Health insurance, poverty, and health are all interconnected in the United States. This article
synthesizes a large and compelling body of health services research, finding a strong …

Background An adequate amount of prepaid resources for health is important to ensure
access to health services and for the pursuit of universal health coverage. Previous studies …

Objectives Financial health, understood as one's ability to manage expenses, prepare for
and recover from financial shocks, have minimal debt, and ability to build wealth, underlies …

Background The amount of resources, particularly prepaid resources, available for health
can affect access to health care and health outcomes. Although health spending tends to …

This paper analyses the influence of several determinants on life expectancy at birth in 36
OECD countries over the 1999–2018 period. We utilized a cross-country fixed-effects …

Introduction For individuals with a chronic condition, long-term management of their
medication can be difficult and as a result non-adherence is common among this cohort. In …

Despite the potential role of a mother's health insurance coverage in enhancing her
children's health and well-being, research examining its impact on children's nutritional …

Abstract In 2011, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) published a technical report on
the lifelong effects of early toxic stress on human development, and included a new …

Almost every country exhibits two important health financing trends: health spending per
person rises and the share of out-of-pocket spending on health services declines. We …

Background We have limited information on families' experiences during transition and after
discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit. Methods Open-ended semi-structured …