Winning big but feeling no better? The effect of lottery prizes on physical and mental health.

abstract：:Appendectomy is a common and relatively simple procedure to remove an inflamed appendix, but the rate of appendectomy varies widely across Europe. This paper investigates factors that explain differences in resource use for appendectomy. We analysed 106,929 appendectomy patients treated in 939 hospitals in 10 European...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Mason A,Or Z,Renaud T,Street A,Thuilliez J,Ward P,EuroDRG group.

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fires and burns are among the leading causes of unintentional death in the USA. Most of these deaths occur in residences, and cigarettes are a primary cause. In this paper, I explore the relationship between smoking, cigarette policies, and fires. As smoking rates decline, there are fewer opportunities for fires; howe...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Markowitz S

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Much recent research interest has focused on handling uncertainty in cost-effectiveness analysis and in particular the calculation of confidence intervals for incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs). Problems of interpretation when ICERs are negative have led to two important and related developments: the use of...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Sendi PP,Briggs AH

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluates the welfare benefits of the New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS), the main public health insurance plan for the rural population in China. The findings show that the value of the NCMS to recipients is slightly lower than the government's costs of implementation, ranging from 0.79 to 0.97 per RMB ...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Sun JY

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laws mandating that individuals wear a seat belt have the presumed goal of reducing motor vehicle accident fatalities, but the prevailing view is that they may reduce the number of organs available. I provide a conceptual model identifying mechanisms whereby the law could either increase or decrease organ donation. Ex...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Brewer B

更新日期：2020-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of administrative decentralisation on equity in health and health care is an important unresolved issue in the health policy debate. Predictions from the limited theoretical literature and the relevant empirical research are both insufficient to draw any firm conclusions. Many countries are nevertheless exp...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Jiménez-Rubio D,Smith PC,Van Doorslaer E

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-compliance with medication therapy remains an unsolved and expensive problem for healthcare systems around the world, yet we know little about the factors that affect a patient's decision to follow treatment recommendations. In particular, there is little evidence on the extent to which doctors can influence patie...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Koulayev S,Simeonova E,Skipper N

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We take explicit account of the way in which the supply of physicians and patients in the economy affects the design of physician remuneration schemes, highlighting the three-way trade-off between quality of care, access, and cost. Both physicians and patients are heterogeneous. Physicians choose both the number of pa...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Barham V,Milliken O

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from a household survey were used to analyse the distribution of newborn deliveries in a rural area of Kenya. It was found that 52% of deliveries occurred at home or with traditional birth attendants. Using regression techniques, the most significant predictors of choosing an informal delivery setting are the hou...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Hodgkin D

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using 11 years of county-level panel data, fixed effect models are estimated to evaluate the impact of the Safe Motherhood (SM) Program in China. Propensity score matching is used to select comparable factual and counterfactual counties. Out of 2013 counties in China, 283 are selected for the treatment group and 1051 ...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Feng XL,Shi G,Wang Y,Xu L,Luo H,Shen J,Yin H,Guo Y

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent work, the concentration index has been widely used as a measure of income-related health inequality. The purpose of this note is to illustrate two different methods for decomposing the overall health concentration index using data collected from a Short Form (SF-36) survey of the general Australian populatio...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Clarke PM,Gerdtham UG,Connelly LB

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Successful supply-side interdictions into illegal drug markets are predicated on the responsiveness of drug prices to enforcement and the price elasticity of demand for addictive drugs. We present causal estimates that targeted interventions aimed at methamphetamine input markets ('precursor control') can temporarily ...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Cunningham S,Finlay K

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Income inequality hypotheses propose that income differentials and/or income distributions have a detrimental effect on health. This previously well accepted relationship between inequality and health has recently come under scrutiny; some claim that it is a statistical artefact, arguing that aggregate level data are ...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Lorgelly PK,Lindley J

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assess the impact on teenage childbearing as well as student knowledge, attitudes, and behavior of a typical HIV/AIDS teacher training program in the Cameroon. Applying a regression discontinuity design identification strategy based on the key administrative criterion that determined program deployment, we find tha...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Arcand JL,Wouabe ED

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Outpatient visit co-payments have increased in recent years. We estimate the patient response to a price change for specialty care, based on a co-payment increase from $15 to $50 per visit for veterans with hypertension. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS:A retrospective cohort of veterans required to pay co-pay...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Maciejewski ML,Liu CF,Kavee AL,Olsen MK

