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There is a substantial literature in medical journals examining the marketing and promotional efforts of pharmaceutical firms. This literature is generally critical of those efforts, focusing on the negative aspects of promotion. Although the literature is expressed in empirical and scientific...
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-effective LTC. Providing insurers with appropriate incentives for efficiency without jeopardizing access for high-risk individuals … requires, among other things, an adequate system of risk adjustment. While risk adjustment is now widely adopted in health … insurance, it is unclear whether adequate risk adjustment is feasible for LTC because of its specific features. We examine the …
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regulatory policies that reduce risks to human life. It depends, however, on the distribution of risk and wealth. Currently …-anyway" effect complements excess attention to intense interests in explaining this. Our normative criterion for spending on risk …
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The value of risks to life as measured by the risk-money trade-off plays a fundamental role in economic analyses of … health and safety risks and serves as the principal benefit measure for government risk regulation policies. The hedonic … also examines the risk-risk analysis approach and provides a comprehensive survey of the use of VSL by government agencies. …
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benefits of small mortality changes but is inaccurate for large risk changes because it holds constant the VSL — a marginal …
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We study the Medicare Part D prescription drug insurance program as a bellwether for designs of private, non-mandatory health insurance markets that control adverse selection and assure adequate access and coverage. The focus of this paper is on the ability of consumers to evaluate and optimize...
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although risk can be measured, uncertainty cannot be measured. Even though risk can be measured, a simple symmetric measure … attempt at "measuring" risk or (fundamental) uncertainty is flawed. …
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