private hospitals in Western Australia (WA) during the period 2000-2007. We can measure survival for a period as long as 8 …

the government's Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, Australia has much better data on drug utilization than most other …

This study analyzes the effects of tobacco excise tax changes on mortality due to heart disease, cancer, and asthma …. Reduced form regressions of mortality rates on tax data for the years 1954-1988, with controls for state, year, income, and … unobserved persistence, indicate that tax increases lead to statistically significant decreases in mortality. A 10% increase in …