International Journal of Health Services, Ahead of Print. In this paper, we study the incidence of COVID-19 and the associated fatality with altitude using high frequency, district level data from India. To understand the implications of the nationwide…
International Journal of Health Services, Volume 52, Issue 3, Page 410-416, July 2022. When considering proposed reforms of the U.S. health care system, some physicians dismiss the single-payer model (Medicare for All or state-based universal health ca…
International Journal of Health Services, Ahead of Print. Since its foundation in 1944, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, soon renamed the World Bank (hereafter, “the Bank”), has shifted its initial goal of reconstructing post-…
International Journal of Health Services, Volume 52, Issue 3, Page 363-371, July 2022. The process of developing and marketing new pharmaceuticals in the United States is driven by a need to maximize returns to shareholders. This results all too often …
International Journal of Health Services, Volume 52, Issue 3, Page 341-346, July 2022. In March 2022, the New Democratic Party (NDP), Canada’s social democratic party, and the centrist Liberal government signed a supply and confidence agreement. In ret…
International Journal of Health Services, Volume 52, Issue 3, Page 323-329, July 2022. The development of COVID-19 vaccines was a landmark in the current efforts to contain the global pandemic caused by the novel SARS-CoV-2. Consequently, vaccine rollo…
International Journal of Health Services, Volume 52, Issue 3, Page 330-340, July 2022. The objective of this study was to analyze changes in access to health interventions during the pandemic among Brazilian older adults and to investigate the factors …
International Journal of Health Services, Volume 52, Issue 2, Page 189-200, April 2022. Extreme weather events (EWEs) affected health in every world region during 2021, placing the planet in “uncharted territory.” Portraying the human impacts of EWEs i…
International Journal of Health Services, Ahead of Print. Pharmaceutical companies regularly fund patient organizations. It is important for patient organizations’ credibility that there be transparency regarding this financial support. In Europe, the …
International Journal of Health Services, Ahead of Print. Due to the nature of health insurance in the United States, health care utilization is often tied to economic conditions, at both the individual and aggregate levels. This article examines how l…