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The captain of the men of death and his shadow: Long-run impacts of early life pneumonia exposure
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Venkataramani, Atheendar - 2011
We exploit the introduction of sulfa drugs in 1937 to identify the causal impact of exposure to pneumonia in infancy on … pneumonia as these were the areas that benefited most from the availability of sulfa drugs. These estimates are, in general … our finding that African Americans experienced larger absolute reductions in pneumonia mortality after the arrival of …
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The value of socialized medicine : the impact of universal primary healthcare provision on birth and mortality rates in Turkey
Cesur, Resul; Güneş, Pınar Mine; Tekin, Erdal; … - 2015
This paper examines the impact of universal, free, and easily accessible primary healthcare on population health as measured by age-specific birth and mortality rates, focusing on a nationwide socialized medicine program implemented in Turkey. The Family Medicine Program (FMP), launched in 2005,...
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The Value of Socialized Medicine : The Impact of Universal Primary Healthcare Provision on Birth and Mortality Rates in Turkey
Cesur, Resul - 2015
This paper examines the impact of universal, free, and easily accessible primary healthcare on population health as measured by age-specific birth and mortality rates, focusing on a nationwide socialized medicine program implemented in Turkey. The Family Medicine Program (FMP), launched in 2005,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013015025
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Life, Death, and Medicare Fraud : The Corruption of Hospice and What the Private Public Partnership Under the Federal False Claims Act is Doing About It
Barger, James - 2016
Once a humble, beloved, charity-based arm of the healthcare industry, hospice is now a multi-billion dollar industry, funded almost exclusively by Medicare, run by for-profit corporations answering to private equity investors and Wall Street, and more and more frequently plagued by fraud and...
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A model of economic activity in San Francisco during the 1918 influenza epidemic
Velde, François R. - 2022
I jointly use daily data on deaths and public transportation ridership in San Francisco in 1918-19 to estimate a model in which agents choose their level of economic activity based on perceived infection risk, modeled as a function of current and lagged infections or deaths. Agents' choices in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012819359
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The common interests of health protection and the economy : evidence from scenario calculations of Covid-19 containment policies
Dorn, Florian; Khailaie, Sahamoddin; Stoeckli, Marc; … - 2022
We develop a novel approach integrating epidemiological and economic models that allows databased simulations during a pandemic. We examine the economically optimal opening strategy that can be reconciled with the containment of a pandemic. The empirical evidence is based on data from Germany...
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The common interests of health protection and the economy : evidence from scenario calculations of COVID-19 containment policies
Dorn, Florian; Khaiaie, Sahamoddin; Stoeckli, Marc; … - 2022
We develop a novel approach integrating epidemiological and economic models that allows databased simulations during a pandemic. We examine the economically optimal opening strategy that can be reconciled with the containment of a pandemic. The empirical evidence is based on data from Germany...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012887594
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A Model of Economic Activity in San Francisco During the 1918 Influenza Epidemic
Velde, Francois R. - 2022
I jointly use daily data on deaths and public transportation ridership in San Francisco in 1918–19 to estimate a model in which agents choose their level of economic activity based on perceived infection risk, modeled as a function of current and lagged infections or deaths. Agents’ choices...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013295861
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Hospital proximity and mortality in australia
Leung, Andrew - In: Risks : open access journal 7 (2019) 3/81, pp. 1-24
It is intuitive that proximity to hospitals can only improve the chances of survival from a range of medical conditions. This study examines the empirical evidence for this assertion, based on Australian data. While hospital proximity might serve as a proxy for other factors, such as indigenity,...
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Who gets a mammogram amongst European women aged 50-69 years?
Wuebker, Ansgar - In: Health Economics Review 2 (2012) 6, pp. 1-13
On the basis of the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement (SHARE), we analyse the determinants of who engages in mammography screening focusing on European women aged 50-69 years. A special emphasis is put on the measurement error of subjective life expectancy and on the measurement and...
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