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Heterogeneous effects of blood pressure screening
Kaempfen, Fabrice; Mosca, Irene - 2024
This is the first study that investigates the heterogeneous effects of blood pressure (BP) screening on subsequent changes in BP in a high-income country. We use data from clinical health assessments carried out in 2010 (baseline) and 2014 (follow-up) as part of a nationally-representative...
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The economic burden of chronic diseases : estimates and projections for China, Japan and South Korea
Bloom, David E.; Chen, Simiao; Kuhn, Michael; McGovern, … - 2017
of disease prevalence into a human capital augmented production function, which enables us to determine the economic …-effectiveness analysis by identifying some intervention strategies to reduce disease prevalence in China that are cost beneficial and …
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The economic impact of non-communicable disease in China and India : estimates, projections, and comparisons
Bloom, David E.; Cafiero, Elizabeth T.; McGovern, Mark 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009792518
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International differences in longevity and health and their economic consequences
Michaud, Pierre-Carl; Goldman, Dana P.; Lakdawalla, Darius - 2009
In 1975, 50 year-old Americans could expect to live slightly longer than their European counterparts. By 2005, American life expectancy at that age has diverged substantially compared to Europe. We find that this growing longevity gap is primarily the symptom of real declines in the health of...
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Money for health : the compensating variation of cardiovascular diseases
Groot, Wim; Maassen van den Brink, Henriëtte; Plug, … - 2002
old male the compensating variation of a heart disease ranges from 160,000 Euro to 430,000 Euro depending on the welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011415224
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Economic conditions at birth and cardiovascular disease risk in adulthood : evidence from new cohorts
Alessie, Rob; Angelini, Viola; Berg, Gerard J. van den; … - 2017
cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in adulthood, by gender. We operationalize CVD risk by constructing the Systematic COronary Risk …
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Does education reduce the risk of hypertension? : estimating the biomarker effect of compulsory schooling in England
Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2010
This paper estimates the exogenous effect of schooling on reduced incidence of hypertension. Using the changes in the minimum school-leaving age law in the United Kingdom from age 14 to 15 in 1947, and from age 15 to 16 in 1973, as sources of exogenous variation in schooling, the regression...
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SES health gradients during the epidemiological transition : the case of China
Lei, Xiaoyan; Yin, Nina; Zhao, Yaohui - 2010
The epidemiological transition, which has already passed the developed world, is still progressing in many developing countries. A particular problem associated with this transition is the under-diagnosis and lack of treatment of chronic diseases, and these may exhibit SES gradients and...
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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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Cardiovascular consequences of unfair pay
Falk, Armin; Menrath, Ingo; Verde, Pablo Emilio; … - 2011
This paper investigates physiological responses to perceptions of unfair pay. In a simple principal agent experiment agents produce revenue by working on a tedious task. Principals decide how this revenue is allocated between themselves and their agents. In this environment unfairness can arise...
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