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Smoking kills : an economic theory of addiction, health deficit accumulation, and longevity
Strulik, Holger - 2017
longevity. I distinguish two types of addiction: perfect and common. Individuals with perfect addiction perfectly control their … and the socioeconomic gradients of unhealthy consumption and longevity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011673693
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An economic theory of depression and its impact on health behavior and longevity
Strulik, Holger - 2018
In this paper, I introduce depression to the economics of human health and aging. Based on studies from happiness … late-life health outcomes and longevity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011786014
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The return to education in terms of wealth and health
Strulik, Holger - 2016
This study presents a new view on the association between education and longevity. In contrast to the earlier … gradient by idiosyncratic returns to education, with causality running from education to longevity. The theory also explains … why compulsory schooling has comparatively small effects on longevity and why the gradient gets larger over time through …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011556905
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Going from bad to worse : adaptation to poor health, health spending, longevity, and the value of life
Schünemann, Johannes; Strulik, Holger; Trimborn, Timo - 2015
Aging humans adapt to their worsening state of health and old people are usually happier than estimated by young … expectancy, and the value of life. We set up a a life cycle model in which individuals are subject to physiological aging … adaptation generally increases the value of life (by about 2 to 5 percent), its impact on health behavior and longevity depends …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011388100
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Health and education : understanding the gradient
Strulik, Holger - 2013 - This Version: September 2013
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Optimal aging with uncertain death
Strulik, Holger - 2013 - First Version: December 2011, This Version: June 2013
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Medical care within an OLG economy with realistic demography
Frankovic, Ivan; Kuhn, Michael; Wrzaczek, Stefan - 2016
We study the role of health care within a continuous time economy of overlapping generations subject to endogenous mortality. The economy consists of two sectors: final goods production and a health care sector, selling medical services to individuals. Individuals demand health care with a view...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011437147
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Chapter Eight. Cost Effectiveness and Payment Policy
Garber, Alan M.; Sculpher, Mark J. - In: Handbook of health economics : volume 2, (pp. 471-497). 2011
Cost-effectiveness analysis is versatile and used widely to assist in health care decision making. This chapter discusses how cost-effectiveness analysis is used at the system or national level, particularly in the domain of coverage and payment policy. We describe its relationship to other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025580
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Analysis of Costs, Length of Stay, and Utilization of Emergency Department Services By Frequent Users : Implications for Health Policy
Prah Ruger, Jennifer - 2007
In efforts to decrease emergency department (ED) crowding and health care costs, frequent users of ED services have been targeted for interventions to decrease their utilization. Previous studies have had different definitions for frequent users and have considered all frequent users as a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012778161
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The relative value of suicide prevention in health care priority setting
Andrén, Daniela; Laitila, Thomas; Ryen, Linda; … - 2023
This article investigates how the Swedish population values a reduction in the number of suicides in relation to other life-saving interventions within the health care sector. An online discrete choice experiment was conducted with a sample of 1000 Swedish members of the web panel Userneeds to...
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