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Evaluating nationwide health interventions when standard before-after doesn’t work : Malawi’s ITN distribution program
Deuchert, Eva; Wunsch, Conny - 2010
evaluate one of Malawi's main malaria prevention campaigns, a nationwide insecticide-treated-net (ITN) distribution scheme, in … that Malawi's ITN distribution campaign reduced child mortality by 1 percentage point, which corresponds to about 30% of … the total reduction in infant mortality over the study period. -- Treatment effect ; semi-parametric estimation ; health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003959196
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Evaluating Nationwide Health Interventions When Standard Before-After Doesn't Work : Malawi's ITN Distribution Program
Deuchert, Eva - 2010
evaluate one of Malawi's main malaria prevention campaigns, a nationwide insecticide-treated-net (ITN) distribution scheme, in … that Malawi's ITN distribution campaign reduced child mortality by 1 percentage point, which corresponds to about 30% of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013144025
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Evaluating Nationwide Health Interventions When Standard Before-After DoesnﾒT Work : Malawi's Itn Distribution Program
Deuchert, Eva - 2010
evaluate one of Malawi's main malaria prevention campaigns, a nationwide insecticide-treated-net (ITN) distribution scheme, in … that Malawi's ITN distribution campaign reduced child mortality by 1 percentage point, which corresponds to about 30% of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013144384
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Evaluating nationwide health interventions when standard before-after doesn't work : Malawi's ITN distribution program
Deuchert, Eva; Wunsch, Conny - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008668311
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Evaluating nationwide health interventions when standard before-after doesn't work: Malawi's ITN distribution program
Deuchert, Eva; Wunsch, Conny - 2010
evaluate one of Malawi's main malaria prevention campaigns, a nationwide insecticide-treated-net (ITN) distribution scheme, in … that Malawi's ITN distribution campaign reduced child mortality by 1 percentage point, which corresponds to about 30% of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269761
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Evaluating nationwide health interventions when standard before-after doesn't work: Malawi's ITN distribution program
Deuchert, Eva; Wunsch, Conny - 2010
evaluate one of Malawi's main malaria prevention campaigns, a nationwide insecticide-treated-net (ITN) distribution scheme, in … that Malawi's ITN distribution campaign reduced child mortality by 1 percentage point, which corresponds to about 30% of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270548
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Infant health and longevity : evidence from a historical trial in Sweden
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Karlsson, Martin; Nilsson, Therese - 2015
This paper investigates the potential of an infant intervention to improve life expectancy, contributing to emerging interest in the early life origins of chronic disease. We analyse a pioneering program trialled in Sweden in the 1930s, which provided information, support and monitoring of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010515874
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Infant health and longevity : evidence from a historical trial in Sweden
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Karlsson, Martin; Nilsson, Therese - 2015
This paper investigates the potential of an infant intervention to improve life expectancy, contributing to emerging interest in the early life origins of chronic disease. We analyse a pioneering program trialled in Sweden in the 1930s, which provided information, support and monitoring of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010510011
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Modern infectious diseases: macroeconomic impacts and policy responses
Bloom, David E.; Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2020
We discuss and review literature on the macroeconomic effects of epidemics and pandemics since the late 20th century. First, we cover the role of health in driving economic growth and well-being and discuss standard frameworks for assessing the economic burden of infectious diseases. Second, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012271478
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Heterogeneous effects of blood pressure screening
Kaempfen, Fabrice; Mosca, Irene - 2024
This is the first study that investigates the heterogeneous effects of blood pressure (BP) screening on subsequent changes in BP in a high-income country. We use data from clinical health assessments carried out in 2010 (baseline) and 2014 (follow-up) as part of a nationally-representative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014464112