Seasonal allergies and mental health: Do small health shocks affect suicidality? [0.03%]
季节性过敏与心理健康的关系：健康的小幅波动会影响自杀倾向吗？
Joelle Abramowitz,Shooshan Danagoulian,Owen Fleming
Joelle Abramowitz
Suicide rates increased 37% in the US from 2000 to 2018; while structural factors are extensively studied, short-term triggers remain less understood. We examine the impact of small exogenous shocks - allergies triggered by seasonal pollen ...
Impact of primary care market mergers on quality: Evidence from the English NHS [0.03%]
英国NHS中主要医疗服务市场合并对质量的影响：来自英格兰的证据
Yuan Lyu,Zhaocheng Zhang
Yuan Lyu
The primary care market has experienced a growing trend of provider consolidation through mergers and acquisitions, yet the implications of this concentration remain unclear. This study addresses this gap by providing the first empirical ev...
The effect of peers' genetic predisposition to depression on own mental health [0.03%]
同伴的抑郁遗传易感性对本人心理健康的影响
Yeongmi Jeong
Yeongmi Jeong
This paper studies how peers' genetic predisposition to depression affects own mental health during adolescence and early adulthood using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health). I exploit variat...
Algorithmic decision-making in health care: Evidence from post-acute care in Medicare Advantage [0.03%]
医疗保险优势计划中的术后护理对保健领域算法决策的影响
Jeffrey Marr
Jeffrey Marr
Health insurers use predictive algorithms to determine the necessary level of care and deny services they deem unnecessary. Using a difference-in-differences design, I study the partnership of a large Medicare Advantage insurer with a firm ...
Hoyt Bleakley
Hoyt Bleakley
While health affects economic development and wellbeing through a variety of pathways, one commonly suggested channel is a "horizon" mechanism in which increased longevity induces additional education. A recent literature devotes much atten...
Helmuth Cremer,Jean-Marie Lozachmeur
Helmuth Cremer
This study examines nonlinear reimbursement rules for secondary preventive and therapeutic care. Individuals may be healthy or ill, with illness severity determining their ex post type. Preventive care is chosen beforehand, while curative c...
Using stock price movements to estimate the harm from collusive drug patent litigation settlements [0.03%]
利用股价变动估算串谋专利诉讼和解带来的危害
Keith M Drake,Thomas G McGuire
Keith M Drake
The tradeoff between incentives to invest in R&D and efficient pricing takes a special form in the pharmaceutical sector. Brand drugs command high prices until generic competition begins, the timing of which usually depends on the outcome o...
Michael F Lovenheim,Jun Hyun Yun
Michael F Lovenheim
The U.S. healthcare system requires substantial out-of-pocket payments by most consumers, which can prevent some from receiving needed medical services. At the same time, housing wealth comprises a significant proportion of household wealth...
Anikó Bíró,Péter Elek
Anikó Bíró
We estimate the impact of firm quality - primarily measured by the firm-level wage premium - on the health maintenance of employees. Using linked employer-employee administrative panel data from Hungary, we analyze the dynamics of healthcar...
Impacts of health checkup programs standardization on working-age self-employed and unemployed: Insights from Japan's local government response to national policy [0.03%]
基于日本地方政府对国家政策的响应看健康检查制度的标准化对于工作年龄自我雇佣人群和失业人群的影响启示
Masato Oikawa,Takamasa Otake,Toshihide Awatani et al.
Masato Oikawa et al.
This study analyzes the effects of the expansion of municipal per capita expenses on health checkup programs, following the introduction of the Specific Health Checkups and Specific Health Guidance (SHC-SHG), on the health outcomes and beha...