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Does medicaid coverage for pregnant women affect prenatal health behaviors?
Dave, Dhaval; Kaestner, Robert; Wehby, George - 2016
Despite plausible mechanisms, little research has evaluated potential changes in health behaviors as a result of the Medicaid expansions of the 1980s and 1990s. In this paper, we provide the first national study of the effects of Medicaid on health behaviors for pregnant women, which is a group...
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On a tendency in health economics to dwell on income inequality and underestimate social stress
Stark, Oded - 2023
Social stress can cause physical and mental harm. It is therefore not surprising that public health policy makers have sought to identify and implement policies aimed at tackling this social ill. A frequently prescribed remedy is to reduce social stress by reducing income inequality, which is...
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Early retirement and post retirement health
Hallberg, Daniel; Johansson, Per-Olov; Josephson, Malin - 2014
This paper studies empirically the consequences of retirement on health. We make use of a targeted retirement offer to army employees 55 years of age or older. Before the offer was implemented in the Swedish defense, the normal retirement age was 60 years of age. Estimating the effect of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369753
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The right to health and the health effects of denials
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Fernández, Manuel - 2021
have a constitutional right to health care, but insurance companies that manage delivery impose restrictions on access. We …
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The effects of DACA on health insurance, access to care, and health outcomes
Giuntella, Osea; Lonsky, Jakub - 2018
This paper studies the effects of the 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative on health insurance … discontinuity in program eligibility criteria. We find that DACA increased insurance coverage. In states that granted access to … Medicaid, the increase was driven by an increase in public insurance take-up. Where public coverage was not available, DACA …
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An apple a day? : adult food stamp eligibility and health care utilization among immigrants
East, Chloe N.; Friedson, Andrew - 2018
government-provided health insurance programs such as Medicaid. …
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Geographic variation in inpatient care utilization, outcomes and costs for dementia patients in China
Lin, Zhuoer; Ba, Fang; Allore, Heather; Liu, Gordon G.; … - 2022
Dementia leads public health issue worldwide. China has the largest population of adults living with dementia in the world, imposing increasing burdens on the public health and healthcare systems. Despite improved access to health services, inadequate and uneven dementia management remains...
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Socioeconomic inequality in life expectancy : perception and policy demand
Jessen, Lasse J.; Köhne, Sebastian; Nüß, Patrick; … - 2024
Using survey experiments in the United States and Germany with 12,000 participants, we examine perceptions of life expectancy inequality between rich and poor people. The life expectancy of the poor is underestimated more than that of the rich, leading to exaggerated perceptions of inequality in...
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Do the obese really die younger or do health expenditures buy them extra years?
Frijters, Paul; Barón, Juan David - 2009
A recent debate in the medical literature has arisen around the mortality effects of obesity. Whereas it has been argued that the obese die younger, the data that have become available do not immediately support this. This potentially undermines the hypothesis that modern life with its physical...
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Intra-household gender disparities in children's medical care before death in India
Asfaw, Abay (contributor); Klasen, Stephan (contributor);  … - 2007
"The excess female mortality in India and other South Asian countries is no longer contentious. Less known are the reasons for such excess female mortality in the country. In this study, we argue that intra-household gender-discrimination in receipt of medical attention can be one of the most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003449480