In an experiment in Mali, we tested whether patients pressure providers to prescribe
unnecessary medical treatment. We varied patients' information about a discount for …

We study two interventions in Beijing, China, that provide patients with information on
antibiotic resistance via text message to discourage the overuse of antibiotics. The …

We exploit a large-scale natural experiment-the rollout of a nationwide electronic prescribing
system in Finland-to study how digitization of prescriptions affects pharmaceutical use and …

As women in many countries still fail to give birth in facilities due to financial barriers, many
see the abolition of user fees as a key step on the path towards universal coverage. We …

Introduction: Health financing through out-of-pocket payments is deeply inequitable and
imposes barriers and risks for patients. After decades of charging patients for healthcare in …

Subsidized primary care and community health worker (CHW) visits are important demand-
side policies in the effort to achieve universal health care for children aged under 5. Causal …

This dissertation is a collection of three essays on development and health economics. In
the first essay, we studied two interventions that provide patients with information on …