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Non-Covid Excess Deaths, 2020-21 : Collateral Damage of Policy Choices?
Mulligan, Casey B.; Arnott, Robert D. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
,000 in excess of previous trends. Hypertension and heart disease deaths combined were elevated 32,000. Diabetes or obesity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013334323
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Public-Place Smoking Laws and Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
Carpenter, Christopher - 2010
Public-place smoking restrictions are the most important non-price tobacco control measures worldwide, yet surprisingly little is known about their effects on exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). We study these laws in Canada using data with questions about respondents' ETS exposure in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462803
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The Role of Hospital and Market Characteristics in Invasive Cardiac Service Diffusion
Horwitz, Jill R. - 2017
Little is known about how the adoption and diffusion of medical innovation is related to and influenced by market characteristics such as competition. The particular complications involved in investigating these relationships in the health care sector may explain the dearth of research. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455152
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Combining Risk Adjustment with Risk Sharing in Health Plan Payment Systems : Private Health Insurance in Australia
Henriquez, Josefa; Kleef, Richard Cornelis van; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
ill). This paper shows how a payment system based only on risk sharing (like in Australia), is improved by combining risk … sharing with risk adjustment. Using Australia's private health insurance market as a case study, we compare and assess the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014247974
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Coping with Chronic Disease? Chronic Disease and Disability in Elderly American Population 1982-1999
Aranovich, Gabriel - 2009
disability occurred because of chronic disease prevention efforts among the elderly. For this purpose we analyze data from the …, as reflected in decreased disease prevalence, was not responsible for advances made in elderly functioning between 1980 … disease management. Instead, these measured improvements in functioning may reflect environmental, technological, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463836
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Beware of Unawareness : Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Awareness of Chronic Diseases
Chatterji, Pinka - 2010
; (2) having illness (hypertension or diabetes); (3) being aware of illness. Contrary to studies reporting that African …-selection and severity are considered. Likewise, African-Americans and Latinos are less aware of having diabetes compared to non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462079
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Do PCI Facility Openings Differentially Affect AMI Patients by Individual Race and Community Segregation?
Hsia, Renee Y.; Shen, Yu-Chu - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Percutaneous coronary intervention facility openings may have differential effects on treatment and health outcomes for Black versus White patients in residentially segregated versus integrated communities. This study looked at changes in patient treatment and health outcomes (same-day PCI, PCI...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014337858
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The Relation Between Managed Care Market Share and the Treatment of Elderly Fee-For-Service Patients with Myocardial Infarction
Heidenreich, Paul A. - 2001
Managed care may affect medical treatments for non-managed-care patients if it alters local market structure or physician behavior. We investigate whether higher levels of overall managed care market share are associated with greater use of recommended therapies for fee-for-service patients with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470664
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Pricing Heart Attack Treatments
Cutler, David M. - 1999
In this paper, we estimate price indices for heart attack treatments, demonstrating the techniques that are currently used in official price indices and presenting some alternatives. We consider two types of price indices, a Service Price Index, which prices specific treatments provided, and a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471708
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The Costs and Benefits of Intensive Treatment for Cardiovascular Disease
Cutler, David - 1998
This paper examines the causes and consequences of reductions in cardiovascular disease mortality, and in particular …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012472290