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Does the Marginal Hospitalization Save Lives? The Case of Respiratory Admissions for the Elderly
Currie, Janet - 2020
hospitalization puts patients at risk of hospital acquired conditions and disrupts their lives. We use variation in the patient …'s nearest hospital's propensity to admit patients with similar observable characteristics as an instrument for the admission … we find that the marginal hospital admission increases the number of hospital days by seven days and increases charges by …
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Physician Payment Mechanisms, Hospital Length of Stay and Risk of Readmission : Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Echevin, Damien - 2014
We provide an analysis of the effect of physician payment methods on their hospital patients' length of stay and risk … introduced an optional mixed compensation (MC) scheme for specialist physicians working in hospital. This scheme combines a fixed … patients' health by more than a critical level, they will stay more days in hospital over the period. At the empirical level …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013061602
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Patients Whose GP Knows Complementary Medicine Tend to Have Lower Costs and Live Longer
Kooreman, Peter - 2011
used containing quarterly information on healthcare costs (care by general practitioner (GP), hospital care, pharmaceutical … hospital stays and fewer prescription drugs. Since the differences are obtained while controlling for confounders including …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013123914
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Impact of China's Urban Resident Basic Medical Insurance on Health Care Utilization and Expenditure
Liu, Hong - 2012
In 2007, China launched a subsidized voluntary public health insurance program, the Urban Resident Basic Medical Insurance, for urban residents without formal employment, including children, the elderly, and other unemployed urban residents. We estimate the impact of this program on health care...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099798
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Medical Technology and the Production of Health Care
Baltagi, Badi H. - 2014
This paper investigates the factors that determine differences across OECD countries in health outcomes, using data on life expectancy at age 65, over the period 1960 to 2007. We estimate a production function where life expectancy depends on health and social spending, lifestyle variables, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013068471
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Accounting for the Rise of Health Spending and Longevity
Fonseca, Raquel - 2013
We estimate a stochastic life-cycle model of endogenous health spending, asset accumulation and retirement to investigate the causes behind the increase in health spending and longevity in the U.S. over the period 1965-2005. We estimate that technological change and the increase in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013074900
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The Economics and Politics of Women's Rights
Doepke, Matthias - 2012
Women's rights and economic development are highly correlated. Today, the discrepancy between the legal rights of women and men is much larger in developing compared to developed countries. Historically, even in countries that are now rich women had few rights before economic development took...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013113089
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Do the Obese Really Die Younger or Do Health Expenditures Buy Them Extra Years?
Frijters, Paul - 2010
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/10013152786
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On the Rise of Health Spending and Longevity
Fonseca, Raquel - 2009
We use a calibrated stochastic life-cycle model of endogenous health spending, asset accumulation and retirement to investigate the causes behind the increase in health spending and life expectancy over the period 1965-2005. We estimate that technological change along with the increase in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013153179
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The Public Health Costs of Job Loss
Kuhn, Andreas - 2009
We study the short-run effect of involuntary job loss on comprehensive measures of public health costs. We focus on job loss induced by plant closure, thereby addressing the reverse causality problem of deteriorating health leading to job loss as job displacements due to plant closure are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013157031