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Pricing Heart Attack Treatments
Cutler, David M.; Newhouse, Joseph P.; McClellan, Mark B.; … - 2022
In this paper, we estimate price indices for heart attack treatments, demonstrating the techniques that are currently used in official price indices and presenting some alternatives. We consider two types of price indices, a Service Price Index, which prices specific treatments provided, and a...
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The Costs and Benefits of Intensive Treatment for Cardiovascular Disease
Cutler, David M.; McClellan, Mark B.; Newhouse, Joseph P. - 2021
This paper examines the causes and consequences of reductions in cardiovascular disease mortality, and in particular …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013232433
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Intensive Medical Care and Cardiovascular Disease Disability Reductions
Cutler, David M.; Landrum, Mary Beth; Stewart, Kate - 2021
paper, we explore the role of improved medical care for cardiovascular disease on health status improvements over time. We … show that the incidence of cardiovascular disease hospitalizations remained relatively constant between 1984 and 1999 at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013232937
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How Household Portfolios Evolve after Retirement : The Effect of Aging and Health Shocks
Coile, Courtney - 2010
In this paper, we study how the portfolios of elderly U.S. households evolve after retirement, using data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). In particular, we investigate the influence of aging and health shocks on a household%u2019s ownership of various assets and on the dollar value...
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Firms' Sickness Costs and Workers' Sickness Absences
Böheim, René - 2014
In many countries, social security insures firms against their workers' sickness absences. The insurance may create a moral hazard for firms, leading to inefficient monitoring of absences or to an underinvestment in the prevention of absences. We exploit an administrative threshold in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013050299
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End-Stage Renal Disease and Economic Incentives : The International Study of Health Care Organization and Financing
Dor, Avi - 2007
End-stage renal disease (ESRD), or kidney failure, is a debilitating, costly, and increasingly common medical condition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012776880
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The Economic Burden of Chronic Diseases : Estimates and Projections for China, Japan, and South Korea
Bloom, David E. - 2017
of disease prevalence into a human capital augmented production function, which enables us to determine the economic …-effectiveness analysis by identifying some intervention strategies to reduce disease prevalence in China that are cost beneficial and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012951354
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The Shock of Falling Among Older Americans
Kelly, Inas - 2017
Direct medical costs associated with falls have been shown to be $34 billion in 2013, an underestimate since full costs are not factored in. Using the 1998-2012 waves of the Health and Retirement Study and several econometric methods to address the endogeneity of falls, this study seeks to...
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The Economic Impact of Non-Communicable Disease in China and India : Estimates, Projections, and Comparisons
Bloom, David E. - 2013
of NCDs on labor supply and capital accumulation. We present results for the five main NCDs (cardiovascular disease …, cancer, chronic respiratory disease, diabetes, and mental health). Our undiscounted estimates indicate that the cost of the … most costly domains are cardiovascular disease and mental health, followed by respiratory disease. Our analyses also reveal …
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The Asset Cost of Poor Health
Poterba, James M. - 2010
This paper examines the correlation between poor health and asset accumulation for households in the first nine waves of the Health and Retirement Survey. Rather than enumerating the specific costs of poor health, such as out of pocket medical expenses or lost earnings, we estimate how the...
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