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Exploding Asthma and ADHD Caseloads : The Role of Medicaid Managed Care
Chorniy, Anna - 2017
. This increase has been concentrated in the Medicaid caseload nationwide. One of the most striking changes in Medicaid has … been the transition from fee-for-service (FFS) reimbursement to Medicaid managed care (MMC), which had taken place in 80 …% of states by 2016. Using Medicaid claims from South Carolina, we show that this change contributed to the increase in …
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The Impact of Paid Family Leave on Families with Health Shocks
Coile, Courtney; Rossin-Slater, Maya; Su, Amanda - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This paper analyzes the impact of paid family leave (PFL) policies in California, New Jersey, and New York on the labor market and mental health outcomes of individuals whose spouses or children experience health shocks. We use data from the 1996-2019 restricted-use version of the Medical...
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The Rise in American Pain : The Importance of the Great Recession
Lamba, Sneha; Moffitt, Robert A. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
A significant literature has documented trend increases in pain among Americans over the last two or three decades. There is no single explanation seeming to work well for the increase. We show that, rather than resulting from a smooth upward trend, the increase was almost entirely concentrated...
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The Effects of Health Shocks on Employment and Health Insurance : The Role of Employer-Provided Health Insurance
Bradley, Cathy J. - 2011
We study how men's dependence on their own employer for health insurance affects labor supply responses and loss of health insurance coverage when faced with a serious health shock. Men with employment-contingent health insurance (ECHI) are more likely to remain working following some kinds of...
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The Psychosocial Effects of the Flint Water Crisis on School-Age Children
Trejo, Sam; Yeomans-Maldonado, Gloria; Jacob, Brian Aaron - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Lead poisoning has well-known impacts for the developing brain of young children, with a large literature documenting the negative effects of elevated blood lead levels on academic and behavioral outcomes. In April of 2014, the municipal water source in Flint, Michigan was changed, causing lead...
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Providing Vouchers and Value Information for Already Free Eye Exams Increases Uptake Among a Low-Income Minority Population : A Randomized Trial
Kacker, Seema; Macis, Mario; Gajwani, Prateek; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
-up appointments in a low-income minority population in Baltimore City referred for possible eye disease. Between May 2017 and …
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Effects of Opioid-Related Policies on Opioid Utilization, Nature of Medical Care, and Duration of Disability
Neumark, David; Savych, Bogdan - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
We examine the effects of must-access prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) and recent regulations limiting the duration of initial opioid prescriptions on care received by patients with work-related injuries, focusing on opioid utilization and medical care related to pain management. We...
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The Anatomy of U.S. Sick Leave Schemes : Evidence from Public School Teachers
Cronin, Christopher J.; Harris, Matthew C.; Ziebarth, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This paper studies how U.S. employees use paid sick leave. The most common U.S. sick-leave schemes operate as individualized credit accounts---paid leave is earned over time and unused leave accumulates, producing an employee-specific "leave balance." We construct a unique administrative dataset...
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Low Life Expectancy in the United States : Is the Health Care System at Fault?
Preston, Samuel H. - 2009
Life expectancy in the United States fares poorly in international comparisons, primarily because of high mortality rates above age 50. Its low ranking is often blamed on a poor performance by the health care system rather than on behavioral or social factors. This paper presents evidence on the...
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Work Disability is a Pain in the *****, Especially in England, The Netherlands, and the United States
Banks, James - 2005
This paper investigates the role of pain in determining self-reported work disability in the US, the UK and The Netherlands. Even if identical questions are asked, cross-country differences in reported work disability remain substantial. In the US and the Netherlands, respondent evaluations of...
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