Journal of Health Economics

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Health Economics is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
Religious proximity and misinformation: Experimental evidence from a mobile phone-based campaign in India92
The influence of endogenous behaviors among social pairs: Social interaction effects of smoking76
Information shocks and pharmaceutical firms’ marketing efforts: Evidence from the Chantix black box warning removal55
HIV treatment and worker absenteeism: Quasi-experimental evidence from a large-scale health program in South Africa51
The effects of public health insurance in labor markets with informal jobs: Evidence from Mexico51
How do machine learning algorithms perform in predicting hospital choices? evidence from changing environments49
Editorial Board48
Pricing regulations in individual health insurance: Evidence from Medigap46
Long-Term Health Benefits of Occupational Licensing: Evidence from Midwifery Laws42
The impact of Medicaid expansion and travel distance on access to transplantation36
Born on the wrong side of the tracks: Exploring the causal effects of segregation on infant health33
The price of cost-effectiveness thresholds under therapeutic competition in pharmaceutical markets32
Optimal intertemporal curative drug expenses: The case of hepatitis C in France32
The morning after: Prescription-free access to emergency contraceptive pills28
Bad lighting: Effects of youth indoor tanning prohibitions27
Editorial Board26
Changing preferences: An experiment and estimation of market-incentive effects on altruism24
Comparing long-term educational effects of two early childhood health interventions24
Valuing non-marginal changes in mortality and morbidity risk24
Malleability of Alcohol Consumption: Evidence from Migrants24
Do minimum wage laws affect employer-sponsored insurance provision?23
A health economic theory of occupational choice, aging, and longevity22
The effectiveness of sin food taxes: Evidence from Mexico22
Financial transaction costs reduce benefit take-up evidence from zero-premium health insurance plans in Colorado22
Cigarette taxes and smoking among sexual minority adults22
Effects of dialogue meetings on sickness absence—Evidence from a large field experiment21
Beyond particulate matter: New evidence on the causal effects of air pollution on mortality21
Physician responses to Medicare reimbursement rates20
Politics and health care spending in the United States: A case study from the passage of the 2003 Medicare Modernization Act20
Effects of violent media content: Evidence from the rise of the UFC20
Quality- and productivity-adjusted life years: From QALYs to PALYs and beyond19
Editorial Board19
Biased health perceptions and risky health behaviors—Theory and evidence18
Rational addiction and time-consistency: An empirical test18
The cost of influence: How gifts to physicians shape prescriptions and drug costs17
Does the framing of patient cost-sharing incentives matter? the effects of deductibles vs. no-claim refunds17
R&D and market size: Who benefits from orphan drug legislation?17
Editorial Board17
Resolving the milk addiction paradox16
Hospital competition in a national health service: Evidence from a patient choice reform16
Adoption and utilization of device-assisted telemedicine15
Heat and worker health15
Conditional cash lotteries increase COVID-19 vaccination rates15
Educational differences in mortality and hospitalisation for cardiovascular diseases14
Effects of organized screening programs on breast cancer screening, incidence, and mortality in Europe14
The Effects of Chronic Disease Management in Primary Health Care: Evidence from Rural China13
The impact of childhood health shocks on parental labor supply13
The political cycle of road traffic accidents13
Islamic law and investments in children: Evidence from the Sharia introduction in Nigeria12
The effects of pregnancy-related Medicaid expansions on maternal, infant, and child health12
The causal effect of a health treatment on beliefs, stated preferences and memories12
State mental health insurance parity laws and college educational outcomes12
The economics of medical procedure innovation12
A new look at physicians’ responses to financial incentives: Quality of care, practice characteristics, and motivations11
Maternity leave and children's health outcomes in the long-term11
Estimating the effects of tobacco-21 on youth tobacco use and sales11
Effects of employer-offered high-deductible plans on low-value spending in the privately insured population11
Socioeconomic inequality in access to timely and appropriate care in emergency departments11
Early childhood health shocks, classroom environment, and social-emotional outcomes11
The intergenerational transmission of mental and physical health in the United Kingdom11
Hospital report cards: Quality competition and patient selection11
The impact of children's access to public health insurance on their cognitive development and behavior10
God is in the rain: The impact of rainfall-induced early social distancing on COVID-19 outbreaks10
Editorial Board10
Time preference, illness, and death10
Do mandatory waiting periods for abortion increase intimate partner violence?10
Material resources and well-being — Evidence from an Ethiopian housing lottery10
