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Lock-Downs, Loneliness and Life Satisfaction
Hamermesh, Daniel - 2020
their happiness, adjusted for numerous demographic and economic variables. Satisfaction among married individuals increases … most with additional time spent with spouse. Among singles, satisfaction decreases most as more time is spent alone …
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Now Unions Increase Job Satisfaction and Well-Being
Blanchflower, David G.; Bryson, Alex - 2022
union membership and employee job satisfaction is positive and statistically significant. This runs counter to findings in … United States we show the association between union membership and job satisfaction switched from negative to positive in the … between membership and job satisfaction is apparent in cohorts born in the 1940s and 1950s but turns positive for those born …
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Does Decreased Access to Emergency Departments Affect Patient Outcomes? Analysis of Ami Population 1996-2005
Shen, Yu-Chu - 2011
We analyze whether decreased emergency department access (measured by increased driving time to the nearest ED) results in adverse patient outcomes or changes in the patient health profile for patients suffering from acute myocardial infarction. Data sources include 100% Medicare Provider...
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How Do Hospitals Respond to Market Entry? Evidence from a Deregulated Market for Cardiac Revascularization
Li, Suhui - 2013
Regulatory entry barriers to hospital service markets, namely Certificate of Need (CON) regulations, are enforced in many states; although no longer federally mandated, policy makers in other states are considering reinstating CON policies in tandem with service expansions mandated under the...
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Public-Place Smoking Laws and Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke (Ets)
Carpenter, Christopher S. - 2014
Public-place smoking restrictions are the most important non-price tobacco control measures worldwide, yet surprisingly little is known about their effects on exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). We study these laws in Canada using data with questions about respondents' ETS exposure in...
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The Short-Term Mortality Consequences of Income Receipt
Evans, William N. - 2009
Many studies find that households increase their consumption after the receipt of expected income payments, a result inconsistent with the life-cycle/permanent income hypothesis. Consumption can increase adverse health events, such as traffic accidents, heart attacks and strokes. In this paper,...
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The Role of Hospital and Market Characteristics in Invasive Cardiac Service Diffusion
Horwitz, Jill R. - 2017
Little is known about how the adoption and diffusion of medical innovation is related to and influenced by market characteristics such as competition. The particular complications involved in investigating these relationships in the health care sector may explain the dearth of research. We...
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The Effect of the Economic Collapse in Iceland on the Probability of Cardiovascular Events
Birgisdóttir, Kristín - 2018
We explore whether the 2008 economic collapse in Iceland and subsequent economic crisis affected the probability of ischemic heart disease (IHD) events, independent of regular cyclical effects attributed to typical economic conditions. We estimate linear probability models using administrative...
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Identifying Sources of Inefficiency in Health Care
Chandra, Amitabh - 2017
In medicine, the reasons for variation in treatment rates across hospitals serving similar patients are not well understood. Some interpret this variation as unwarranted, and push standardization of care as a way of reducing allocative inefficiency. An alternative interpretation is that...
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Have Newer Cardiovascular Drugs Reduced Hospitalization? Evidence from Longitudinal Country-Level Data on 20 OECD Countries, 1995-2003
Lichtenberg, Frank R. - 2010
This study examines the effect of changes in the vintage distribution of cardiovascular system drugs on hospitalization and mortality due to cardiovascular disease using longitudinal country-level data. The vintage of a drug is the first year in which it was marketed anywhere in the world. We...
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