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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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The medical care costs of obesity: An instrumental variables approach

Cawley, John; Meyerhoefer, Chad - In: Journal of Health Economics 31 (2012) 1, pp. 219-230

This paper is the first to use the method of instrumental variables (IV) to estimate the impact of obesity on medical costs in order to address the endogeneity of weight and to reduce the bias from reporting error in weight. Models are estimated using restricted-use data from the Medical...

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The impact of physical education on obesity among elementary school children

Cawley, John; Frisvold, David; Meyerhoefer, Chad - In: Journal of Health Economics 32 (2013) 4, pp. 743-755

In response to the dramatic rise in childhood obesity, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and other organizations have advocated increasing the amount of time that elementary school children spend in physical education (PE) classes. However, little is known about the effect of PE on child...

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