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A modified Kakwani measure for health inequality
Fjugushige, Mototsugu; Ishikawa, Noriko; Maekawa, Satoko - In: Health economics review 2 (2012) 10, pp. 1-7
We propose simple modifications for the Kakwani tax progressivity measure that make it suitable for evaluating access inequality for medical services. Our modification is to measure inequality using the ratio of the concentration index to the Gini coefficient instead of the difference between...
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A modified Kakwani measure for health inequality
Fjugushige, Mototsugu; Ishikawa, Noriko; Maekawa, Satoko - In: Health Economics Review 2 (2012) 10, pp. 1-7
We propose simple modifications for the Kakwani tax progressivity measure that make it suitable for evaluating access inequality for medical services. Our modification is to measure inequality using the ratio of the concentration index to the Gini coefficient instead of the difference between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317153
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The Effect of Warning Signals from Health Check-Ups on Modifiable Lifestyle Risk Factors : Evidence from Mandatory Health Check-Ups for Employees in Japan
Hanaoka, Chie - 2023
Health check-ups provide information on disease risk for individuals. It is assumed that such negative health … health check-ups and subsequent lifestyle modifications remains unclear. This study investigates whether warning signals that … people receive after health check-ups lead to modified smoking and drinking behaviours over ten years after the check …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014348230
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Does free healthcare improve children's healthcare use and outcomes? : evidence from Japan's healthcare subsidy for young children
Kang, Cheolmin; Kawamura, Akira; Noguchi, Haruko - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 202 (2022), pp. 372-406
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Monthly Suicide Rates During the COVID-19 Pandemic : Evidence from Japan
Ruiz Sanchez, Gerardo - 2021
I use 2018-2020 prefecture-month-year level and gender-month-year level data on suicide rates in Japan to document how suicide rates are evolving during the COVID-19 pandemic. I use a monthly event study design to study changes in suicide rates surrounding Japan’s COVID-19 state of emergency...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013250970
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Socio-Economic Factors Influencing COVID-19 Spread in Japan; Virus Importation and Domestic Transmission during the First Two Waves
Bassino, Jean-Pascal - 2020
The failure to prevent the international diffusion of the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 results in a major exogenous shock. Social scientists should not limit themselves to estimating the economic impact and proposing mitigating measures. It is also critical to better assess the social and economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012829749
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Unequal consequences of COVID-19 across age and income: representative evidence from six countries
Belot, Michèle; Choi, Syngjoo; Tripodi, Egon; Van den … - 2020
Covid-19 and the measures taken to contain it have led to unprecedented constraints on work and leisure activities, across the world. This paper uses nationally representative surveys to document how people of different ages and incomes have been affected across six countries (China, South...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012239013
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Disparity in emergency medical services across Japan
Takimoto, Taro; Sakata, Kazuya; Nakajima, Kazunori; … - 2015
By using a prospective, nation-wide, population-based out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) database (All-Japan Utstein Registry, January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2012), we examined the disparity in emergency medical services across Japan and found significant disparities among prefectures. By...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011480967
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Health Spending in Japan : Macro-Fiscal Implications and Reform Options
Nozaki, Masahiro - 2014
Health spending has risen rapidly in Japan. We find two-thirds of the spending increase over 1990–2011 resulted from … micro- and macro-reforms to contain health spending, and financing options should be designed to enhance equity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013048361
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Health Care Reform in Japan
Imai, Yutaka - 2002
The health status of the Japanese is one of the best in the world. The healthcare system has no doubt contributed to … this, though the current state of research in health economics does not permit the determination of the extent of such …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444477