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van den Berg, Bernard; Fiebig, Denzil G.; Hall, Jane - In: Journal of Health Economics 35 (2014) C, pp. 123-131

This paper estimates the impact of informal caregiving on self-reported well-being. It uses a sample of 23,285 respondents of the first eleven waves of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA).

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Rising educational gradients in mortality: The role of behavioral risk factors

Cutler, David M.; Lange, Fabian; Meara, Ellen; … - In: Journal of Health Economics 30 (2011) 6, pp. 1174-1187

The long-standing inverse relationship between education and mortality strengthened substantially at the end of the 20th century. This paper examines the reasons for this increase. We show that behavioral risk factors are not of primary importance. Smoking declined more for the better educated,...

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Does uninsurance affect the health outcomes of the insured? Evidence from heart attack patients in California

Daysal, N. Meltem - In: Journal of Health Economics 31 (2012) 4, pp. 545-563

In this paper, I examine the impact of uninsured patients on the in-hospital mortality rate of insured heart attack patients. I employ panel data models using patient discharge and hospital financial data from California (1999–2006). My results indicate that uninsured patients have an...

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The heterogeneity of the cigarette price effect on body mass index

Wehby, George L.; Courtemanche, Charles J. - In: Journal of Health Economics 31 (2012) 5, pp. 719-729

due to differences in underlying obesity risks or preferences for health. We evaluate heterogeneity in the long-run impact … weight loss is most beneficial for health – than at low levels. The effects are also strongest for blacks, college graduates …

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The effect of a hospital nurse staffing mandate on patient health outcomes: Evidence from California's minimum staffing regulation

Cook, Andrew; Gaynor, Martin; Stephens Jr, Melvin; … - In: Journal of Health Economics 31 (2012) 2, pp. 340-348

We evaluate the impact of California Assembly Bill 394, which mandated maximum levels of patients per nurse in the hospital setting. When the law was passed, some hospitals already met the requirements, while others did not. Thus changes in staffing ratios from the pre- to post-mandate periods...

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Smoking persistence across countries: A panel data analysis

Christelis, Dimitris; Sanz-de-Galdeano, Anna - In: Journal of Health Economics 30 (2011) 5, pp. 1077-1093

awareness of its health risks. …

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“It's driving her mad”: Gender differences in the effects of commuting on psychological health

Roberts, Jennifer; Hodgson, Robert; Dolan, Paul - In: Journal of Health Economics 30 (2011) 5, pp. 1064-1076

the psychological health of men and women. We use data from the British Household Panel Survey in a fixed effects … framework that includes variables known to determine psychological health, as well as factors which may provide compensation for …, commuting has an important detrimental effect on the psychological health of women, but not men, and this result is robust to …

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The incidence of the healthcare costs of smoking

Cowan, Benjamin; Schwab, Benjamin - In: Journal of Health Economics 30 (2011) 5, pp. 1094-1102

their higher expected healthcare costs. Similarly, we find that smokers who hold employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI …

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Putting different price tags on the same health condition: Re-evaluating the well-being valuation approach

Powdthavee, Nattavudh; van den Berg, Bernard - In: Journal of Health Economics 30 (2011) 5, pp. 1032-1043

Many recent writings in health policy have proposed that health be valued directly and in monetary terms using the new … the evaluation process. To shed light on this issue, monetary values for a number of health problems are compared across … different well-being measures within the same UK data set. We find that, whilst there is strong internal consistency of health …

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