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Spreading consensus : correcting misperceptions about the views of the medical community has lasting impacts on Covid-19 vaccine take-up
Bartoš, Vojtěch; Bauer, Michal; Cahlíková, Jana; … - 2022
were gradually rolled out. We find that the treatment recalibrates beliefs and leads to a lasting and stable increase in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012938953
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Positively aware? : conflicting expert reviews and demand for medical treatment
Balat, Jorge F.; Papageorge, Nicholas W.; Qayyum, Shaiza - 2017
We study the impact of expert reviews on the demand for HIV treatments. A novel feature of our study is that we observe two reviews for each HIV drug and focus attention on consumer responses when experts disagree. Reviews are provided by both a doctor and an activist in the HIV lifestyle...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011709785
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Positively Aware? Conflicting Expert Reviews and Demand for Medical Treatment
Balat, Jorge F. - 2017
We study the impact of expert reviews on the demand for HIV treatments. A novel feature of our study is that we observe two reviews for each HIV drug and focus attention on consumer responses when experts disagree. Reviews are provided by both a doctor and an activist in the HIV lifestyle...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012948663
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How Subjective Beliefs about HIV Infection Affect Life-Cycle Fertility : Evidence from Rural Malawi
Shapira, Gil - 2013
This paper studies the effect of subjective beliefs about HIV infection on fertility decisions in a context of high HIV … is allowed to differ from the actual exposure. In the model, women form beliefs about their HIV status and about their … own and their children's survival in future periods. Women update their beliefs with survival to each additional period as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011395628
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How Subjective Beliefs About HIV Infection Affect Life-Cycle Fertility : Evidence from Rural Malawi
Shapira, Gil - 2017
This paper studies the effect of subjective beliefs about HIV infection on fertility decisions in a context of high HIV … is allowed to differ from the actual exposure. In the model, women form beliefs about their HIV status and about their … own and their children's survival in future periods. Women update their beliefs with survival to each additional period as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974650
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How Subjective Beliefs about HIV Infection Affect Life-Cycle Fertility : Evidence from Rural Malawi
Shapira, Gil - 2013
This paper studies the effect of subjective beliefs about HIV infection on fertility decisions in a context of high HIV … is allowed to differ from the actual exposure. In the model, women form beliefs about their HIV status and about their … own and their children's survival in future periods. Women update their beliefs with survival to each additional period as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012558080
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The effects of off-label drug use on disability and medical expenditure
Blankart, Katharina; Lichtenberg, Frank R. - 2022
Does using prescription drugs off-label increase disability and medical expenditure? This paper uses a unique dataset to evaluate off-label vs. on-label drug use in the US non-institutionalized population. Patients using drugs off-label have on average $515 higher medical expenditure and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013412986
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On the relationship between aging, edical progress and age-specific health care expenditures
Ried, Walter (contributor) - 2007
This paper investigates the impact of population aging, driven by medical progress, upon agespecific expenditure on health care. In a model set up in discrete time, individuals at each age may catch a lethal disease which, upon receiving appropriate medical treatment, nevertheless involves a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003797084
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Spurious correlation in estimation of the health production function : a note
Akkoyunlu, Sule; Lichtenberg, Frank R.; Siliverstovs, Boriss - 2009
In this paper, we address the issue of spurious correlation in the production of health in a systematic way. Spurious correlation entails the risk of linking health status to medical (and nonmedical) inputs when no links exist. This note first presents the bounds testing procedure as a method to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003900852
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Spurious correlation in estimation of the health production function : a note
Akkoyunlu, Sule; Lichtenberg, Frank R.; Siliverstovs, Boriss - 2009
In this paper, we address the issue of spurious correlation in the production of health in a systematic way. Spurious correlation entails the risk of linking health status to medical (and nonmedical) inputs when no links exist. This note first presents the bounds testing procedure as a method to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003909500