In many health domains, we are concerned that observed links - for example, between “healthy” behaviors and good … vary over time. When a particular health behavior becomes more recommended, the take-up of the behavior may be larger among … people with other positive health behaviors. Such changes in selection would make it even more difficult to learn about …

Health information technology (IT) adoption, it is argued, will dramatically improve patient care. We study the impact … sensitive conditions we find that health IT adoption reduces mortality for the most complex patients but does not affect … case mix. We decompose the impact of health IT into care coordination, clinical information management, and other …

In February 2009 the U.S. Congress unexpectedly passed the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical … Health Act (HITECH). HITECH provides up to $27 billion to promote adoption and appropriate use of Electronic Medical Records …

smoking of men in late middle age in the Health and Retirement Study better than myopic models. We develop and estimate a …

experiencing any health benefit. We develop and structurally estimate a pre-specified model of consumer behavior under present bias …Self-control problems constitute a potential explanation for the under-investment in preventive health care observed in … different commitment contracts, but find no effects on actual doctor visits or individual health outcomes. Thus, a substantial …

shown that non-work physical activity has a positive impact on health while work physical activity has a negative impact on … health. Many prior studies have relied primarily on leisure-time physical activity, which typically constitutes only about 10 … gender differentials in health. About 25-46% of the differentials in non-work physical activity can be attributed to …

a range of health behaviors. Using longitudinal survey data that include pre- and post- reports from the same … individuals, we investigate the effects of the crisis on smoking, heavy drinking, dietary behaviors, sleep, and other health … behaviors and investigate changes in work hours, real income, wealth, and mental health as potential mediators. We also consider …

Using data from the NLSY97 we analyze the impact of education on health behaviors, measured by smoking and heavy … drinking. Controlling for health knowledge does not influence the impact of education on health behaviors, supporting the … between education and health behaviors, this effect disappears once the models control for family fixed effects. Similarly …