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper analyses the aggregate relationships between traffic accidents and real economic activity in Spain during the last 30 years. Our general approach is based on two basic assumptions: (1) the number of accidents depends on the use of cars and other exogenous variables, and (2) the level of economic activity af...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： García-Ferrer A,De Juan A,Poncela P

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluate the causal impact of an improvement in insurance coverage on patients' decisions to consult physicians who charge more than the regulated fee. We use a French panel data set of 43,111 individuals observed from 2010 to 2012. At the beginning of the period, none of them were covered for balance billing; by t...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Dormont B,Péron M

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I exploit substantial increases in the earned income tax credit to study how a policy-driven change in family income affects childhood obesity. Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, my difference-in-differences estimates indicate that the probability of being obese increased by 3 percentage points amon...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Jo Y

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examine the dynamic relationships between economic status and health measures using data from 8 waves of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics from 1999 to 2013. Health measures are self-rated health (SRH) and functional limitations; economic status measures are labor income (earnings), family income, and net wealth. ...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Meraya AM,Dwibedi N,Tan X,Innes K,Mitra S,Sambamoorthi U

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a random sample of more than 4000 veterans, we test the effects of combat exposure on mental health. We focus on two cohorts of veterans: those who served in Vietnam (1964-1975) and the Gulf War (1990-1991). Combat exposure differed between these groups in intensity, duration and elapsed time since exposure. We ...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Gade DM,Wenger JB

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the contingent valuation method for measurement of monetary values of various commodities. However, the validity and reliability of the method need to be examined thoroughly. This paper reports results of a test of scope and question order effects in a contingent v...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Kartman B,Stålhammar NO,Johannesson M

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) enables female sex workers (FSWs) to protect themselves from HIV without relying on clients using condoms. Yet, because PrEP reduces HIV risk, financial incentives to not use condoms may lead to risk compensation: reductions in condom use an...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Quaife M,Terris-Prestholt F,Mukandavire Z,Vickerman P

更新日期：2020-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:This research examines how teenage drug and alcohol use responds to changes in the economy. In contrast to the recent literature confirming pro-cyclical alcohol use among adults, this research offers strong evidence that a weaker economy leads to greater teenage marijuana and hard-drug use and some evidence that a wea...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Arkes J

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:China's recent and ambitious health care reform involves a shift from the reliance on markets to the reaffirmation of the central role of the state in the financing and provision of services. In collaboration with the Government of the Ningxia province, we examined the impact of two key features of the reform on healt...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Powell-Jackson T,Yip WC,Han W

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This research note analyzes differences in the number of absent working days and doctor visits and in their cyclicality between private sector, public sector and self-employed workers. For this purpose, I used large-scale German survey data for the years 1995 to 2007 to estimate random effects negative binomial (count...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Pfeifer C

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We study the effects of inherited socioeconomic characteristics on markers of unhealthy bodyweight. Taking Australian microdata from 2007 to 2013, we show that approximately 4% of the variation in outcomes is determined by factors beyond an individual's control, such as their race, gender, and social class. Paternal s...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Balasooriya NN,Bandara JS,Rohde N

更新日期：2021-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The National Health Service (NHS) in England distributes substantial funds to health-care providers in different geographical areas to pay for the health care required by the populations they serve. The formulae that determine this distribution reflect populations' health needs and local differences in the prices of i...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Elliott R,Ma A,Sutton M,Skatun D,Rice N,Morris S,McConnachie A

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper analyses the evolution of pharmaceutical expenditure with respect to GDP for a group of the most important OECD economies. We find that this relationship is not stable across the sample considered (1960-2003), and heterogeneity is found in the temporal evolution of the variables and across countries. Furthe...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Clemente J,Marcuello C,Montañés A

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper provides new empirical evidence on the employment and earning effects of the recent Medicaid expansion. Unlike most existing studies that use a conventional state and year fixed effects approach, our main identification strategy is based on the comparison of employment and wages in contiguous county-pairs i...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Peng L,Guo X,Meyerhoefer CD

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is little evidence about the responsiveness of doctors' labour supply to changes in pay. Given substantial increases in NHS expenditure, new national contracts for hospital doctors and general practitioners that involve increases in pay, and the gradual imposition of a ceiling on hours worked through the Europea...

journal_title：Health economics

authors： Ikenwilo D,Scott A

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00