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information about the importance of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for malaria. The provider training increased provider reliance … match their true malaria status. The patient information intervention did not affect treatment outcomes or patient … satisfaction and reduced malaria testing. These findings are consistent with highly persistent patient beliefs that translate into …
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Political leaders make policy choices which are often hard to explain via institutions. We use the behavior of …
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motivated versus altruistic preferences influence medical care decision making in the context of malaria in Kenya. We measured … present as real patients the identical clinical case scenario to providers. The SPs were confirmed to be malaria negative …-motivated providers report higher rates of false-positive malaria test results than do more altruistic providers. Specifically, purely …
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This paper analyzes the determinants of health insurance enrollment and health expenditure in Ghana using micro data from wave 7 of the Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS 7) with emphasis on the role of risk preferences and the availability of health facilities in one's own community. It is...
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How malleable is alcohol consumption? Specifically, how much is alcohol consumption driven by the current environment versus individual characteristics? To answer this question, we analyze changes in alcohol purchases when consumers move from one state to another in the United States. We find...
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The Food and Drug Administration has proposed to prohibit menthol cigarettes, which are smoked by almost 19 million people in the U.S. Illegal markets for menthol cigarettes could not only blunt the prohibition's intended consequence to reduce smoking but could also lead to unintended...
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with the least biased care. After 12 months, the intervention led to less-biased attitudes and beliefs among providers and …
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COVID-19 vaccines are widely available in wealthy countries, yet many people remain unvaccinated. Understanding the effectiveness -- or lack thereof -- of popular vaccination campaign strategies is therefore critical. In this paper, we report results from two studies that tested strategies...
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how people use advance information to reduce mortality from heat and cold. Theoretically, more accurate forecasts reduce …
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did not affect other health-seeking behavior of mothers. The results illustrate the potential spillover effects of …
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