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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...

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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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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...

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Intra-household gender disparities in children's medical care before death in India

Asfaw, Abay; Klasen, Stephan; Lamanna, Francesca - 2008

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On the rise of health spending and longevity

Fonseca, Raquel; Michaud, Pierre-Carl; Galama, Titus; … - 2009

technological change along with the increase in the generosity of health insurance may explain independently 53% of the rise in … health spending (insurance 29% and technology 24%) while income less than 10%. By simultaneously occurring over this period … 59% of the rise in life expectancy at age 50 over this period while insurance and income explain less than 10%. -- Demand …

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Health selection and the effect of smoking on mortality

Adda, Jérôme; Lechene, Valérie - 2011

We show that individuals who are in poorer health, independently from smoking, are more likely to start smoking and to smoke more cigarettes than those with better non-smoking health. We present evidence of selection, relying on extensive data on morbidity and mortality. We show that health...

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Does uninsurance affect the health outcomes of the insured? : evidence from heart attack patients in California

Daysal, N. Meltem - 2012

In this paper, I examine the impact of uninsured patients on the health of the insured, focusing on one health outcome - the in-hospital mortality rate of insured heart attack patients. I employ panel data models using patient discharge and hospital financial data from California (1999-2006). My...

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