medical, and financial needs, but little is known about their healthcare utilization and...