From pain patient to junkie: An economic theory of painkiller consumption and its impact on wellbeing and longevity10
Investment and quality competition in healthcare markets10
Marijuana liberalization policies and perinatal health10
Risk preferences over health: Empirical estimates and implications for medical decision-making10
Forecasting mortality inequalities in the U.S. based on trends in midlife health9
The dynamics of the smoking wage penalty9
How important is the structure of school vaccine requirement opt-out provisions? Evidence from Washington, DC's HPV vaccine requirement9
Efficient Kidney Exchange with Dichotomous Preferences9
The effect of subsidized childcare on the supply of informal care: Evidence from public kindergarten provision in the US9
Non-life-threatening ailments and rational patience when expected treatment outcomes are continuously improving9
Quantifying brand loyalty: Evidence from the cigarette market9
Spillovers and Social Interaction Effects in the Demand for Preventive Healthcare: Evidence from the PROGRESA program9
Relative age for grade and adolescent risky health behavior9
Drinking water, fracking, and infant health8
Does drug decriminalization increase unintentional drug overdose deaths?8
Lead in drinking water and birth outcomes: A tale of two water treatment plants8
Financial incentives for sanitation take-up: A randomized control trial in rural Vietnam8
A systematic examination of quality-adjusted price index alternatives for medical care using claims data8
Neighborhoods, networks, and delivery methods8
Extreme weather and mortality: Evidence from two millennia of Chinese elites8
Consequences of a shortage and rationing: Evidence from a pediatric vaccine8
Can mHealth campaigns improve CCT outcomes? Experimental evidence from sms-nudges in Indonesia8
Universal Credit: Welfare reform and mental health8
Late-career unemployment and cognitive abilities7
The power of markets: Impact of desert locust invasions on child health7
Editorial Board7
Maternal genetic risk for depression and child human capital7
The deterrent effect of tort law: Evidence from medical malpractice reform7
Immigration enforcement and the institutionalization of elderly Americans7
Effects of nurse visit copayment on primary care use: Do low-income households pay the price?7
The intracorrelation of family health insurance and job lock7
Decomposing social risk preferences for health and wealth7
Endogenous quality investments in the U.S. hospital market7
Spatial dependence in physicians’ prices and additional fees: Evidence from France7
Babies and Bandidos: Birth outcomes in pacified favelas of Rio de Janeiro7
Forced Migration and the Spread of Infectious Diseases6
None for the Road? Stricter Drink Driving Laws and Road Accidents6
Bittersweet: How prices of sugar-rich foods contribute to the diet-related disease epidemic in Mexico6
The long-term effects of early-life pollution exposure: Evidence from the London smog6
Effects of parental health shocks on children's school achievements: A register-based population study6
The effects of incentivizing early prenatal care on infant health6
Early life adversity, biological adaptation, and human capital: evidence from an interrupted malaria control program in Zambia6
Intimate partner violence and help-seeking: The role of femicide news6
Does retirement (really) increase informal caregiving? Quasi-experimental evidence from Australia6
The effect of Medicaid expansion on Medicaid participation, payer mix, and labor supply in primary care6
Health endowments, schooling allocation in the family, and longevity: Evidence from US twins6
The Long-Run Economic Consequences of Iodine Supplementation6
Analyzing health outcomes measured as bounded counts6
How Much Do Outside Options Matter? The Effect of Subsidized Health Insurance on Social Security Disability Insurance Benefit Receipt6
School starting age, maternal age at birth, and child outcomes6
Insurance expansions and hospital utilization: Relabeling and reabling?6
Anticipation of COVID-19 vaccines reduces willingness to socially distance6
Treatment consolidation after vertical integration: Evidence from outpatient procedure markets6
The Effect of Free School Meals on Household Food Purchases: Evidence from the Community Eligibility Provision6
Long-run consequences of informal elderly care and implications of public long-term care insurance6
Quality provision in hospital markets with demand inertia: The role of patient expectations5
Does informal care delay nursing home entry? Evidence from Dutch linked survey and administrative data5
The effects of e-cigarette taxes on e-cigarette prices and tobacco product sales: Evidence from retail panel data5
Investigator racial diversity and clinical trial participation5
The demand for skills training among Medicaid home-based caregivers5
Genetic risk scores in life insurance underwriting5
Local economic growth and infant mortality5
Unfortunate Moms and Unfortunate Children: Impact of the Nepali Civil War on Women's Stature and Intergenerational Health5
Public long-term care insurance and consumption of elderly households: Evidence from China5
Social capital and the spread of covid-19: Insights from european countries5
Do e-cigarette retail licensure laws reduce youth tobacco use?5
