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seeking behavior during a public health crisis. This paper evaluates the effect of COVID-19 vaccination on the individual … eligibility rollout across states and over time as an instrument for individual vaccination status. We find that receiving a COVID … protection against infection. We also find evidence to indicate that vaccination affects healthcare seeking behavior by easing …
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transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), a major new heart attack treatment, on mortality. We use a full sample of administrative … suggest a 4.5 percentage point mortality reduction for patients who have access to this new treatment compared to patients … receiving only conservative treatment. We relate mortality reduction to the additional costs for this treatment and conclude …
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Growing concern about future sustainability of public budgets in the context of population ageing has given rise to a large debate on the role of age in the context of health care expenditure. Growing evidence on the so called death related costs hypothesis arguing that the positive relationship...
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This paper investigates the factors that determine differences across OECD countries in health outcomes, using data on life expectancy at age 65, over the period 1960 to 2007. We estimate a production function where life expectancy depends on health and social spending, lifestyle variables, and...
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This paper investigates the factors that determine differences across OECD countries in health outcomes, using data on life expectancy at age 65, over the period 1960 to 2007. We estimate a production function where life expectancy depends on health and social spending, lifestyle variables, and...
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-time administration had little observable impact on mortality. We then attempt to determine why health departments were ineffective. Our …. This health department funding also better predicts infant mortality declines. Our conclusions indicate that specific …
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How has government healthcare spending prepared countries for tackling the COVID19 pandemic? Arguably, spending is the primary policy tool of governments in providing effective health. We argue that the effectiveness of spending in reducing COVID deaths is conditional on the existence of...
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mortality, as a development indicator. A unique dataset comprising 44 sub-Saharan African countries spanning from 1970 to 2010 …
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