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Immigrants`s acculturation and chanes in body mass index
Iversen, Tor; Ma, Albert; Meyer, Haakon E. - Helseøkonomisk Forskningsprogram (HERO), Universitetet … - 2010
We study Body Mass Index (BMI) changes among immigrants from Iran, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Turkey, and Vietnam relative to native Norwegians in Oslo. We test a symmetric convergence hypothesis: irrespective of whether an immigrant’s initial BMI is lower or higher than a native Norwegian,...
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Redistribution at the hospital
Emblem, Anne Wenche - Helseøkonomisk Forskningsprogram (HERO), Universitetet … - 2009
This paper studies redistribution by means of a public supply of medical treatment. We show that the government can redistribute income towards low-ability individuals in a world of asymmetric information by offering bundles of medical treatment and redistributive payment. If self-selection is a...
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The impact of childhood obesity on health and health service use: an instrumental variable approach
Kinge, Jonas Minet; Morris, Stephan - Helseøkonomisk Forskningsprogram (HERO), Universitetet … - 2015
In the following paper we estimate the impact of obesity in childhood on health and health service use in England using …-measured height and weight. We use instruments for child obesity using genetic variation in weight. We detect a few potential issues … find that obesity has a statistically significant and negative impact on self-rated health and a positive impact on health …
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Genetic testing and repulsion from chance
Hoel, Michael; Nilssen, Tore; Vislie, Jon; Iversen, Tor - Helseøkonomisk Forskningsprogram (HERO), Universitetet … - 2009
A central theme in the international debate on genetic testing concerns the extent to which insurance companies should … be allowed to use genetic information in their design of insurance contracts. This issue is analysed within a model with …
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What is best and at what cost? Cross-national differences in the treatment of ageing-related diseases Norwegian perspective from a comparative OECD-project
Botten, Grete; Hagen, Terje P. - Helseøkonomisk Forskningsprogram (HERO), Universitetet … - 2009
Aggregated medical spending differs widely across countries and large variations exist in the frequency and the mix of medical services provided, as well as the type of technology applied. The outcomes (mostly measured as survival rates) do not, however vary to the same extent as the spending....
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Bruk av paneldatametoder til å belyse allmennlegers henvisningsmønster
Lurås, Hilde; Aas, Eline - Helseøkonomisk Forskningsprogram (HERO), Universitetet … - 2009
Fordi paneldata gir oss muligheter til å kontrollere for individspesifikk og/eller tidsspesifikk heterogenitet er det mange fordeler ved å benytte denne typen data i økonometriske undersøkelser (Biørn, 2000). Hensikten med denne rapporten er ikke resultater per se, det sentrale er snarere...
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Beregning av tilgjengelighetsindeks til spesialisthelsetjenester på kommunenivå
Kopperud, Gry Stine - Helseøkonomisk Forskningsprogram (HERO), Universitetet … - 2009
Formålet med dette notatet er å konstruere en indeks for å kunne belyse den norske befolknings tilgjengelighet til offentlig finansierte spesialisthelsetjenester. Geografiske variasjoner mellom alle kommunene beregnes i en tilgjengelighetsindeks, for spesialisthelsetjenester utført ved...
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Public- and private-good values of statistical lives Results from a combined choice-experiment and contingent-valuation survey
Strand, Jon - Helseøkonomisk Forskningsprogram (HERO), Universitetet … - 2009
We present a stated-preference study where values of statistical lives (VSL) are derived both as public and private goods, and we distinguish between three different death causes, heart disease, environmentally related illnesses and traffic accidents. 1000 randomly chosen individuals in Norway...
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The impact of accessibility on the use of specialist health care in Norway
Iversen, Tor; Kopperud, Gry Stine - Helseøkonomisk Forskningsprogram (HERO), Universitetet … - 2009
public hospitals and services provided by private specialists financed by the National Insurance Scheme. The data allow to …
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Statlige sykehus; Kan styrings-effektiviteten bedres?
Opedal, Ståle; Stigen, Inger Marie - Helseøkonomisk Forskningsprogram (HERO), Universitetet … - 2009
Dette notatet tar kort for seg hvilke faser regionaliseringen av spesialisthelsetjenesten har vært i gjennom de siste 30 årene og hvilke erfaringer som ble høstet i forbindelse med gjennomføringen av det lovpålagte regionale helsesamarbeidet i 1999-2001. Til sist berører notatet enkelte...
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