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The impact of pharmaceutical innovation on cancer mortality in Mexico, 2003-2013
Lichtenberg, Frank R. - In: Latin American Economic Review 26 (2017) 1, pp. 1-22
I assess the impact that pharmaceutical innovation had on cancer mortality in Mexico during the period 2003-2013, by ….) that were subject to more pharmaceutical innovation, controlling for changes in the age-standardized cancer incidence rate … of cancer drug innovation to Mexican longevity growth has been valuable, but, perhaps, it could have been even larger …
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The association between pharmaceutical innovation and both premature mortality and hospital utilization in Switzerland, 1996-2019
Lichtenberg, Frank R. - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 158 (2022) 1, pp. 1-24
We analyze the association that pharmaceutical innovation had with premature mortality from all diseases in Switzerland … 2002-2019. The analysis is performed by investigating whether the diseases that experienced more pharmaceutical innovation … had larger subsequent declines in premature mortality and hospitalization. Pharmaceutical innovation is measured by the …
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Are patients more adherent to newer drugs?
Blankart, Katharina E.; Lichtenberg, Frank R. - In: Health Care Management Science 23 (2020) 4, pp. 605-618
The annual preventable cost from non-adherence in the US health care system amounts to $100 billion. While the relationship between adherence and the health system, the condition, patient characteristics and socioeconomic factors are established, the role of the heterogeneous productivity of...
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Spurious correlation in estimation of the health production function: A note
Akkoyunlu, Sule; Lichtenberg, Frank R.; Siliverstovs, Boriss - 2009
contribution by Lichtenberg (2004), which relates longevity in the United States to pharmaceutical innovation and public health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315553
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Spurious correlation in estimation of the health production function: A note
Akkoyunlu, Sule; Lichtenberg, Frank R.; Siliverstovs, Boriss - 2009
contribution by Lichtenberg (2004), which relates longevity in the United States to pharmaceutical innovation and public health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285825
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Have newer cardiovascular drugs reduced hospitalization? : Evidence from longitudinal country-level data on 20 OECD countries, 1995 - 2003
Lichtenberg, Frank R. - 2008
"This study examines the effect of changes in the vintage distribution of cardiovascular system drugs on hospitalization and mortality due to cardiovascular disease using longitudinal country-level data. The vintage of a drug is the first year in which it was marketed anywhere in the world. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003716085
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Response to Baker and Fugh-Berman's critique of my paper, "Why has longevity increased more in some states than in others?"
Lichtenberg, Frank R. - 2009
innovation accounts for a substantial portion of recent increases in U.S. life expectancy. Baker and Fugh-Berman claim that my … literature. Baker and Fugh-Berman express deep skepticism about my study's conclusion that medical innovation has played a very …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003861794
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The contribution of pharmaceutical innovation to longevity growth in Germany and France
Lichtenberg, Frank R. - 2010
I investigate the contribution of pharmaceutical innovation to recent longevity growth in Germany and France. First, I …-2006. The estimates imply that chemotherapy innovation accounted for at least one-sixth of the decline in French cancer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003977959
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The impact of pharmaceutical innovation on longevity and medical expenditure in Sweden, 1997-2010 : evidence from longitudinal, disease-level data
Lichtenberg, Frank R.; Pettersson, Billie - 2012
We use longitudinal, disease-level data to analyze the impact of pharmaceutical innovation on longevity and medical … expenditure in Sweden, where mean age at death increased by 1.88 years during the period 1997-2010. Pharmaceutical innovation is … the number of drugs to treat a disease, not the number of drug classes. Pharmaceutical innovation also reduced hospital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009571756