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Comprehensive E-cigarette Flavor Bans and Tobacco Use among Youth and Adults
Saffer, Henry; Ozdogan, Selen; Grossman, Michael; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
and potential spillovers into other tobacco use by youth, young adults, and adults. We utilize both standard difference …-in-differences (DID) and synthetic DID methods, in conjunction with four national data sets. We find evidence that young adults decrease …-cigarette and smoking participation among older adults (ages 25+). Our findings suggest that statewide comprehensive flavor bans may …
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IV Methods Reconcile Intention-to-Screen Effects Across Pragmatic Cancer Screening Trials
Angrist, Joshua D.; Hull, Peter - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Pragmatic cancer screening trials mimic real-world scenarios in which patients and doctors are the ultimate arbiters of treatment. Intention-to-screen (ITS) analyses of such trials maintain randomization-based apples-to-apples comparisons, but differential adherence (the failure of subjects...
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The Impact of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising on Outpatient Care Utilization
Eisenberg, Matthew; Rabideau, Brendan; Alpert, Abby E.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
There is much debate about the effects of pharmaceutical direct to consumer advertising (DTCA) on health care use. In this paper, we inform this debate by examining the effects of DTCA on office visits, as well as treatment courses resulting from those visits, for five common chronic conditions...
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From Addiction to Aggression : The Spillover Effects of Opioid Policies on Intimate Partner Violence
Dave, Dhaval; Erten, Bilge; Keskin, Pinar; Zhang, Shuo - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
suggest that sub-populations (non-Hispanic Whites; younger adults) and localities (lower-educated; high poverty) which …
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'We Are Not Guinea Pigs' : The Effects of Disclosure of Medical Misconduct on Vaccine Compliance
Archibong, Belinda; Annan, Francis - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
In 1996, following an epidemic, Pfizer tested a new drug on 200 children in Muslim Nigeria. 11 children died while others were disabled. We study the effects of the disclosure, in 2000, of the deaths of Muslim children in the Pfizer trials on vaccine compliance among Muslim mothers. Muslim...
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The Hidden Cost of Firearm Violence on Pregnant Women and Their Infants
Currie, Janet M.; Dursun, Bahadir; Hatch, Michael; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Firearm violence is a pervasive public health crisis in the United States, with significant numbers of homicides involving firearms, including indiscriminate shootings in public spaces. This paper investigates the largely unexplored consequences of stress induced by these attacks on newborn...
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Trust and Health Care-Seeking Behavior
Darden, Michael; Macis, Mario - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We present results from a nationally representative survey of American adults, guided by a simple theoretical model …
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Price Sensitivity and Information Barriers to the Take-up of Naloxone
Jacobson, Mireille; Powell, David - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We conducted a field experiment that randomized advertisements, advertisement content, and prices across 2,204 counties in the United States to study the impacts on online purchases of naloxone, an opioid overdose reversal drug. Advertising increased website users but only impacted purchases...
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Consequences of a Shortage and Rationing : Evidence from a Pediatric Vaccine
Liebman, Eli; Lawler, Emily C.; Dunn, Abe; Ridley, David B. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Shortages and rationing are common in health care, yet we know little about the consequences. We examine an 18-month shortage of the pediatric Haemophilus Influenzae Type B (Hib) vaccine. Using insurance claims data and variation in shortage exposure across birth cohorts, we find that the...
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The Intergenerational Health Effects of Forced Displacement : Japanese American Incarceration during WWII
Grossman, Daniel; Khalil, Umair; Panza, Laura - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We study the intergenerational health consequences of forced displacement and incarceration of Japanese Americans in the US during WWII. Incarcerated mothers had babies who were less healthy at birth. This decrease in health represents a shift in the entire birthweight distribution due to...
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