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Timing matters : the impact of response measures on COVID-19-related hospitalization and death rates in Germany and Switzerland
Huber, Martin; Langen, Henrika - In: Swiss journal of economics and statistics 156 (2020) 1/10, pp. 1-19
We assess the impact of the timing of lockdown measures implemented in Germany and Switzerland on cumulative COVID-19 … regression (Germany and Switzerland), doubly robust estimation (Germany), or synthetic controls (Switzerland). We find for both … one. For Germany, we further evaluate curfews (as introduced in a subset of states) based on cross-regional variation. We …
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Volume-outcome relationship and minimum volume regulations in the German hospital sector : evidence from nationwide administrative hospital data for the years 2005–2007
Hentschker, Corinna; Mennicken, Roman; Reifferscheid, … - In: Health economics review 8 (2018) 25, pp. 1-14
Background: This paper analyses the volume-outcome relationship and the effects of minimum volume regulations in the German hospital sector. Methods: We use a full sample of administrative data from the unselected, complete German hospital population for the years 2005 to 2007. We apply...
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Decrease in life expectancy in Germany in 2020 : men from Eastern Germany most affected
Luy, Marc; Sauerberg, Markus; Muszyńska-Spielauer, … - In: Comparative population studies : CPoS ; open acess … 46 (2021), pp. 555-574
countries around the world. In Germany, the reduction in life expectancy at birth between 2019 and 2020 was comparatively small … in western Germany (-0.36 vs. -0.16 years). Men in eastern Germany experienced the biggest decline in life expectancy at … expectancy at birth was also greater in eastern (-0.25 years) than in western Germany (-0.10 years). As a result of these …
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Cost-effectiveness of intensive atorvastatin therapy in secondary cardiovascular prevention in the United Kingdom, Spain, and Germany, based on the Treating to New Targets study
Taylor, Douglas C. A.; Pandya, Ankur; Thompson, David; … - In: The European journal of health economics : HEPAC ; … 10 (2009) 3, pp. 255-265
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Measuring the relationship between costs and outcomes : the example of acute myocardial infarction in German hospitals
Stargardt, Tom; Schreyögg, Jonas; Kondofersky, Ivan - In: Health economics 23 (2014) 6, pp. 653-669
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Quasi-experimental evidence on the effectiveness of heart attack treatment in Germany
Hentschker, Corinna; Wübker, Ansgar - In: Applied economics 52 (2020) 50, pp. 5531-5545
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Health status, functional limitations and disability: Changes in Poland
Golinowska, Stanislawa; Sowa, Agnieszka - 2012
The social changes in Poland over the last two decades have had an impact on many dimensions of life, including on important elements of human capital, such as health and functional and instrumental daily activities. This article contains an overview of the available data and indicators on...
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How to value a life
Viscusi, W. Kip - In: Journal of economics and finance 32 (2008) 4, pp. 311-323
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The casual nexus between child mortality rate, fertility rate, GDP, household final consumption expenditure, and food production index
Asumadu-Sarkodie, Samuel; Owusu, Phebe Asantewaa - In: Cogent economics & finance 4 (2016) 1, pp. 1-15
In this study, the causal nexus between child mortality rate, fertility rate, GDP, household final consumption expenditure, and food production index in Ghana was investigated spanning from 1971 to 2013 using the Autoregressive and Distributed Lag (ARDL) method. The study tested for unit root,...
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The long run health consequences of rural‐urban migration
Johnson, Janna E.; Taylor, Evan J. - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 10 (2019) 2, pp. 565-606
Rural-urban migration is an integral part of the structural transformation as societies move from a traditional agricultural economy to a modern economy. This process has many potential consequences for migrants. Our study focuses on the lifetime health effects of the large mid-20th century...
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