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Access to water and COVID-19 : a regression discontinuity analysis for the peri-urban areas of metropolitan Lima, Peru

Gómez-Lobo, Andrés; Gutiérrez, Mauro; Huamaní, Sandro; … - 2022

This paper presents the results of a quasi-experimental study using information collected through a survey conducted in peri-urban areas of Metropolitan Lima between October and November 2021. The survey was applied to households residing close to and on both sides of the geographic boundary of...

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Optimal age-based policies for pandemics : an economic analysis of Covid-19 and beyond

Brotherhood, Luiz Mário; Kircher, Philipp; Santos, Cézar - 2023

This paper investigates the importance of the age composition for pandemic policy design. To do so, it introduces an economic framework with age heterogeneity, individual choice, and incomplete information, emphasizing the value of testing. Calibrating the model to the US Covid-19 pandemic...

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Nudging the trendsetters : increasing second-dose HPV vaccination in Bogota, Colombia

Martínez, Déborah; Díaz, Lina; Maldonado Zambrano, … - 2023

This study investigates the effectiveness of dynamic norm nudges in promoting second-dose HPV vaccinations among trendsetters-parents who initiated the firstdose HPV vaccine for their daughters between 2017-2020. Utilizing administrative data from Bogota's Secretariat of Health in a field...

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Physician dispensing and the choice between generic and brand-name drugs : do margins affect choice?

Rischatsch, Maurus; Trottmann, Maria - 2009

Many politicians blame physician dispensing (PD) to increase health care expenditure and to undermine independence of drug prescription and income leading to a suboptimal medication. Therefore, PD is not allowed in most OECD countries. In Switzerland, PD is allowed in some regions depending on...

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Reimbursement of Medicine Outlays: An Optimal Insurance Approach

Hansen, Bodil O.; keiding, Hans - 1999

In this paper, the reimbursement of spending on medicin is considered as a problem of insurance, where the loss due to illness of the insured is covered totally or partially by an insurance company (which may be the government). The presence of moral hazard (in the form of the individual...

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Validity of discrete-choice experiments : evidence for health risk reduction

Telser, Harry (contributor); Zweifel, Peter (contributor) - 2003 - October 2003, revised: February 2005

There is growing interest in discrete-choice experiment (DCE) as a method to elicit consumers' preferences in the health care sector. Increasingly this method is used to determine willingness to pay (WTP) for health-related goods. However, its external validity in the health care domain has not...

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Delivering parenting interventions through health services in the Caribbean impact, acceptability and costs

Walker, Susan P.; Powell, Christine; Chang, Susan M.; … - 2015

Integrating early childhood interventions with health and nutrition services has been recommended, however there is limited information on interventions that are effective and feasible for delivery through health services. In this trial we developed and evaluated a parenting program that could...

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Are long hospitalizations substituting primary and long-term care? : evidence from Brazil and Mexico

Aranco, Natalia; Bauhoff, Sebastian; Schwarz, Natalie; … - 2024

Prolonged hospital stays, or hospital stays that are longer than medically necessary, are a major concern for patients, payers, and providers. We conceptualize and empirically estimate the prevalence and cost of prolonged stays among elderly hospital patients (65 years and older) in Brazil and...

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On the demand for telemedicine : evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic

Busso, Matias; Gonzalez, Maria P.; Scartascini, Carlos G. - 2021

Telemedicine can expand access to health care at relatively low cost. Historically, however, demand for telemedicine … demand for telemedicine experienced after the onset of the COVID-19 epidemic and the imposition of mobility restrictions. We … service for internal medicine consultations. The demand for telemedicine remains high even after mobility restrictions were …

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"Stand by me" : unveiling the value of own and others' mental illness

Andrén, Daniela - 2024

This paper calculates the value of experiencing mental illness, either directly or indirectly through knowing someone near, family, or friends (NFF), who is affected. Using the well-being valuation method, which explores the trade-offs between income and self-reported experiences that maintain...

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