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Economic Policy in Health Care: Sickness Absence and Pharmaceutical Cost
Granlund, David - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2007
Swedish municipalities for the period 1993-2004. Public health care expenditure was found to have no statistically significant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005197987
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Does variation in GP practice matter for the length of sick leave? A multilevel analysis based on Norwegian GP—patient data
Aakvik, Arild; Holmås, Tor Helge; Islam, M. Kamrul - Institutt for Økonomi, Universitetet i Bergen - 2011
In many countries, the social insurance system is under pressure from an ageing population. An increasing number of people are on sickness benefits and disability pensions in Norway. The general practitioner (GP) is responsible for assessing work capacity and issuing certificates for sick leave...
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Returns to Childbirth Technologies: Evidence from Preterm Births
Daysal, N. Meltem; Trandafir, Mircea; van Ewijk, Reyn - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We investigate the impact of obstetrician supervision, as opposed to midwife supervision, on the short-term health of low-risk newborns. We exploit a unique policy rule in the Netherlands that creates a large discontinuity in the probability of a low-risk birth being attended by an obstetrician...
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Saving Lives at Birth: The Impact of Home Births on Infant Outcomes
Daysal, N. Meltem; Trandafir, Mircea; van Ewijk, Reyn - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
home births are widespread. To account for endogeneity in location of birth, we exploit the exogenous variation in distance … in newborn mortality. We provide suggestive evidence that proximity to medical technologies may be an important channel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959595
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Saving Lives at Birth: The Impact of Home Births on Infant Outcomes
Daysal, N. Meltem; Trandafir, Mircea; Ewijk, Reyn van - Département d'économique, Faculté d'administration - 2012
home births are widespread. To account for endogeneity in location of birth, we exploit the exogenous variation in distance … in newborn mortality. We provide suggestive evidence that proximity to medical technologies may be an important channel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010684817
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MODELLING THE HEALTH SECTOR POLICY REFORMS FOR NIGERIA:A PHASED PROJECT STUDY
NWAOBI, DR. GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2005
Good health is a crucial part of well-being but spending on health can be justified on economic grounds. The goal of reducing poverty provides a different but equally powerful case for health investments. However, if policymakers are to accelerate the substantial health gains of recent decades,...
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Saving Lives at Birth : The Impact of Home Births on Infant Outcomes
Meltem Daysal, N.; Trandafir, M.; van Ewijk, R. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2012
country where home births are widespread. To account for endogeneity in location of birth, we exploit the exogenous variation … substantial reductions in newborn mortality. We provide suggestive evidence that proximity to medical technologies may be an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011090342
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The Relationship Between Economic Conditions, Access to Health Care, and Health Outcomes
Aakvik, Arild - Econometric Society - 2004
municipalities increases mortality rates significantly. Unemployment, which has been an important determinant of mortality in many …-effects models are estimated using municipality data from 1996 to 2002. Health is proxied by total mortality rates divided into three … insignificant effect of per capital number of GPs on mortality. However, the number of vacant positions (unmet demand) in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005130164
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The Relationship Between Economic Conditions, Access to Health Care, and Health Outcomes
Aakvik, Arild; Holmås, Tor Helge - Institutt for Økonomi, Universitetet i Bergen - 2004
positions (unmet demand) in municipalities increases mortality rates significantly. In a policy simulation, we find that …-effects models are estimated using municipality data from 1996 to 2001. Health is proxied by total mortality rates divided into three …, which has been an important determinant of mortality in many studies, is found to have no effect on health outcomes in our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008917801
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Human capital and longevity. Evidence from 50,000 twins.
Lundborg, Petter; Lyttkens, Carl Hampus; Nystedt, Paul - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2012
Why do well-educated people live longer? We use unique and high-quality data on about 50,000 monozygotic and same-sex dizygotic twins, born between 1886-1958, to address this question. We demonstrate a positive and statistically signiÂ…cant relation between years of schooling and longevity,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010602604