Search Results - "Journal of health economics"

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Rising cigarette prices and rising obesity: Coincidence or unintended consequence?

by Courtemanche, Charles Published in Journal of health economics (2009)

“...Economists have begun to debate if the rise in cigarette prices in the U.S. in recent decades has contributed to the nation’s rise in obesity, reaching...”

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The economics of intense exercise

by Meltzer, David O Jena, Anupam B Published in Journal of health economics (2010)

“...Despite the well-known benefits of exercise, the time required for exercise is widely understood as a major reason for low levels of exercise in the US...”

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The fatal toll of driving to drink: The effect of minimum legal drinking age evasion on traffic fatalities

by Lovenheim, Michael F Slemrod, Joel Published in Journal of health economics (2010)

“...There is a sizeable literature on the effect of minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) restrictions on teenage drunk driving. This paper adds to the literature by...”

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Education and smoking: Were Vietnam war draft avoiders also more likely to avoid smoking?

by Grimard, Franque Parent, Daniel Published in Journal of health economics (2007)

“...We use the Vietnam war draft avoidance behavior documented by Card and Lemieux [Card, D., Lemieux, T., May 2001. Did draft avoidance raise college attendance...”

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Strategic integration of hospitals and physicians

by Cuellar, Alison Evans Gertler, Paul J Published in Journal of health economics (2006)

“...A striking development in the healthcare market place has been the formation of strategic relationships between hospitals and physicians. Hospital–physician...”

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The impact of emergency birth control on teen pregnancy and STIs

by Girma, Sourafel Paton, David Published in Journal of health economics (2011)

“...We use panel data from local authorities in England between 1998 and 2004 to examine the differential impact of increased access for teenagers to emergency...”

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Using rank data to estimate health state utility models

by McCabe, Christopher Brazier, John Gilks, Peter Tsuchiya, Aki Roberts, Jennifer O’Hagan, Anthony Stevens, Katherine Published in Journal of health economics (2006)

“...In this paper we report the estimation of conditional logistic regression models for the Health Utilities Index Mark 2 and the SF-6D, using ordinal preference...”

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Bayesian and classical estimation of mixed logit: An application to genetic testing

by Regier, Dean A Ryan, Mandy Phimister, Euan Marra, Carlo A Published in Journal of health economics (2009)

“...Discrete choice experiments (DCEs) in health economics have recently used the mixed logit (MXL) model to incorporate preference heterogeneity. These studies...”

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The effect of tobacco advertising bans on tobacco consumption

by Saffer, Henry Chaloupka, Frank Published in Journal of health economics (2000)

“...Tobacco advertising is a public health issue if these activities increase smoking. Although public health advocates assert that tobacco advertising does...”

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Does competition from ambulatory surgical centers affect hospital surgical output?

by Courtemanche, Charles Plotzke, Michael Published in Journal of health economics (2010)

“...▶ The average reduction in hospital outpatient surgical volume associated with ambulatory surgical centers is 2–4%. ▶ Ambulatory surgical center entry only...”

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Modeling the effects of health on economic growth

by Bhargava, Alok Jamison, Dean T Lau, Lawrence J Murray, Christopher J.L Published in Journal of health economics (2001)

“...This paper investigates the effects of health indicators such as adult survival rates (ASR) on GDP growth rates at 5-year intervals in several countries. Panel...”

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The effects of cardiac specialty hospitals on the cost and quality of medical care

by Barro, Jason R Huckman, Robert S Kessler, Daniel P Published in Journal of health economics (2006)

“...The recent rise of specialty hospitals – typically for-profit firms that are at least partially owned by physicians – has led to substantial debate about their...”

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Dynamics of health and labor market risks

by Haan, Peter Myck, Michal Published in Journal of health economics (2009)

“...While there is little doubt that the probability of poor health increases with age, and that less healthy people face a more difficult situation on the labor...”

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Health care utilisation in Europe: New evidence from the ECHP

by Bago d’Uva, Teresa Jones, Andrew M Published in Journal of health economics (2009)

“...The ECHP is used to analyse health care utilisation care in Europe. We estimate a new latent class hurdle model for panel data and compare it with the latent...”

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Effects of report cards on referral patterns to cardiac surgeons

by Epstein, Andrew J Published in Journal of health economics (2010)

“...Patients’ choices of specialist physicians may be guided by referring physicians and report cards. I examine referral patterns to cardiac surgeons to assess...”

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Physicians’ multitasking and incentives: Empirical evidence from a natural experiment

by Dumont, Etienne Fortin, Bernard Jacquemet, Nicolas Shearer, Bruce Published in Journal of health economics (2008)

“...We analyse how physicians respond to contractual changes and incentives within a multitasking environment. In 1999 the Quebec government (Canada) introduced an...”

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Managed care and medical expenditures of Medicare beneficiaries

by Chernew, Michael DeCicca, Philip Town, Robert Published in Journal of health economics (2008)

“...This paper investigates the impact of Medicare HMO penetration on the medical care expenditures incurred by Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) enrollees. We find...”

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Measuring health inequality using qualitative data

by Allison, R.Andrew Foster, James E Published in Journal of health economics (2004)

“...Many questions in health policy require an understanding of the distribution of health status across a given population and how it changes as a result of...”

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Calculating concentration index with repetitive values of indicators of economic welfare

by Chen, Zhuo Roy, Kakoli Published in Journal of health economics (2009)

“...Repetitive values of the ranking indicators of economic welfare are often introduced due to incidental ties or censoring in the welfare variable, or the...”

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