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Eliason, Marcus - 2015

The purpose of this study was to assess the association between involuntary job loss and alcohol-attributable morbidity … job loss and alcohol-attributable morbidity and mortality during a follow-up period of 12 years were estimated by …. The findings support previous evidence of increased risks of alcohol-related morbidity/mortality following involuntary job …

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Evidence of Protective Role of Ultraviolet-B (UVB) Radiation in Reducing COVID-19 Deaths

Kalippurayil Moozhipurath, Rahul; Kraft, Lennart; … - 2020

Background. Prior studies indicate the protective role of Ultraviolet-B (UVB) radiation in human health, mediated by vitamin D synthesis. In this observational study, we empirically outline a negative association of UVB radiation as measured by ultraviolet index (UVI) with the number of COVID-19...

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Health status, functional limitations and disability : changes in Poland

Golinowska, Stanisława; Sowa, Agnieszka Ewa - 2012

overview of the available data and indicators on health status, morbidity and disability. It presents the changes in the level …

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Impact of Temperature on Morbidity : New Evidence from China

Agarwal, Sumit; Qin, Yu; Shi, Luwen; Wei, Guoxu; Zhu, … - 2021

This paper investigates the relationship between temperature and hospitalization in China. Using inpatient visit claims of two major public insurance schemes covering 47 cities in 28 provinces for three years, we see a 7.3% increase in hospital admissions on days on which the average temperature...

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Heterogenous impacts of climate change on morbidity

Hajdu, Tamás - 2025

This paper examines the effect of temperature on emergency department (ED) visits using administrative data covering 50% of the Hungarian population and 3.52 million ED visits from 2009 to 2017. The results show that ED visit rates increase when average temperatures exceed 10°C, primarily...

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R&D-driven medical progress, health care costs, and the future of human longevity

Böhm, Sebastian; Grossmann, Volker; Strulik, Holger - 2018

In this paper we set up an overlapping generations model of gerontological founded human aging that takes the interaction between R&D-driven medical progress and access to health care into account. We use the model to explore potential futures of human health and longevity. For the baseline...

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Combatting Covid-19 : on relative performance of the Indian States

Marjit, Sugata; Mukhopadhyay, Anish Kumar; Chatterjee, Medha - 2020

The purpose of this paper is to construct a relative performance index for the States in India in terms of their performance in combatting Covid-19 pandemic. The data is analyzed up to August, 2020, though the methodology used can be readily extended to update the index. The methodology can be...

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The 'Double Expansion of Morbidity' Hypothesis : Evidence from Italy

Atella, Vincenzo; Belotti, Federico; Cricelli, Claudio … - 2018

to the “Expansion of Morbidity” hypothesis. In this paper we propose the “Double Expansion of Morbidity” (DEM) hypothesis …

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How Effective Is Social Distancing?

Huang, Difang - 2021

We identify the dynamic effects of social distancing policy on reducing the transmission of the COVID-19 spread. We build a model that measures the relative frequency and geographic distribution of the virus growth rate and provides hypothetical infection distribution in the states that enacted...

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Changes in Morbidity by Proximity to Death over Time : Evidence from Europe

Heger, Dörte - 2016

good or in poor health will drastically influence the development of health care costs as morbidity status rather than age … is associated with a compression or an extension of morbidity is still sparse and inconclusive. In this paper, we analyse …

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