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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
. Mortality from all causes during the pandemic was elevated 26 percent for working-age adults (18-64), as compared to 18 percent …
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The Prices in the Crises : What We Are Learning from Twenty Years of Health Insurance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Das, Jishnu; Đỗ-Quý-Toàn - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Governments in many low- and middle-income countries are developing health insurance products as a complement to tax-funded, subsidized provision of health care through publicly operated facilities. This paper discusses two rationales for this transition. First, health insurance would boost...
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Cost-Sharing in Medical Care Can Increase Adult Mortality : Evidence from Colombia
Buitrago, Giancarlo; Amaya-Nieto, Javier; Miller, Grant; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
outpatient cost-sharing measurably increases mortality, raising 8-year mortality by 4 deaths per 10,000 individuals. To the best … of our knowledge, this study is the first to show a relationship between cost-sharing and adult mortality risk in a low …
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Fatal Attraction? Extended Unemployment Benefits, Labor Force Exits, and Mortality
Kuhn, Andreas - 2018
We estimate the causal effect of permanent and premature exits from the labor force on mortality. To overcome the …-eligible regions. Using administrative data with precise information on mortality and retirement, we find that the policy change … induced eligible workers to exit the labor force significantly earlier. Instrumental variable estimation results show that for …
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Intensive Medical Care and Cardiovascular Disease Disability Reductions
Cutler, David M. - 2006
There is little empirical evidence to explain why disability declined among the elderly over the past 20 years. In this paper, we explore the role of improved medical care for cardiovascular disease on health status improvements over time. We show that the incidence of cardiovascular disease...
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The Life Expectancy of Older Couples And Surviving Spouses
Compton, Janice - 2018
misleading results because the mortality distribution of husbands and wives overlap substantially. To illustrate, consider a wife …
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The Measurement and Evolution of Health Inequality : Evidence from the U.S. Medicare Population
Skinner, Jonathan - 2004
Has U.S. health care for the elderly become more equitable during the past several decades? When inequality is measured by Medicare expenditures, the answer is yes. During 1987-2001, low income households experienced an increase of 78 percent ($2624) in per capita expenditures, double the...
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Sources of U.S. Longevity Increase, 1960-1997
Lichtenberg, Frank R. - 2002
Between 1960 and 1997, life expectancy at birth of Americans increased approximately 10% - from 69.7 to 76.5 years - and it has been estimated that the value of life extension during this period nearly equaled the gains in tangible consumption. We investigate whether an aggregate health...
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Area Differences in Utilization of Medical Care and Mortality Among U.S. Elderly
Fuchs, Victor R. - 2001
This paper examines 313 U.S. areas for differences in medical care utilization and mortality of whites ages 65-84 in …. Utilization, especially inpatient care, is strongly positively related to mortality. Mortality is positively related to cigarette … populations greater than 500,000. Mortality does not vary with population size, with or without controls. Florida is an outlier …
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The Role of Friends in the Opioid Epidemic
Adamopoulou, Effrosyni; Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
The role of friends in the US opioid epidemic is examined. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health (Add Health), adults aged 25-34 and their high school best friends are focused on. An instrumental variable technique is employed to estimate peer effects in opioid...
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