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Measuring geographical disparities in England at the time of COVID-19: results using a composite indicator of population vulnerability
Nicodemo, Catia; Barzin, Samira; Lasserson, Daniel S.; … - 2020
trigger adverse effects on the National Health System during a pandemic. In this paper, we present data on these factors and … resource endowments. Conclusions - Evidence-based policy is crucial to mitigate the health impact of pandemics such as COVID-19 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012295393
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American delusion: life expectancy and welfare in the US from an international perspective
Soares, Rodrigo Reis; Rocha, Rudi; Szklo, Michel - 2021
Recent increases in mortality have brought life expectancy back to the forefront of the public health debate in the US … average health performance of OECD countries at their typical health expenditures. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012583670
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Mortality and the business cycle : evidence from individual and aggregated data
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Gerdtham, Ulf-G.; Hinke … - 2017
There has been much interest recently in the relationship between economic conditions and mortality, with some studies showing that mortality is pro-cyclical whereas others find the opposite. Some suggest that the aggregation level of analysis (e.g. individual vs. regional) matters. We use both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011664513
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The value of socialized medicine : the impact of universal primary healthcare provision on birth and mortality rates in Turkey
Cesur, Resul; Güneş, Pınar Mine; Tekin, Erdal; … - 2015
This paper examines the impact of universal, free, and easily accessible primary healthcare on population health as … provided at family health centers, which operate on a walk-in basis and are located within the neighborhoods in close proximity … health. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011337077
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Sources of US longevity increase, 1960 - 1997
Lichtenberg, Frank R. - 2000
this paper we investigate whether an aggregate health production function can help to explain the annual time …-series behavior of U.S. longevity since 1960. We view longevity as the output of the health production function, and output … annual U.S. time-series data on life expectancy, health expenditure, and medical innovation. Reliable annual data are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011397757
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Intergenerational residence patterns and COVID-19 fatalities in the EU and the US
Aparicio Fenoll, Ainoa; Grossbard-Shechtman, Shoshana - 2020
We study how patterns of intergenerational residence possibly influence fatalities from Covid-19. We use aggregate data on Covid-19 deaths, the share of young adults living with their parents, and a number of other statistics, for the 27 countries in the European Union, the UK, and all US...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012245063
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Is the cure worse than the disease? : county-level evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina; Kaushal, Neeraj; Muchow, … - 2020
Using county-level data on COVID-19 mortality and infections, along with county-level information on the adoption of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) in the United States, we examine how the speed of NPI adoption affected COVID-19 mortality. Our estimates suggest that advancing the date...
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Alcohol, violence and injury-induced mortality : evidence from a modern-day prohibition
Barron, Kai; Parry, Charles D.H.; Bradshaw, Debbie; … - 2022
This paper evaluates the impact of a sudden and unexpected nation-wide alcohol sales ban in South Africa. We find that this policy causally reduced injury-induced mortality in the country by at least 14% during the five weeks of the ban. We argue that this estimate constitutes a lower bound on...
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Global mobility and the threat of pandemics: evidence from three centuries
Clemens, Michael A.; Ginn, Thomas - 2020
Countries restrict the overall extent of international travel and migration to balance the expected costs and benefits of mobility. Given the ever-present threat of new, future pandemics, how should permanent restrictions on mobility respond? A simple theoretical framework predicts that reduced...
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Pandemic meets pollution: poor air quality increases deaths by COVID-19
Isphording, Ingo Eduard; Pestel, Nico - 2020
We study the impact of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution on the spread and severity of COVID-19 in Germany. We combine data on county-by-day level on confirmed cases and deaths with information on local air quality and weather conditions and exploit short-term variation in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012242834