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It is commonly known that irresponsible alcohol use can have adverse effects. For some people it results in health … estimates the effect of reduced alcohol sales hours on alcohol-attributable mortality (AAM) in Estonia. Using novel mortality …
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One of the basic needs of the people is good health that is central to human happiness and well-being. The aim of the … study was to investigate the health status of older adults (persons aged 50 years or higher) from Poland and to identify the … factors affecting their health among sociodemographic and economic characteristics. The source of information used in the …
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In this paper, I propose a life cycle model of painkiller consumption that combines the theory of health deficit …
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detrimental behavioral responses. We explore this idea in the context of endogenous health and aging. We integrate physiological … state of health affects health spending, life expectancy, and the value of life. In counterfactual computational experiments … lifetime utility, health investments, and longevity. We then use the model to contribute to the literature on information …
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Broadband is seen as a vector of economic growth and social development. In the developing world, mobile technologies are widely adopted and mobile broadband is progressively rolled-out with high expectations on its impact on the countries' development. We highlight what the determinants of...
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While the burden of non-communicable diseases is rising in low- and middle-income countries, the uptake of screening for these diseases remains low. We conducted a community-based RCT in Indonesia to assess whether personalized and targeted text messages can increase the demand for existing...
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