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The purpose of this study was to assess the association between involuntary job loss and alcohol-attributable morbidity … job loss and alcohol-attributable morbidity and mortality during a follow-up period of 12 years were estimated by …. The findings support previous evidence of increased risks of alcohol-related morbidity/mortality following involuntary job …
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overview of the available data and indicators on health status, morbidity and disability. It presents the changes in the level …
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This paper investigates the relationship between temperature and hospitalization in China. Using inpatient visit claims of two major public insurance schemes covering 47 cities in 28 provinces for three years, we see a 7.3% increase in hospital admissions on days on which the average temperature...
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Background. Prior studies indicate the protective role of Ultraviolet-B (UVB) radiation in human health, mediated by vitamin D synthesis. In this observational study, we empirically outline a negative association of UVB radiation as measured by ultraviolet index (UVI) with the number of COVID-19...
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that life expectancy at birth is a poor indicator of population health unless morbidity falls with mortality. …
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The purpose of this paper is to construct a relative performance index for the States in India in terms of their performance in combatting Covid-19 pandemic. The data is analyzed up to August, 2020, though the methodology used can be readily extended to update the index. The methodology can be...
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-cyclicality in measures of morbidity, and we find procyclicality in disability, obesity and traffic accidents in densely populated …
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is spent in good or in poor health will drastically influence the development of health care costs as morbidity status … prolonged lifespan is associated with a compression or an extension of morbidity is still sparse and inconclusive. In this paper …
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We identify 19 predetermined country-level factors significantly related to weekly COVID-19 morbidity and mortality …, which reduce morbidity and mortality, include temperature, the education level, religious diversity, media freedom, female … that the top five determinants, which collectively explain approximately 70% of the cross-country variation in morbidity …
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In response to the Covid-19 outbreak, among other previous "non-pharmaceutical interventions", on March 22, 2020 the Italian Government imposed an economic lockdown and ordered the closing of all non-essential economic activities. This paper estimates the causal effect of this measure on...
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