Workforce impacts of subsidised mental healthcare: Evidence on supply, geographic distribution, and earnings [0.03%]
补贴心理健康护理的劳动力影响:关于供应、地域分布和收入的证据
Nicole Black,Anthony Harris,David W Johnston et al.
Nicole Black et al.
To improve access to affordable mental healthcare, Australia introduced a national, publicly-funded program in 2006 to subsidise psychological services, which were previously privately funded. Theory suggests that by increasing demand, subs...
Individualized disability support schemes and their impact on autism diagnoses [0.03%]
个人化的残疾支持计划及其对自闭症诊断的影响
Maathumai Ranjan,Robert Breunig
Maathumai Ranjan
This paper examines the impact of individualized funding for disability supports on autism diagnoses. We identify these effects using the staggered roll out of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), which provides individualized f...
Does telemedicine technology affect prescribing quality in primary care? The case of antibiotics [0.03%]
远程医疗技术会影响初级保健中的处方质量吗?抗生素的案例研究
Daniel Avdic,Johannes S Kunz,Susan J Méndez et al.
Daniel Avdic et al.
We study the impact of telemedicine technology on antibiotic prescription rates using linked administrative data from Australia on physicians and their patients. We classify physicians by their relative use of virtual consultations after th...
Elaine Kelly,Carol Propper,Ben Zaranko
Elaine Kelly
This paper examines the effect of nurse shortages on healthcare production. Employing novel high-frequency data, we examine what effect the absence of nursing staff has on inpatient mortality and other outcomes associated with nursing care....
The impact of vertical integration on health care delivery and costs: Evidence from physician-pharmacy integration [0.03%]
纵向一体化对医疗卫生服务提供和成本的影响:来自医生-药店纵向一体化的证据
Pragya Kakani
Pragya Kakani
Vertical integration among health care providers is an increasingly common feature of U.S. health care. This study investigates the impact of vertical integration in the context of oncology practices launching in-house pharmacies dispensing...
Optimal mental health belief formation with information avoidance: A decision-theoretic model [0.03%]
基于信息回避的最优心理健康信念形成:决策理论模型
Daehyun Kim
Daehyun Kim
Mental health stigma hinders access to healthcare by distorting belief formation and decision-making. Stigmatized individuals often underestimate their risk of mental illness and avoid diagnostic information. This study develops a decision-...
Fertility responses to tropical cyclones: Causal evidence and mechanisms [0.03%]
台风对生育率的影响:因果证据及机制分析
Ha Trong Nguyen,Francis Mitrou
Ha Trong Nguyen
In light of growing concerns over escalating natural disaster risks and persistently low fertility rates, this paper quantifies the causal impacts of tropical cyclones and identifies the pathways through which they influence childbearing de...
James Flynn
James Flynn
This paper documents an important unintended consequence of expanding contraceptive access; it reduces the rates of adverse infant health outcomes. I study a large family planning initiative in the St. Louis metropolitan area that provided ...
Partial rating area offering and tests for anticompetitive market segmentation in the ACA Marketplaces [0.03%]
《ACA市场中反竞争性市场分割的部分评级区供应及试验》
Hanming Fang,Ami Ko
Hanming Fang
To limit price variation across consumers in the Health Insurance Marketplaces, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) mandates that insurance plans be uniformly priced across multiple counties within the same geographic ratin...
Manuel Bagues,Carmen Villa
Manuel Bagues
Many European countries have raised the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) from 16 to 18 over the past decades. These policies often comprise a bundle of reforms including restrictions on alcohol sales to minors, venue access limitations, an...