Mask mandates save lives5
Universal free school meals and children’s bodyweight. Impacts by age and duration of exposure5
Social insurance programs and later-life mortality: Evidence from new deal relief spending5
Investigating the complexity of naloxone distribution: Which policies matter for pharmacies and potential recipients5
An optimal mechanism to fund the development of vaccines against emerging epidemics5
What drives innovation? Lessons from COVID-19 R&D5
Coinsurance vs. co-payments: Reimbursement rules for a monopolistic medical product with competitive health insurers5
Moral hazard and risk adjustment5
Safer sex? The effect of AIDS risk on birth rates5
Competition-driven physician-induced demand5
Anticipation of deteriorating health and information avoidance5
Do subsidized nursing homes and home care teams reduce hospital bed-blocking? Evidence from Portugal5
Genetic testing and genetic discrimination: Public policy when insurance becomes “too expensive”5
The effects of income on health: Evidence from lottery wins in Singapore4
“Tackling the Substance Use Disorder Crisis: The Role of Access to Treatment Facilities”4
Hooked on weight control: An economic theory of anorexia nervosa and its impact on health and longevity4
Soil zinc deficiency and child stunting: Evidence from Nepal4
Hospital behavior over the private equity life cycle4
Editorial Board4
The impact of certificate of need laws on heart attack mortality: Evidence from county borders4
The infant health effects of starting universal child benefits in pregnancy: Evidence from England and Wales4
Ordeal mechanisms, information, and the cost-effectiveness of strategies to provide subsidized eyeglasses4
Measuring quality effects in equilibrium4
Mothers as insurance: Family spillovers in WIC4
QALYs, DALYs, and HALYs: A unifying framework for the evaluation of population health4
Income Responses to the Affordable Care Act: Evidence from a Premium Tax Credit Notch4
Pharmaceutical demand response to utilization management4
Do risk, time and prosocial preferences predict risky sexual behaviour of youths in a low-income, high-risk setting?4
Does high workload reduce the quality of healthcare? Evidence from rural Senegal4
Changing physicians’ incentives to control the C-section rate: Evidence from a major health care reform in Iran4
Family health spillovers: evidence from the RAND health insurance experiment4
The impact of scope-of-practice restrictions on access to medical care4
Financial incentives and private health insurance demand on the extensive and intensive margins4
Patient and peer: Guideline design and expert response4
Effects of long-term care benefits on healthcare utilization in Catalonia4
Editorial Board4
Socioeconomic status and access to mental health care: The case of psychiatric medications for children in Ontario Canada4
Biological age and predicting future health care utilisation4
Disruptions to healthcare quality and early child health outcomes: Evidence from health-worker strikes in Kenya4
Do Cellphone Bans Save Lives? Evidence From Handheld Laws on Traffic Fatalities4
Discontinuity in care: Practice closures among primary care providers and patient health care utilization3
Have recreational marijuana laws undermined public health progress on adult tobacco use?3
Hospital concentration and low-income populations: Evidence from New York State Medicaid3
Vaccination strategies and transmission of COVID-19: Evidence across advanced countries3
Corrigendum to “Estimating the effects of tobacco-21 on youth tobacco use and sales” [Journal of Health Economics, volume 94 (2024) 102860]3
Physician-patient race-match reduces patient mortality3
Face masks, public policies and slowing the spread of COVID-19: Evidence from Canada3
Reductions in out-of-pocket prices and forward-looking moral hazard in health care demand3
Precautionary savings and shock-coping behaviors: Effects of promoting mobile bank savings on transactional sex in Kenya3
The labour market returns to sleep3
Minimum generosity levels in a competitive health insurance market3
Corrigendum to “Abortion Laws and Women's Health” [Journal of Health Economics 76(2021) 102413]3
Evaluating teen options for preventing pregnancy: Impacts and mechanisms3
Total shutdowns, targeted restrictions, or individual responsibility: How to promote social distancing in the COVID-19 Era?3
Do responses to news matter? Evidence from interventional cardiology3
How important is price variation between health insurers?3
The impact of public health sector stockouts on private sector prices and access to healthcare: Evidence from the anti-malarial drug market3
Hospital competition when patients learn through experience3
The association between educational attainment and longevity using individual-level data from the 1940 census3
The effects of alcohol sale bans on children: The case of Russia3
The role of paid family leave in labor supply responses to a spouse's disability or health shock3
Health insurance, agricultural production and investments3
Disruptions to the Patient-Provider Relationship and Patient Utilization and Outcomes: Evidence from Medicaid Managed Care3
The transmission of health across 7 generations in China, 1789–19063
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