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Outcomes in a program that offers financial rewards for weight loss
Cawley, John H.; Price, Joshua A. - 2009
"Obesity rates in the U.S. have doubled since 1980. Given the medical, social, and financial costs of obesity, a large percentage of Americans are attempting to lose weight at any given time but the vast majority of weight loss attempts fail. Researchers continue to search for safe and effective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003848894
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Patient cost-sharing, hospitalization offsets, and the design of optimal health insurance for the elderly
Chandra, Amitabh; Gruber, Jonathan; McKnight, Robin - 2007
price sensitivity appears to greatly exceed that of the famous RAND Health Insurance Experiment (HIE). Moreover, unlike the … insurance should be tied to underlying health status, with chronically ill patients facing lower cost-sharing. We also conclude … that the externalities to Medicare from supplemental insurance coverage may be more modest than previously suggested due to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003443417
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Identifying provider prejudice in healthcare
Chandra, Amitabh; Staiger, Douglas - 2010
"The NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health provides summaries of publications like this. You can sign up to receive the NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health by email. We use simple economic insights to develop a framework for distinguishing between prejudice and statistical discrimination using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008665196
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Public avoidance and the epidemiology of novel h1n1 influenza A
Yoo, Byung-kwang; Kasajima, Megumi; Bhattacharya, Jay - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003940148
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On inferring demand for health care in the presence of anchoring, acquiescence, and selection biases
Bhattacharya, Jay; Isen, Adam - 2008
"In the contingent valuation literature, both anchoring and acquiescence biases pose problems when using an iterative bidding game to infer willingness to pay. Anchoring bias occurs when the willingness to pay estimate is sensitive to the initially presented starting value. Acquiescence bias...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003681175
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Technology growth and expenditure growth in health care
Chandra, Amitabh; Skinner, Jonathan - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009006777
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The economics of risky health behaviors
Cawley, John H.; Ruhm, Christopher J. - 2011
"The NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health provides summaries of publications like this. You can sign up to receive the NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health by email. Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and poor diets and sedentary lifestyles (leading to...
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The impact of physical education on obesity among elementary school children
Cawley, John H.; Frisvold, David; Meyerhoefer, Chad D. - 2012
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The impact of health insurance on preventive care and health behaviors : evidence from the 2014 ACA Medicaid expansions
Simon, Kosali Ilayperuma; Soni, Aparna; Cawley, John H. - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011493642
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The effect of malpractice liability on the delivery of health care
Baicker, Katherine; Chandra, Amitabh - 2004
.S. along two dimensions. If growth in malpractice payments results in higher malpractice insurance premiums for physicians …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002196919