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Delivering parenting interventions through health services in the Caribbean

by Walker, Susan P Powell, Christine Chang, Susan M Baker-Henningham, Helen Grantham-McGregor, Sally Vera-Hernández, Marcos López Bóo, Florencia
01.01.2019

“...There is limited information on whether integrating childhood interventions with health and nutrition services interventions is effective and feasible. In this...”

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Group Size and the Efficiency of Informal Risk Sharing

by Fitzsimons, Emla Malde, Bansi Vera‐Hernández, Marcos Published in The Economic journal (London) (01.07.2018)

“...This paper studies the relationship between group size and informal risk sharing. It shows that under limited commitment with coalitional deviations, this...”

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The Know-Do Gap in Quality of Health Care for Childhood Diarrhea and Pneumonia in Rural India

by Mohanan, Manoj Vera-Hernández, Marcos Das, Veena Giardili, Soledad Goldhaber-Fiebert, Jeremy D Rabin, Tracy L Raj, Sunil S Schwartz, Jeremy I Seth, Aparna Published in JAMA pediatrics (16.02.2015)

“...IMPORTANCE: In rural India, as in many developing countries, childhood mortality remains high and the quality of health care available is low. Improving care...”

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Risk Protection, Service Use, and Health Outcomes under Colombia's Health Insurance Program for the Poor

by Grant Miller Diana Pinto Marcos Vera-Hernández Published in American economic journal. Applied economics (01.10.2013)

“...Unexpected medical care spending imposes considerable financial risk on developing country households. Based on managed care models of health insurance in...”

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TESTING FOR ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION IN PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE

by Pau Olivella Marcos Vera-Hernández Published in The Economic journal (London) (01.03.2013)

“...We test for asymmetric information in the UK private health insurance (PHI) market. In contrast to earlier research that considers either a purely private...”

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Nutrition, information and household behavior: Experimental evidence from Malawi

by Fitzsimons, Emla Malde, Bansi Mesnard, Alice Vera-Hernández, Marcos Published in Journal of development economics (01.09.2016)

“...Incorrect knowledge of the health production function may lead to inefficient household choices and thereby to the production of suboptimal levels of health...”

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The effects of the transition from home-based childcare to childcare centers on children’s health and development in Colombia

by Bernal, Raquel Attanasio, Orazio Peña, Ximena Vera-Hernández, Marcos Published in Early childhood research quarterly (Q2 2019)

“...•We estimated the effects of the offer to transfer from home-based childcare to childcare centers in Colombia.•The evaluation design is based on a...”

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Personality Traits and Performance Contracts: Evidence from a Field Experiment among Maternity Care Providers in India

by Katherine Donato Grant Miller Manoj Mohanan Yulya Truskinovsky Marcos Vera-Hernández Published in The American economic review (01.05.2017)

“...We study how agents respond to performance incentives according to key personality traits (conscientiousness and neuroticism) through a field experiment...”

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Breast feeding and the weekend effect: an observational study

by Fitzsimons, Emla Vera-Hernández, Marcos Published in BMJ open (01.07.2016)

“...ObjectiveTo compare the incidence of breast feeding by day of week of birth.DesignRetrospective database study using 16 508 records from the 2005 and 2010...”

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Should Cash Transfers Be Conditional? Conditionality, Preventive Care, and Health Outcomes

by Orazio P. Attanasio Veruska Oppedisano Marcos Vera-Hernández Published in American economic journal. Applied economics (01.04.2015)

“...We study a Conditional Cash Transfer program in which the cash transfers to the mother only depend on the fulfilment of the national preventive visit schedule...”

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Public Hospital Spending in England: Evidence from National Health Service Administrative Records

by Kelly, Elaine Stoye, George Vera‐Hernández, Marcos Published in Fiscal studies (01.09.2016)

“...Health spending per capita in England has almost doubled since 1997, yet relatively little is known about how that spending is distributed across the...”

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Irie Classroom Toolbox: a study protocol for a cluster-randomised trial of a universal violence prevention programme in Jamaican preschools

by Baker-Henningham, Helen Vera-Hernández, Marcos Alderman, Harold Walker, Susan Published in BMJ open (01.05.2016)

“...IntroductionWe aim to determine the effectiveness of a school-based violence prevention programme implemented in Jamaican preschools, on reducing the levels of...”

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Effect of a large-scale social franchising and telemedicine program on childhood diarrhea and pneumonia outcomes in India

by Mohanan, Manoj Babiarz, Kimberly S Goldhaber-Fiebert, Jeremy D Miller, Grant Vera-Hernández, Marcos Published in Health affairs (Project Hope) (01.10.2016)

“...Despite the rapid growth of social franchising, there is little evidence on its population impact in the health sector. Similar in many ways to private-sector...”

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COMMUNITY NURSERIES AND THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF POOR CHILDREN. EVIDENCE FROM COLOMBIA

by Orazio P. Attanasio Vincenzo Di Maro Marcos Vera-Hernández Published in The Economic journal (London) (01.09.2013)

“...We use two different data sets and three different instruments to estimate the impact of a long-established pre-school nursery programme on children's...”

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Exploiting subjective information to understand impoverished children's use of health care

by Álvarez, Begoña Vera-Hernández, Marcos Published in Journal of health economics (01.12.2013)

“...Understanding what drives households to seek medical services is challenging because the factors affecting the perceived benefits and costs of professional...”

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Providers' knowledge of diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis using vignettes: evidence from rural Bihar, India

by Mohanan, Manoj Goldhaber-Fiebert, Jeremy D Giardili, Soledad Vera-Hernández, Marcos Published in BMJ global health (01.12.2016)

“...BackgroundAlmost 25% of all new cases of tuberculosis (TB) worldwide are in India, where drug resistance and low quality of care remain key...”

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Family networks and healthy behaviour: evidence from Nepal

by Skordis, Jolene Pace, Noemi Vera-Hernandez, Marcos Rasul, Imran Fitzsimons, Emla Osrin, David Manandhar, Dharma Costello, Anthony
edited by Gusmano, Michael K Helderman, Jan-Kees
Published in Health economics, policy and law (01.04.2019)

“...Models of household decision-making commonly focus on nuclear family members as primary decision-makers. If extended families shape the objectives and...”

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Early Childhood Stimulation Benefits Adult Competence and Reduces Violent Behavior

by Walker, Susan P Chang, Susan M Vera-Hernández, Marcos Grantham-McGregor, Sally Published in Pediatrics (Evanston) (01.05.2011)

“...An estimated 178 million children younger than 5 years in developing countries experience linear growth retardation and are unlikely to attain their...”

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Are tax subsidies for private medical insurance self-financing? Evidence from a microsimulation model

by López Nicolás, Ángel Vera-Hernández, Marcos Published in Journal of health economics (2008)

“...This paper develops an empirical strategy to estimate whether subsidies to private medical insurance are self-financing in countries where public and private...”

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Competition among differentiated health plans under adverse selection

by Olivella, Pau Vera-Hernández, Marcos Published in Journal of health economics (2007)

“...Market power and adverse selection are prevalent features of the market for pre-paid health plans. However, most of the literature on adverse selection...”

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