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Recent Increases in Air Pollution : Evidence and Implications for Mortality
Clay, Karen - 2019
After declining by 24.2% from 2009 to 2016, annual average fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in the United States in counties with monitors increased by 5.5% between 2016 and 2018. Increases occurred in multiple census regions and in counties that were in and out of attainment with National...
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The Asset Cost of Poor health
Poterba, James M. - 2010
This paper examines the correlation between poor health and asset accumulation for households in the first nine waves of the Health and Retirement Survey. Rather than enumerating the specific costs of poor health, such as out of pocket medical expenses or lost earnings, we estimate how the...
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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 …
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Estimating Marginal Returns to Medical Care : Evidence from At-Risk Newborns
Almond, Douglas - 2008
We estimate marginal returns to medical care for at-risk newborns by comparing health outcomes and medical treatment provision on either side of common risk classifications, most notably the "very low birth weight" threshold at 1500 grams. First, using data on the census of US births in...
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End-stage Renal Disease and Economic Incentives : The International Study of Health Care Organization and Financing
Dor, Avi - 2007
End-stage renal disease (ESRD), or kidney failure, is a debilitating, costly, and increasingly common medical condition …
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How Household Portfolios Evolve After Retirement : The Effect of Aging and Health Shocks
Coile, Courtney - 2006
In this paper, we study how the portfolios of elderly U.S. households evolve after retirement, using data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). In particular, we investigate the influence of aging and health shocks on a household's ownership of various assets and on the dollar value and...
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Firms' Sickness Costs and Workers' Sickness Absences
Böheim, René - 2014
In many countries, social security insures firms against their workers' sickness absences. The insurance may create a moral hazard for firms, leading to inefficient monitoring of absences or to an underinvestment in the prevention of absences. We exploit an administrative threshold in the...
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The Economic Impact of Non-Communicable Disease in China and India : Estimates, Projections, and Comparisons
Bloom, David E. - 2013
of NCDs on labor supply and capital accumulation. We present results for the five main NCDs (cardiovascular disease …, cancer, chronic respiratory disease, diabetes, and mental health). Our undiscounted estimates indicate that the cost of the … most costly domains are cardiovascular disease and mental health, followed by respiratory disease. Our analyses also reveal …
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Projected Health Benefits and Health Care Savings from the United States National Hepatitis C Elimination Initiative
Chhatwal, Jagpreet; Aaron, Alec; Zhong, Huaiyang; Sood, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
disease burden and cost of care in the US for the next 20 years under status quo and national hepatitis C elimination … of diabetes, and 25,000 cases of chronic kidney disease. The initiative will also avert 24,000 deaths adding 220,000 life …
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The Shock of Falling Among Older Americans
Kelly, Inas Rashad - 2017
Direct medical costs associated with falls have been shown to be $34 billion in 2013, an underestimate since full costs are not factored in. Using the 1998-2012 waves of the Health and Retirement Study and several econometric methods to address the endogeneity of falls, this study seeks to...
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