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greater and more equitable adoption of digital health … technological advancement in digital health by studying an intervention of "remote patient monitoring" that enabled patients to … Health among a diverse population of patients and targeted hypertension management to reduce the risk of cardiovascular …
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We study the effect of information on technology adoption and productivity in agriculture. Our empirical strategy … higher adoption of high yielding varieties of seeds and other complementary inputs, as well as higher increase in …
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We study the effect of hospital adoption of electronic medical records (EMRs) on health outcomes, particularly patient …
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Information and communication technology now enables firms to collect detailed and potentially intrusive data about their customers both easily and cheaply. This means that privacy concerns are no longer limited to government surveillance and public figures' private lives. The empirical...
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In many health domains, we are concerned that observed links - for example, between "healthy" behaviors and good … vary over time. When a particular health behavior becomes more recommended, the take-up of the behavior may be larger among … people with other positive health behaviors. Such changes in selection would make it even more difficult to learn about …
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Individuals with obesity often appear reluctant to undertake dietary changes. Evaluating the reasons for this reluctance, as well as appropriate policy responses, is hampered by a lack of data on behavioral response to dietary advice. I use household scanner data to estimate food purchase...
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This paper examines the long-term impacts on health and healthy behaviors of two of the oldest and most widely cited U … early life interventions for promoting health …
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pandemic influenced health outcomes. We first document large differences in content between the two most popular cable news … shows in the US, both on the same network, and in the adoption of preventative behaviors among viewers of these shows …
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There is much debate about the effects of pharmaceutical direct to consumer advertising (DTCA) on health care use. In …
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We present results from a nationally representative survey of American adults, guided by a simple theoretical model … expressing health care-seeking behavior as a function of economic and behavioral fundamentals and highlighting the role of trust …. We report several findings. First, we document a strong association between higher levels of trust in the health care …
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