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Determinants of avoidable deaths from ischaemic heart diseases in East and West Germany

Schwierz, Christoph; Wübker, Ansgar - 2009

ischaemic heart diseases (IHD) inWest and East Germany from 1996 to 2004. Our main result reveals that the number of … catch-up process in the number of IC facilities provided relative to West Germany. -- Avoidable deaths ; ischaemic heart … disease ; intracardiac catheters ; Germany …

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West-East convergence in the prevalence of illicit drugs : socioeconomics or culture?

Tauchmann, Harald (contributor) - 2008

In contrast to West-Germany, illicit drugs were virtually absent in East-Germany until 1990. Yet, after the collapse of … the former GDR, East-Germany was expected to encounter a sharp increase in the prevalence of substance abuse. By analyzing … individual data, we find that East-Germany largely caught up with West-Germany's ever-growing prevalence of illicit drugs within …

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The mortality crisis in East Germany

Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Riphahn, Regina T. - 1998

explaining mortality crises and their relevance for the case of East Germany. Based on individual-level panel data the …

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The dynamics of Income-related health inequality among US children

Chatterji, Pinka; Lahiri, Kajal; Song, Jingya - 2011

We estimate and decompose family income-related inequality in child health in the US and analyze its dynamics using the income-related health mobility index recently introduced by Allanson et al., 2010. Data come from the 1997, 2002, and 2007 waves of the Child Development Supplement (CDS) of...

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The Re-Emerging Suicide Crisis in the U.S : Patterns, Causes and Solutions

Marcotte, Dave E.; Hansen, Benjamin - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

The suicide rate in the United States has risen nearly 40 percent since 2000. This increase is puzzling because suicide rates had been falling for decades at the end of the 20th Century. In this paper, we review important facts about the changing rate of suicide. General trends miss the story of...

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Economic conditions at birth, birth weight, ability, and the causal path to cardiovascular mortality

Berg, Gerard J. van den; Modin, Bitte - 2013

We analyze interaction effects of birth weight and the business cycle at birth on individual cardiovascular (CV) mortality later in life. In addition, we examine to what extent these long-run effects run by way of cognitive ability and education and to what extent those mitigate the long-run...

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Moral hazard and less invasive medical treatment for coronary artery disease : the case of cigarette smoking

Margolis, Jesse; Hockenberry, Jason; Grossman, Michael; … - 2014

Comparisons of the effectiveness of two common procedures for Coronary Artery Disease: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG). Evidence indicates that CABG - the more invasive procedure - leads to superior long term outcomes for otherwise similar...

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Non-Covid Excess Deaths, 2020-21 : Collateral Damage of Policy Choices?

Mulligan, Casey B.; Arnott, Robert D. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

From April 2020 through at least the end of 2021, Americans died from non-Covid causes at an average annual rate 97,000 in excess of previous trends. Hypertension and heart disease deaths combined were elevated 32,000. Diabetes or obesity, drug-induced causes, and alcohol-induced causes were...

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Beyond the business cycle : factors driving aggregate mortality rates

Hanewald, Katja (contributor) - 2008

-economic and ecological factors as explanatory variables. Germany is chosen as an indicative example for other industrialized …

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Economic development, novelty consumption, and body weight : evidence from the East German transition to capitalism

Dragone, Davide; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2015

This paper develops a conceptual framework that can explain why economic development goes along with increases in body weight and obesity rates. We first introduce the concept of novelty consumption, which refers to an increase in food availability due to trade or innovation. Then we study how...

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