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This study evaluates the impact of depression treatment on economic behavior in Karnataka, India. We cross …-randomized pharmacotherapy and livelihoods assistance among 1000 depressed adults and evaluated impacts on depression severity, socioeconomic … outcomes, and several potential pathways over 26 months. The pharmacotherapy treatments reduce depression severity, with …
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Since the end of the Great Recession, growth in health care spending has declined to historically low levels. There is disagreement over whether this decline was caused by falling incomes during the Great Recession (and therefore is likely to reverse once the recovery is complete) or whether the...
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The sharp reduction in US economic activity associated with public health efforts to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus will likely result in millions of Americans losing their jobs, at least temporarily. Adding insult to injury, many Americans who lose their jobs could also lose their health...
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Thirty million workers filed initial unemployment claims between March 15 and April 25. As workers lose their jobs, many will also lose their employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI), as will their dependents. Some of these workers and dependents will qualify for Medicaid coverage, particularly...
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The study anonymously screened patients with anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) associated … analyzed. Female, and who has mental disorder history is considered a significant risk factor for anxiety, depression and post … are considered to have fewer psychological symptoms when coping with COVID-19, including anxiety, depression and post …
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documents correlations between self reported depression and the size and composition of shopping baskets. First, we find that … roughly 16% of individuals report suffering from depression and over 30% of households have at least one member who reports … suffering from depression. Households with a member suffering from depression exhibit striking differences in shopping behavior …
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The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in income and employment loss in many countries around the world. Yet, hardly any formal study exists on household finance and future economic expectations in poorer countries. To fill in this gap, we implemented and analyzed a web-based rapid assessment survey...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in income and employment loss in many countries around the world. Yet, hardly any formal study exists on household finance and future economic expectations in poorer countries. To fill in this gap, we implemented and analyzed a web-based rapid assessment survey...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228618
Using panel data from Canadian National Population Health Survey (2006-2011), this study examined what happened to individuals' self-reported health during and in the aftermath of great recession of 2008-2009. The study used different methods such as ordered probit method, ordinary least square...
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Macroeconomic downturns can have an important impact on the availability of informal and formal long-term care. This paper investigates how the market for informal care changed during and after the Great Recession in Europe. We use data from the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe,...
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