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Children's residential proximity, spousal presence and dementia risk
Lin, Zhuoer; Yin, Xuecheng; Levy, Becca R.; Yuan, Yue; … - 2024
Cognitive impairment poses considerable challenges among older adults, with the protective role of family support becoming increasingly crucial. This study examines the role of children's residential proximity and spousal presence with dementia risk in cognitively impaired older adults. We...
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The economics of grief
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Lundborg, Petter; Vikström, Johan - 2012
We study the short-run and long-run economic impact of one of the largest losses that an individual can face; the death of a child. We utilize unique merged registers on the entire Swedish population, combining information on the date and cause of death with parents' labor market outcomes, health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009668317
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The economic impact of depression treatment in India
Angelucci, Manuela; Bennett, Daniel - 2021
This study evaluates the impact of depression treatment on economic behavior in Karnataka, India. We cross …-randomized pharmacotherapy and livelihoods assistance among 1000 depressed adults and evaluated impacts on depression severity, socioeconomic … outcomes, and several potential pathways over 26 months. The pharmacotherapy treatments reduce depression severity, with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012519105
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Happy pills? : mental health effects of the dramatic increase of antidepressant use
Masiero, Giuliano; Mazzonna, Fabrizio; Steinbach, Sandro - 2020
increase in antidepressant sales causes a sharp increase of hospital admissions related to depression symptoms. An alternative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012293768
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Depression, pharmacotherapy, and the demand for a novel health product
Angelucci, Manuela; Bennett, Daniel - 2022
Depression, a common and serious illness that is more prevalent among the poor, may limit the demand for health … products and other beneficial technologies. To investigate, we evaluate the impact of depression treatment on the demand for a … novel health product, hand sanitizer, in India. We cross-randomize depression treatment (pharmacotherapy) and free …
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Losing insurance and behavioral health hospitalizations : evidence from a large-scale Medicaid disenrollment
Maclean, Johanna Catherine; Tello-Trillo, Sebastian; … - 2019
We study the effects of losing insurance on behavioral health - mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) - community hospitalizations. We leverage variation in public insurance eligibility offered by a large-scale Medicaid disenrollment. Losing insurance decreased SUD-related...
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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 measured by age-specific birth and mortality rates, focusing on a nationwide socialized medicine program implemented in Turkey. The Family Medicine Program (FMP), launched in 2005,...
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The impact of increased cost-sharing on utilization of low value services : evidence from the state of Oregon
Gruber, Jonathan; Maclean, Johanna Catherine; Wright, Bill - 2017
In this study we examine the impact of a value-based insurance design (V-BID) program implemented between 2010 and 2013 at a large public employer in the state of Oregon. The program substantially increased cost-sharing, specifically copayments and coinsurance, for several healthcare services...
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Health insurance expansions and provider behavior : evidence from substance use disorder providers
Maclean, Johanna Catherine; Popovici, Ioana; Stern, … - 2017
We examine how substance use disorder (SUD) treatment providers respond to private health insurance expansions induced by state equal coverage ('parity') laws for SUD treatment. We use data on the near universe of specialty SUD treatment providers in the United States between 1997 and 2010 in an...
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Do minimum wage Increases influence worker health?
Horn, Brady P.; Maclean, Johanna Catherine; Strain, … - 2017
This study investigates whether minimum wage increases in the United States affect an important non-market outcome: worker health. To study this question, we use data on lesser-skilled workers from the 1993-2014 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Surveys coupled with differences-in-differences...
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