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The Health Effects of Smoking Bans : Evidence from German Hospitalization Data
Kvasnicka, Michael - 2018
This paper studies the short-term impact of public smoking bans on hospitalizations in Germany. It exploits the … in preventing 1.9 hospital admissions (-2.1%) due to cardiovascular diseases per day, per 1 million population. We also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012915315
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Low Emission Zones for Better Health : Evidence from German Hospitals
Pestel, Nico - 2019
introduction of new Low Emission Zones across cities in Germany. We use detailed hospitalization data combined with geo …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012863809
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Reducing Binge Drinking? The Effect of a Ban on Late-Night Off-Premise Alcohol Sales on Alcohol-Related Hospital Stays in Germany
Marcus, Jan - 2015
hospitalizations during the years 2007-2011 in Germany in order to evaluate the short-term impact of this policy on alcohol …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013029634
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Global Sourcing of Complex Production Processes
Schwarz, Christian - 2010
We develop a theory of a firm in an environment with incomplete contracts. The firm's headquarter decides on the complexity, the organization, and the global scale of its production process. Specifically, it decides: i) on the mass of symmetric intermediate inputs that are part of the value...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136032
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Physician-Leaders and Hospital Performance : Is There an Association?
Goodall, Amanda H. - 2011
Although it has long been conjectured that having physicians in leadership positions is valuable for hospital …-physician managers. The paper finds a strong positive association between the ranked quality of a hospital and whether the CEO is a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013122683
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Evaluating the Effect of Ownership Status on Hospital Quality : The Key Role of Innovative Procedures
Gobillon, Laurent - 2012
role in explaining the effect of ownership status on hospital quality. When age, sex, diagnoses and co-morbidities are held …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096122
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Spatial Disparities in Hospital Performance
Gobillon, Laurent - 2012
within 15 days between extreme regions. They may reflect spatial differences in patient characteristics, treatments, hospital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099082
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Saving Lives at Birth : The Impact of Home Births on Infant Outcomes
Daysal, N. Meltem - 2012
from a mother's residence to the closest hospital. We find that giving birth in a hospital leads to substantial reductions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099684
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Hospital Resources : Persistent Reallocation Under Price Changes
Wozny, Florian - 2020
the hospital level. To identify a causal effect, I develop a unique identification strategy where I exploit hospitals …' exposure to snowfall. A particularity of the reform led to exogenous treatment price shocks at hospital level in response to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012833866
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Health Shocks Under Hospital Capacity Constraint : Evidence from Air Pollution in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Guidetti, Bruna - 2020
. This may be a challenge in developing countries because of limited hospital capacity. In this study, we examine the … hospital admissions for elective care – phimosis surgery and epilepsy-related procedures such as video …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012834585