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COVID-19 doesn't need lockdowns to destroy jobs : the effect of local outbreaks in Korea
Aum, Sangmin; Lee, Sang Yoon; Shin, Yongseok - 2020
Unlike most countries, Korea did not implement a lockdown in its battle against COVID-19, instead successfully relying on testing and contact tracing. Only one region, Daegu-Gyeongbuk, had a significant number of infections, traced to a religious sect. This allows us to estimate the causal...
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Unemployment and mental disorders : an empirical analysis
Agerbo, Esben (contributor) - 1998
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000651482
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The health impacts of severe climate shocks in Colombia
Mata, Dolores de la; Valencia-Amaya, Mauricio G. - 2014
This paper studies the link between severe weather shocks in Colombia and municipality-level incidence of dengue and malaria. The unexpectedly high variability of the 2010 rainfalls relative to previous periods and their regional heterogeneity are exploited as an identification strategy. A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011286264
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Do remittances help smooth consumption during health shocks? : evidence from Jamaica
Beuermann, Diether W.; Ruprah, Inder S.; Sierra, Ricardo E. - 2014
We identify whether remittances facilitate consumption smoothing during health shocks in Jamaica. In addition, we investigate whether remittances are subject to moral hazard by receivers, how the informal insurance provided by remittances interacts with formal health insurance, and whether there...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011286680
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Burden of disease in China : contrasting disease burden patterns of the general and the migrant workers populations
Kraemer, Alexander; Fischer, Florian; Plaß, Dietrich; … - 2014
́specific disease burdens and their health-related behaviours on the health of the Chinese population in general. Despite the … obvious significance for population health in China, there is no systematic burden of disease (BoD) assessment available for …" disease burden in the general population, focusing the typical age group of migrant workers (aged 15 to 49 years). This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011485116
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On the economics of rational self-medication
Akpalu, Wisdom (contributor) - 2008
It has been established in the medical literature that self-medicating with imperfect information about either the use of a genuine or counterfeit drug or based on wrong self-diagnosis of ailment, which is predominant especially in developing countries, is a risky investment in health capital....
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Prevention of chronic diseases : reorienting primary health systems in India
Mehdi, Ali; Chaudhry, Divya; Tomar, Priyanka; Joshi, Pallavi - 2016
Individuals should be entitled to a "fair innings", and the primary role of health systems should be the prevention of premature mortality. In India, 66 percent of all deaths are premature. The burden of premature mortality has shifted from child (0-5 years) to adult (30-69 years) level over the...
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Surveillance of chronic diseases : challenges and strategies for India
Mishra, Udaya S.; Irudaya Rajan, Sebastian; Joe, William; … - 2016
This paper describes the status, challenges and scope for strengthening surveillance of chronic disease risk factors … systematic population-based chronic disease surveillance in India. Although there are no immediate policy goals to ensure … engagement of adequate human resources for surveillance and disease management. Engagement of AYUSH and community health workers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011477286
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Willingness-to-pay against dementia : effects of altruism between patients and their spouse caregivers
König, Markus (contributor); Zweifel, Peter (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
treatment Stabilization prevents the worsening of the disease, bringing dementia to a standstill. Cure restores patient health … before the disease. Results: Different characteristics of therapies are reflected in differences in WTP values. Accepting WTP …
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Unemployment and mental disorders : an empirical analysis
Agerbo, Esben; Eriksson, Tor; Mortensen, Preben Bo; … - 1998
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000978969