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Will You Marry Me ... if Our Children Are Healthy? The Impact of Maternal Age and the Associated Risk of Having a Child with Health Problems on Family Structure
Gutierrez, Federico H. - 2019
Family structure is usually believed to affect children's human capital. Is it possible that causality goes in the opposite direction? This paper shows that the behavior of family structure variables over the life cycle dramatically changes when women have babies in their forties. These data...
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A comparative analysis of machine learning methods for classification type decision problems in healthcare
Emanet, Nahit; Öz, Halil R.; Bayram, Nazan; Delen, Dursun - In: Decision Analytics 1 (2014) 1, pp. 1-20
predictive models employing three machine learning methods to diagnose an asthma patient based solely on the sounds acquired from ….e., Random Forest and AdaBoost combined with Random Forest) achieved about 90% accuracy on predicting asthma patients, compared …
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Global burden of chronic respiratory diseases and risk factors, 1990–2019: an update from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Momtazmanesh, Sara; Moghaddam, Sahar Saeedi; Ghamari, … - In: eClinicalMedicine 59 (2023), pp. 101936-101936
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The cost-utility of early use of high-flow nasal cannula in bronchiolitis
Buendía, Jefferson Antonio; Acuña-Cordero, Ranniery; … - In: Health Economics Review 11 (2021) 1, pp. 1-8
Background: High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) oxygen is a non-invasive ventilation system that was introduced as an alternative to CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure), with a marked increase in its use in pediatric care settings. This study aimed to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of early...
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Preferences of patients with asthma or COPD for treatments in pulmonary rehabilitation
Damm, Kathrin; Lingner, Heidrun; Schmidt, Katharina; … - In: Health Economics Review 11 (2021) 1, pp. 1-12
pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma. However, the success of PR-programs depends on the patients' participation and willingness … through literature search and expert interviews. Inclusion criteria were as follows: PR-inpatient with asthma and/or COPD … between asthma and COPD patients. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) as well as time since diagnosis were found to have a …
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Orphans at risk in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence on educational and health outcomes
Coneus, Katja; Mühlenweg, Andrea M. - 2011
In this paper, we examine how orphanhood affects children's educational and health outcomes in eleven sub-Saharan African countries. Our analysis is based on a comparison of orphans and non-orphaned children living under the same conditions. We also examine the impacts of various family...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010304332
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Productive inefficiency in patriarchal family farms: evidence from Mali
Goetghebuer, Tatiana - 2011
In Mali, there exist various farm-cum-family structures, so that agricultural production occurs on plots controlled by different members of the household. In this paper, we want to lay emphasis on the under-researched differentials between collective and individual plots (attended by male or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305609
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Gender of Siblings and Choice of College Major
Anelli, Massimo; Peri, Giovanni - 2013
In this study we analyze whether the gender composition of siblings within a family affects the choice of College Major. The question is whether a family environment that is more gender-homogeneous encourages academic choices that are less gender stereotyped. We use the last name and the exact...
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Does Single Parenthood Increase the Probability of Teenage Promiscuity, Drug Use, and Crime? Evidence from Divorce Law Changes
Antecol, Heather; Bedard, Kelly; Helland, Eric - 2001
It has long since been established that children raised by single parents are more likely to become sexually active, commit illegal acts, and use illegal drugs at young ages. What has not been determined is whether or not there is a causal effect associated with the disintegration of the family....
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Gender Gaps in the Effects of Childhood Family Environment: Do They Persist into Adulthood?
Brenøe, Anne Ardila; Lundberg, Shelly - 2016
We examine the differential effects of family disadvantage on the education and adult labor market outcomes of men and women using high-quality administrative data on the entire population of Denmark born between 1966 and 1995. We link parental education and family structure during childhood to...
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