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Pharmaceutical demand response to utilization management
Pharmaceutical demand response to utilization management
Health insurance in general, and prescription drug insurance in particular, has widely been considered by the economics li...
Do risk, time and prosocial preferences predict risky sexual behaviour of youths in a low-income, high-risk setting?
Do risk, time and prosocial preferences predict risky sexual behaviour of youths in a low-income, high-risk setting?
Volume 93, January 2024, 102845Author links open overlay panel, , , , AbstractYoung people in sub-Saharan Africa are parti...
Socioeconomic status and access to mental health care: The case of psychiatric medications for children in Ontario Canada
Socioeconomic status and access to mental health care: The case of psychiatric medications for children in Ontario Canada
Volume 93, January 2024, 102841Author links open overlay panel, , AbstractWe examine differences in the prescribing of psy...
Distributionally sensitive measurement and valuation of population health
Distributionally sensitive measurement and valuation of population health
Population health is usually measured with an average, such as health-adjusted life expectancy. This ignores inequality in...
Estimating the Effects of Tobacco-21 on Youth Tobacco Use and Sales
Estimating the Effects of Tobacco-21 on Youth Tobacco Use and Sales
In the United States, tobacco use is estimated to cause approximately a half-million preventable deaths (Office of the Sur...
Do responses to news matter? Evidence from interventional cardiology
Do responses to news matter? Evidence from interventional cardiology
Volume 94, March 2024, 102846Author links open overlay panel, , , , AbstractWe examine physician responses to a global inf...
Sibling spillovers and the choice to get vaccinated: Evidence from a regression discontinuity design
Sibling spillovers and the choice to get vaccinated: Evidence from a regression discontinuity design
This paper studies the impacts of a vaccine program on the vaccine take-up of eligible and ineligible individuals. Even th...
Risk preferences over health: Empirical estimates and implications for medical decision-making
Risk preferences over health: Empirical estimates and implications for medical decision-making
Mainstream health economic theory implies that an expected gain in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) produces the sam...
The impact of scope-of-practice restrictions on access to medical care
The impact of scope-of-practice restrictions on access to medical care
We study the impact of scope-of-practice laws in a highly regulated and important policy setting, the provision of medicat...
Regulating ethical experimentation: Impacts of the breakthrough therapy designation on drug R&D
Regulating ethical experimentation: Impacts of the breakthrough therapy designation on drug R&D
This article investigates patterns of pharmaceutical development activity around the creation of the Breakthrough Therapy ...
The impact of Medicaid expansion and travel distance on access to transplantation
The impact of Medicaid expansion and travel distance on access to transplantation
Volume 94, March 2024, 102858Author links open overlay panelAbstractMost transplant centers require candidates be insured ...
Valuing life over the life cycle
Valuing life over the life cycle
JEL classificationJ17D15G11KeywordsValue of human lifeValue of Statistical LifeGunpoint valueDeterministic Longevity Value...
The effect of primary healthcare on mortality: Evidence from Costa Rica
The effect of primary healthcare on mortality: Evidence from Costa Rica
Even before the 2018 Declaration of Astana reaffirmed the global commitment to primary healthcare (PHC), many academics, n...
The labour market returns to sleep
The labour market returns to sleep
Volume 93, January 2024, 102840Author links open overlay panel, , AbstractDespite the growing prevalence of insufficient s...
Reminder design and childhood vaccination coverage
Reminder design and childhood vaccination coverage
High and timely coverage rates in publicly-provided and funded vaccination programs are central policy goals. Given covera...
How do hospitals respond to input regulation? Evidence from the California nurse staffing mandate
How do hospitals respond to input regulation? Evidence from the California nurse staffing mandate
Mandated minimum nurse-to-patient ratios have been the subject of active debate in the U.S. for over twenty years and are ...
Do minimum wage laws affect employer-sponsored insurance provision?
Do minimum wage laws affect employer-sponsored insurance provision?
Since the 1950s, employers have played an instrumental role in private health insurance provision for employees and their ...
Physician responses to Medicare reimbursement rates
Physician responses to Medicare reimbursement rates
Medicare’s reimbursement schedule is an important policy lever to affect physician behavior. Physicians can potentially re...
Does informal care delay nursing home entry? Evidence from Dutch linked survey and administrative data
Does informal care delay nursing home entry? Evidence from Dutch linked survey and administrative data
Available online 20 October 2023, 102831Author links open overlay panel, AbstractWe assess whether informal care receipt a...
The long-term effects of early-life pollution exposure: Evidence from the London smog
The long-term effects of early-life pollution exposure: Evidence from the London smog
This research has been conducted using the UK Biobank Resource, as well as data provided through www.visionofbritain.org.u...
The health effects of nursing home specialization in post-acute care
The health effects of nursing home specialization in post-acute care
Nursing homes serve both long-term care and post-acute care (PAC) patients, two groups with distinct financing mechanisms ...
Mass vaccination and educational attainment: Evidence from the 1967–68 Measles Eradication Campaign
Mass vaccination and educational attainment: Evidence from the 1967–68 Measles Eradication Campaign
Infectious disease epidemics disrupt communities temporarily but may also lead to long-term changes in children’s human ca...
Tax incidence for menthol cigarettes by race: Evidence from Nielsen Homescan data
Tax incidence for menthol cigarettes by race: Evidence from Nielsen Homescan data
It is well known that African Americans (hereinafter, Blacks) have the highest percentage of menthol cigarette use among a...
Physician-Patient Race-Match Reduces Patient Mortality
Physician-Patient Race-Match Reduces Patient Mortality
Despite convergence during the 20th century, there remain large Black-White disparities in health outcomes in the United S...
Consequences of a shortage and rationing: Evidence from a pediatric vaccine
Consequences of a shortage and rationing: Evidence from a pediatric vaccine
Drug shortages are an “urgent public health crisis”, according to the American Medical Association (2020). The Food and Dr...
Living with particles: Disclosure of pollution information, individual responses, and health consequences
Living with particles: Disclosure of pollution information, individual responses, and health consequences
A large body of evidence causally links pollution with poor health and mortality (Chay and Greenstone, 2003; Currie and Ne...
The Effects of Nursing Home Specialization in Post-Acute Care
The Effects of Nursing Home Specialization in Post-Acute Care
Nursing homes serve both long-term care and post-acute care (PAC) patients, two groups with distinct financing mechanisms ...
Inequality in the golden years: Wealth gradients in disability-free and work-free longevity in the United States
Inequality in the golden years: Wealth gradients in disability-free and work-free longevity in the United States
There has been substantial interest in how indicators of socioeconomic status are related to mortality and well-being, wit...
The impact of a long-term care information campaign on insurance coverage
The impact of a long-term care information campaign on insurance coverage
Available online 26 September 2023, 102822Author links open overlay panelAbstractI estimate the impact of an information c...
Do Tobacco 21 Laws Work?
Do Tobacco 21 Laws Work?
“We should do everything we can to prevent young people from smoking and save lives. Increasing the tobacco age to 21 will...
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