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Hidrobo, Melissa; Fernald, Lia - In: Journal of Health Economics 32 (2013) 1, pp. 304-319

Violence against women is a major health and human rights problem yet there is little rigorous evidence as to how to …

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Early life exposure to malaria and cognition in adulthood: Evidence from Mexico

Venkataramani, Atheendar S. - In: Journal of Health Economics 31 (2012) 5, pp. 767-780

that improvements in infant health help explain secular increases in cognitive test scores, that better cognition may link … early life health to adulthood earnings, and that human capital investments through childhood and young adulthood respond …

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The impact of medical errors on physician behavior: Evidence from malpractice litigation

Shurtz, Ity - In: Journal of Health Economics 32 (2013) 2, pp. 331-340

How do medical errors affect physician behavior? Despite the importance of this question empirical evidence about it remains limited. This paper studies the impact of obstetricians’ medical errors that resulted in malpractice litigation on their subsequent choice of whether to perform a...

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Does the U.S. health care sector suffer from Baumol's cost disease? Evidence from the 50 states

Bates, Laurie J.; Santerre, Rexford E. - In: Journal of Health Economics 32 (2013) 2, pp. 386-391

This study examines if health care costs in the United States are affected by Baumol's cost disease. It relies on an …–2009 period. The results suggest that health care costs grow more rapidly when economy-wide wage increases exceed productivity …-stage least square estimation. Consequently, this study suggests that the U.S. health care sector suffers from Baumol's cost …

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The nature of surgeon human capital depreciation

Hockenberry, Jason M.; Helmchen, Lorens A. - In: Journal of Health Economics 37 (2014) C, pp. 70-80

To test how practice interruptions affect worker productivity, we estimate how temporal breaks affect surgeons’ performance of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Examining 188 surgeons who performed 56,315 CABG surgeries in Pennsylvania between 2006 and 2010, we find that a surgeon's...

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Revisiting the relationship between nurse staffing and quality of care in nursing homes: An instrumental variables approach

Lin, Haizhen - In: Journal of Health Economics 37 (2014) C, pp. 13-24

This paper revisits the relationship between nurse staffing and quality of care in nursing homes using an instrumental variables approach. Most prior studies rely on cross-sectional evidence, which renders causal inference problematic and policy recommendations inappropriate. We exploit...

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Do stimulant medications improve educational and behavioral outcomes for children with ADHD?

Currie, Janet; Stabile, Mark; Jones, Lauren - In: Journal of Health Economics 37 (2014) C, pp. 58-69

We examine the effects of a policy change in the province of Quebec, Canada which greatly expanded insurance coverage for prescription medications. We show that the change was associated with a sharp increase in the use of stimulant medications commonly prescribed for ADHD in Quebec relative to...

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Preventing dengue through mobile phones: Evidence from a field experiment in Peru

Dammert, Ana C.; Galdo, Jose C.; Galdo, Virgilio - In: Journal of Health Economics 35 (2014) C, pp. 147-161

’ health preventive behavior in dengue-endemic areas. The main results suggest that repeated exposure to health information …

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Does liberalizing cannabis laws increase cannabis use?

Williams, Jenny; Bretteville-Jensen, Anne Line - In: Journal of Health Economics 36 (2014) C, pp. 20-32

A key question in the ongoing policy debate over cannabis’ legal status is whether liberalizing cannabis laws leads to an increase in cannabis use. This paper provides new evidence on the impact of a specific type of liberalization, decriminalization, on initiation into cannabis use. Our...

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Supplier-induced demand for newborn treatment: Evidence from Japan

Shigeoka, Hitoshi; Fushimi, Kiyohide - In: Journal of Health Economics 35 (2014) C, pp. 162-178

We estimate the degree of supplier-induced demand for newborn treatment by exploiting changes in reimbursement arising from the introduction of the partial prospective payment system (PPS) in Japan. Under the partial PPS, neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) utilization became relatively more...

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