Alexandra L Cermeño,Nuno Palma,Renato Pistola
Alexandra L Cermeño
Using three independent archival sources, we previously documented substantial declines in stunting and wasting in Portugal during the mid-twentieth century. This note revisits the original evidence, clarifies the descriptive scope of our a...
Patient selection or rational patient choice? Insights from a hospital competition model with heterogeneous agents [0.03%]
Calogero Guccio,Domenico Lisi,Isidoro Mazza et al.
Calogero Guccio et al.
Hospitals differ along several dimensions, including ownership structure, strategic objectives, and resource capacity, while patients vary in illness severity, comorbidities, and other factors affecting their healthcare needs. Available emp...
Be rich, grow tall? Testing whether parental social origin is associated with filial body height using two German student cohorts [0.03%]
Felix Bittmann
Felix Bittmann
Various theoretical arguments suggest that parental social origin is positively associated with the body height of their children. Using two cohorts from the German National Educational Panel Study (NEPS), which provide prospective panel da...
Anushiya Vijayasivajie,Pundarik Mukhopadhaya,Chris Heaton
Anushiya Vijayasivajie
This paper investigates whether overweight and/or obese individuals face diminished employment prospects in the labour market in Australia. Exploiting the 2006-2019 Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey panel data, we im...
The international diffusion of medical innovation since 1900: Revisiting the Preston curve [0.03%]
1900年以来的国际医疗创新扩散：重新审视Preston曲线
Daniel Gallardo-Albarrán,Jurre Jochemsen
Daniel Gallardo-Albarrán
The health of nations has improved at an unprecedented rate since the start of the 20th century, following a series of waves of mortality declines. While the timing and intensity of these waves have been documented, the factors influencing ...
The impact of a household-level food retail environment health quality measure on diet quality [0.03%]
家庭食品零售环境健康质量衡量标准对饮食质量的影响
Benjamin Scharadin,Michele Ver Ploeg,Lauren Miller
Benjamin Scharadin
Differences in access to healthy and affordable food retailers may contribute to disparities in diet-related health. Although this relationship has been studied extensively, due to the wide-reaching significance of the impacts of poor diet-...
The impact of personalised weight feedback on heart attack incidence: A regression discontinuity approach [0.03%]
基于回归不连续性方法探讨个性化体重反馈对心脏病发作发病率的影响
Will Cook
Will Cook
This study investigates whether providing individuals with feedback about their weight status influences long-term health outcomes, specifically the incidence of myocardial infarction (heart attack) over a 13-19 year period. Using data from...
Fertility behaviour under geopolitical uncertainty: Evidence from Ukraine [0.03%]
地缘政治不确定性下的生育行为变化——来自乌克兰的证据
Jeet Saha
Jeet Saha
This study investigates how a surge in geopolitical uncertainty in a smaller state, arising from aggression by a larger power, influences fertility behaviour within the affected state. Focusing on Ukraine during the post-Crimean crisis peri...
The effects of extreme heat on stroke hospitalizations: Evidence from China [0.03%]
中国极端高温对脑卒中住院的影响：来自中国的证据
Lyuxiu Li,Nan Zhao,Caiyi Zhao et al.
Lyuxiu Li et al.
This study examines the impact of extreme heat on stroke-related hospitalization outcomes, specifically total expenditures and length of hospital stay, in a developing country context. Using patient-level hospitalization data collected from...
Urban-rural medical insurance integration and universal health insurance coverage in China: A quasi-experimental study [0.03%]
中国城乡医疗保障接轨与全民医保覆盖：准实验研究
Mingzheng Hu,Jinkang Huo,Yingying Ouyang et al.
Mingzheng Hu et al.
Fragmented health insurance systems create barriers to universal health coverage (UHC) and reinforce social inequalities in urban development. To address these challenges, China implemented an urban-rural medical insurance integration polic...