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On correcting the concentration index for binary variables

Kjellsson, Gustav; Gerdtham, Ulf-G. - In: Journal of Health Economics 32 (2013) 3, pp. 659-670

This article discusses measurement of socioeconomic inequalities in the prevalence of a health condition, in response … data from the European Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement. …

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Forgetting to remember or remembering to forget: A study of the recall period length in health care survey questions

Kjellsson, Gustav; Clarke, Philip; Gerdtham, Ulf-G. - In: Journal of Health Economics 35 (2014) C, pp. 34-46

Self-reported data on health care use is a key input in a range of studies. However, the length of recall period in … self-reported health care questions varies between surveys, and this variation may affect the results of the studies. This …

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Consumers’ misunderstanding of health insurance

Loewenstein, George; Friedman, Joelle Y.; McGill, Barbara; … - In: Journal of Health Economics 32 (2013) 5, pp. 850-862

We report results from two surveys of representative samples of Americans with private health insurance. The first … examines how well Americans understand, and believe they understand, traditional health insurance coverage. The second examines …

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Cost of illness studies on reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health : a systematic literature review

Saha, Sanjib; Gerdtham, Ulf-G. - In: Health economics review 3 (2013) 24, pp. 1-12

Background: The term “reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH)” describes an integrated continuum of … health states which is central to Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5. While the burden of mortality and morbidity … databases checked were Medline (Pubmed), Embase and ECONbase, EconLit, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health (CINAHL …

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