decisions on primary prevention and savings when individuals face a health risk involving expenses that can not be covered by … any insurance (private or public). To manage health risks, individuals have two possibilities: invest in primary … covered by insurance. We show that the impact of wealth and interest rates on prevention and savings decisions strongly …

-dimensional utility function (wealth and health status). We prove that the introduction of chronic diseases influences the equilibrium of …This paper investigates the impact of chronic diseases on insurance contracts with adverse selection. We use a bi … insurance market. We characterize conditions such that first best contracts can be optimal with asymmetric information. …

” related to particular health states. The re-evaluation is accomplished from three perspectives: theoretic consistency … health-related, where quality of life may indeed be correlated with the willingness to take risks. …

I find causal evidence that Hurricane Katrina increased stress, smoking, binge drinking, and health insurance coverage … in the non-impacted storm surge region. In this region, Hurricane Katrina increased health insurance coverage by 440 … demand for behavioral health and health insurance. …

three topics: Risk aversion in the frameworks of Expected Utility and Rank Dependent Expected Utility theories, and the …

health outcomes conditional on observed patient covariates. Let y be an outcome of interest and let (x=k, w=j) be observed … patient covariates. Suppose a clinician wants to choose a care option that maximizes a patient's expected utility conditional …

health outcomes conditional on observed patient covariates. Let y be an outcome of interest and let (x=k, w=j) be observed … patient covariates. Suppose a clinician wants to choose a care option that maximizes a patient's expected utility conditional …

Psychosocial risks and work-related stress are among the most challenging issues in occupational safety and health. The … impact is significantly on the health of individuals and organizations management and national economies. Around half of …. Like many other issues surrounding mental health, stress is often misunderstood or stigmatized. However, when viewed as an …