Despite plausible mechanisms, little research has evaluated potential changes in health behaviors as a result of the … health behaviors for pregnant women, which is a group of particular interest given evidence of the importance of prenatal … health to later life outcomes. We exploit exogenous variation from the Medicaid income eligibility expansions for pregnant …

Hurricane Katrina on the mortality of elderly and disabled residents of New Orleans. The authors concluded that Hurricane … decline in mortality was due to declines in mortality among those who moved to places with lower mortality. In this article, I … fact that residents in New Orleans are likely to be selected non-randomly on the basis of health because of the relatively …

Despite plausible mechanisms, little research has evaluated potential changes in health behaviors as a result of the … health behaviors for pregnant women, which is a group of particular interest given evidence of the importance of prenatal … health to later life outcomes. We exploit exogenous variation from the Medicaid income eligibility expansions for pregnant …

Despite plausible mechanisms, little research has evaluated potential changes in health behaviors as a result of the … health behaviors for pregnant women, which is a group of particular interest given evidence of the importance of prenatal … health to later life outcomes. We exploit exogenous variation from the Medicaid income eligibility expansions for pregnant …

The contribution of cigarette smoking to national health expenditures is thought to be large, but our current … model of smoking and medical care use that highlights two forms of selection: selective mortality and non-random cessation … smokers from merged National Health Interview Survey and Medicare claims information. Consistent with our theory, we find that …

going on public assistance. These changes may have affected the health and health behaviors of these women. To date, there … welfare policies, and three health behaviors --smoking, drinking, and exercise and two self-reported measures of health --days … in poor mental health, and overall health status. The results of our study reveal that changes in the caseload had little …

Despite plausible mechanisms, little research has evaluated potential changes in health behaviors as a result of the … of Medicaid on health behaviors for pregnant women. We exploit exogenous variation from the Medicaid income eligibility … expansions for pregnant women and children during late-1980s through mid-1990s to examine effects on several prenatal health …

drugs, use of other medical services, and health for a nationally representative sample of Medicare beneficiaries. Given the … health. We find that gaining prescription drug insurance through Medicare Part D was associated with a 70% increase in the … health care services or health, as measured by functional status and self-reported health. Among those in poorer health, we …