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combination of public health measures, rising living standards, and new medical knowledge all played their part in this. Even if … AMR increases, the continuing effect of these factors and of new public health measures can limit the negative …
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Economists increasingly accept that social norms have powerful effects on human behavior and outcomes. In recent history, one norm widely adhered to in most developed nations has been for men to be the primary breadwinner within mixed-gender households. As women have entered the labor market in...
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This Article employs a behavioral economic analysis to understand why Medicaid has failed to improve the health … outcomes of its beneficiaries. It begins with a formal economic model of health care consumption and then systematically … incorporates a survey of psychosocial variables to formulate explanations for persistent health disparities. This methodology …
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The economics of addiction -- Smoking can kill you -- Let's drink to your health -- All you can eat -- We know what …
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The health care industry in the U.S. is peculiar. We spend close to 18% of our GDP on health care, yet other countries … "Would requiring everyone to buy health insurance make us better off?" Drawing on behavioral economics as an alternative to … the standard tools of health economics, author Douglas E. Hough seeks to more clearly diagnose the ills of health care …
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