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Mid-Epidemic Case Fatality Rate - The Case of COVID-19 : Reducing the Impact of Wrong Risk Perception
Nath, Purnendu - 2020
In the midst of the current COVID-19 pandemic, the mortality risk being presented by both the media and some public health information providers is often misleading and so increasing the risk of suboptimal policy decisions and lower than desired voluntary compliance rates. We make the following...
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer care in OECD countries
Fujisawa, Rie - 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted primary and secondary prevention efforts as well as routine cancer care including diagnosis and treatment. The number of cancer-related procedures declined across countries. Many of the OECD countries also faced challenges in maintaining and further improving...
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Impact of policy regulations on the functioning of hospitals in Poland during the COVID-19 pandemic : a qualitative analysis
Masłowski, Dariusz; Kulińska, Ewa; Salwin, Mariusz; … - In: International journal of management and economics 58 (2022) 2, pp. 192-217
During the state of epidemic in Poland in 2020, all facilities providing medical services were subject to constant reorganization. Legal changes, which were introduced at a very rapid pace, did not allow the standardization of the work of the health service. Therefore, the assessment of the...
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Trust as key to health sector reforms
Kulkarni, Vani S.; Kulakarṇi, Vīṇā; Gaiha, Raghav - In: Asian development review : studies of Asian and pacific … 40 (2023) 2, pp. 145-176
Globally, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has sparked unexpected and violent outbursts against doctors, nurses, and other health personnel. In the Indian context, studies on violence against doctors and other medical staff largely focus on supply-demand imbalances in health care,...
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Competition and hospital quality : evidence from a French natural experiment
Gobillon, Laurent; Milcent, Carine - 2017
We evaluate the effect of a pro-competition reform gradually introduced in France over the 2004-2008 period on hospital …
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Do soda taxes affect the consumption and health of school-aged children? : evidence from France and Hungary
Gangl, Selina - 2021 - Revised version
in Europe: Hungary imposed a Public Health Product Tax (PHPT) on several unhealthy products in 2011. France introduced …-parametric Difference-in-Differences (DID) approach. Since the policies differ in Hungary and France, I analyse the effects separately by … beverages, which are taxed at a higher rate, by sodas. The effect of the soda tax in France is as expected negative, but …
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COVID-19 vaccination mandates and vaccine uptake
Karajvanov, Alexander K.; Kim, Dongwoo; Lu, Shih En; … - 2021
across Canadian provinces in a difference-in-differences approach. Time-series analysis for each province and for France … mandate announcements). We also find large vaccination gains in France (3 to 5 mln first doses), Italy (around 6 mln) and …
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Do soda taxes affect the consumption and health of school-aged children? : evidence from France and Hungary
Gangl, Selina - 2020
: Hungary imposed a "Public Health Product Tax" on several unhealthy products including sodas in 2011. France introduced solely …- parametric difference-in-differences (DID) approach. Since the policies differ in Hungary and France, I analyse the effects … as well as the decreased amount of sugar in sodas. The effect of the soda tax in France is as expected negative, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012426921
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Sleep quality and the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic in five European countries
Jabakhanji, Samira; Lepinteur, Anthony; Menta, Giorgia; … - 2022 - This version: September 2022
deaths/100,000 inhabitants (our proxy for the evolution of the pandemic) significantly reduced sleep quality in France …
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The COVID-19 pandemic and health care utilization : evidence from Austrian register data
Frimmel, Wolfgang; Pruckner, Gerald J. - 2024
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic had an enormous impact on social and economic life and in particular. for human health care. In this paper, we document the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and its accompanying policies on individual health care utilization. We use detailed administrative...
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