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School-based healthcare and absenteeism : evidence from telemedicine
Komisarow, Sarah; Hemelt, Steven W. - 2023
The prevalence of school-based healthcare has increased markedly over the past decade. We study a modern mode of school …-based healthcare, telemedicine, that offers the potential to reach places and populations with historically low access to such care …. School-based telemedicine clinics (SBTCs) provide students with access to healthcare during the regular school day through …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013499181
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Digital waste? : unintended consequences of health information technology
Böckerman, Petri; Kortelainen, Mika; Laine, Liisa T.; … - 2019
We exploit a large-scale natural experiment - the rollout of a nationwide electronic prescribing system in Finland - to study how digitization of prescriptions affects pharmaceutical use and health outcomes. We use comprehensive administrative data from patients treated with benzodiazepines,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998510
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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 … physician, who offers a wide range of primary healthcare services that are free-of-charge. Furthermore, these services are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011337077
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Health insurance expansions and provider behavior : evidence from substance use disorder providers
Maclean, Johanna Catherine; Popovici, Ioana; Stern, … - 2017
markets, are less likely to provide charity care, increase the quantity of healthcare provided, and become more selective of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596165
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Socialized healthcare and women's fertility decisions
Cesur, Resul; Güneş, Pinar Mine; Tekin, Erdal; Ulker, … - 2019
This paper examines the effect of a nationwide healthcare reform implemented in Turkey on women's fertility decisions …. The Family Medicine Program (FMP), introduced in 2005, provided a wide-range of primary healthcare services, free of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011986012
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Quality and accountability of Large Language Models (LLMs) in healthcare in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) : a simulated patient study using ChatGPT
Si, Yafei; Yang, Yuji; Wang, Xi; An, Ruopeng; Zu, Jiaqi; … - 2024
to infectious ones. These results highlight the need for cautious AI integration in healthcare systems to ensure quality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015045045
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Reference-dependent preferences and loss aversion : a discrete choice experiment in the health-care sector
Neumann, Einat (contributor); Neuman, Shoshana (contributor) - 2007
A Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE) in the health-care sector is used to test the loss aversion theory that is derived … with non-tangible attributes. A health-care event is used for empirical illustration: The loss aversion theory is tested …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003652664
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003832183
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Happiness and health care coverage
Blanchflower, David G. - 2009
In this paper I examine the characteristics of adults who report on whether they have health care coverage and of people who say that they are unable to see a doctor over the preceding year because of the cost. I make use of a unique data set, the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003901166
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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