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The Contribution of Behavior Change and Public Health to Improved U.S. Population Health
Cutler, David M.; Stewart, Susan T. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
: smoking, obesity, heavy alcohol use, and unsafe use of motor vehicles, firearms, and poisonous substances. These risk factors … increased obesity, greater firearm deaths, and increased deaths from poisonous substances, which together reduced quality …-adjusted life expectancy by 1.77 years. We model the hypothetical effects of a 50% decline in morbid obesity and in poisoning deaths …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950832
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Physician Beliefs and Patient Preferences: A New Look at Regional Variation in Health Care Spending
Cutler, David M.; Skinner, Jonathan; Stern, Ariel Dora; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
There is considerable controversy about the causes of regional variations in health care expenditures. We use vignettes from patient and physician surveys linked to Medicare expenditures at the Hospital Referral Region to test whether patient demand-side factors or physician supply-side factors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010821905
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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Markets with High Fixed Costs
Cutler, David M.; Ericson, Keith M. Marzilli. - In: PharmacoEconomics 28 (2010) 10, pp. 867-875
treatment is paid for by a public insurance plan and one-third the market price for mandated coverage by private insurance. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519890
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Rising educational gradients in mortality: The role of behavioral risk factors
Cutler, David M.; Lange, Fabian; Meara, Ellen; … - In: Journal of Health Economics 30 (2011) 6, pp. 1174-1187
importance. Smoking declined more for the better educated, but not enough to explain the trend. Obesity rose at similar rates …
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Education and health : insights from international comparisons
Cutler, David M.; Lleras-Muney, Adriana - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009490178
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Education and Health : Insights from International Comparisons
Cutler, David M. - 2012
In this review we synthesize what is known about the relationship between education and health. A large number of studies from both rich and poor countries show that education is associated with better health. While previous work has thought of the effect of education separately for rich and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460920
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Education and Health : Insights from International Comparisons
Cutler, David M. - 2012
In this review we synthesize what is known about the relationship between education and health. A large number of studies from both rich and poor countries show that education is associated with better health. While previous work has thought of the effect of education separately for rich and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013112794
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Socioeconomic Status and Health: Dimensions and Mechanisms
Cutler, David M.; Lleras-Muney, Adriana; Vogl, Tom - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
This paper reviews the evidence on the well-known positive association between socioeconomic status and health. We focus on four dimensions of socioeconomic status -- education, financial resources, rank, and race and ethnicity -- paying particular attention to how the mechanisms linking health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005828706
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The Impact of Antihypertensive Drugs on the Number and Risk of Death, Stroke and Myocardial Infarction in the United States
Cutler, David M.; Long, Genia; Berndt, Ernst R.; Royer, … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006
Estimating the value of medical innovation is a continual challenge. In this research, we quantify the impact of antihypertensive therapy on U.S. blood pressures, risk and number of heart attacks, strokes, and deaths. We also consider the potential for further improvements. We estimate the value...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005829656
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Education and Health: Evaluating Theories and Evidence
Cutler, David M.; Lleras-Muney, Adriana - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006
There is a large and persistent association between education and health. In this paper, we review what is known about this link. We first document the facts about the relationship between education and health. The education %u2018gradient%u2019 is found for both health behaviors and health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005830819