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The Measurement of Health and the Connection between Health Inequality and Income
Nesson, Erik - 2017
We examine the extent to which self-reported health measures suffer from reporting bias and then characterize how this reporting bias affects the estimation of income-related health inequality as measured by the concentration index. We run a comprehensive set of tests of reporting bias using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012953287
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Demand, selection and patient outcomes in German acute care hospitals
Schwierz, Christoph; Augurzky, Boris; Focke, Axel; … - 2008
affect patient outcomes. -- Hospital staffing ; inpatient outcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003767551
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Saving lives at birth : the impact of home births on infant outcomes
Daysal, N. Meltem; Trandafir, Mircea; Ewijk, Reyn van - 2012
from a mother's residence to the closest hospital. We find that giving birth in a hospital leads to substantial reductions …
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Impact of hospital delivery on child mortality : an analysis of adolescent mothers in Bangladesh
Pal, Sarmistha - 2015
The present paper provides new evidence that hospital delivery can significantly lower child mortality risks … 2005 (that enhanced emergency obstetric care in women friendly environment) to identify the causal effect of hospital … welfare clinic boosts hospital delivery likelihood, which in turn tends to lower neo-natal, early and infant mortality rates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010510008
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Saving Lives at Birth : The Impact of Home Births on Infant Outcomes
Daysal, N. Meltem - 2012
from a mother's residence to the closest hospital. We find that giving birth in a hospital leads to substantial reductions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099684
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The effects of unemployment on health, hospitalizations, and mortality - evidence from administrative data
Vodopivec, Matija; Laporšek, Suzana; Stare, Janez; … - 2021
comparison to employed persons with permanent contracts, persons experiencing unemployment face increased hazard of all three …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012517561
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The health effects of smoking bans : evidence from German hospitalization data
Kvasnicka, Michael; Siedler, Thomas; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2018
in preventing 1.9 hospital admissions (-2.1%) due to cardiovascular diseases per day, per 1 million population. We also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012012395
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The health effects of smoking bans : evidence from German hospitalization data
Kvasnicka, Michael; Siedler, Thomas; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2018
in preventing 1.9 hospital admissions (-2.1%) due to cardiovascular diseases per day, per 1 million population. We also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011880291
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The Health Effects of Smoking Bans : Evidence from German Hospitalization Data
Kvasnicka, Michael - 2018
in preventing 1.9 hospital admissions (-2.1%) due to cardiovascular diseases per day, per 1 million population. We also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012915315
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Demand, Selection and Patient Outcomes in German Acute Care Hospitals
Schwierz, Christoph; Augurzky, Boris; Focke, Axel; … - 2009
In times of peak demand hospitals may fail to deliver the high standard of treatment quality that they are able to offer their patients at regular times. To assess the magnitude of these effects, this study analyzes the effects of low staff-to-patients ratios on patient outcomes empirically. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014212021