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Keeping pace with the healthcare transformation: a literature review and research agenda for a new decade of health information systems research

Ostern, Nadine; Perscheid, Guido; Reelitz, Caroline; … - In: Electronic Markets 31 (2021) 4, pp. 901-921

Background Accelerated by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, major and lasting changes are occuring in healthcare structures, impacting people's experiences and value creation in all aspects of their lives. Information systems (IS) research can support analysing and anticipating...

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The Value of Socialized Medicine: The Impact of Universal Primary Healthcare Provision on Birth and Mortality Rates in Turkey

Cesur, Resul; Güneş, Pınar Mine; Tekin, Erdal; … - 2015

This paper examines the impact of universal, free, and easily accessible primary healthcare on population health as measured by age-specific birth and mortality rates, focusing on a nationwide socialized medicine program implemented in Turkey. The Family Medicine Program (FMP), launched in 2005,...

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Eating behavior of students in relation to the offer available in the vicinity of the university campus

Dominteanu, Teodora; Matac, Liviu Marian; Alexander, … - In: Amfiteatru Economic 27 (2025) 69, pp. 535-554

Eating behavior of students is a major concern given the prevalence of chronic diseases associated with unhealthy food preferences, such as ultra-processed foods, which are characterized by wide availability, extensive marketing and advertising efforts and affordable prices. At the same time,...

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Should UI eligibility be expanded to low-earning workers? Evidence on employment, transfer receipt, and income from administrative data

Leung, Pauline; O'Leary, Christopher J. - 2015

Recent efforts to expand unemployment insurance (UI) eligibility are expected to increase low-earning workers' access to UI. Although the expansion's aim is to smooth the income and consumption of previously ineligible workers, it is possible that UI benefits simply displace other sources of...

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Do SNAP work requirements work?

Harris, Timothy F. - 2019

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act waived Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) work requirements … the American Community Survey from 2010 to 2016, I analyze the influence of work requirements on employment and SNAP … participation for ABAWD. I find that work requirements significantly decreased SNAP participation and marginally increased …

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Estimating the Associations between SNAP and Food Insecurity, Obesity, and Food Purchases with Imperfect Administrative Measures of Participation

Courtemanche, Charles; Denteh, Augustine; Tchernis, Rusty - 2018

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Pro-gram (SNAP) participation as well as a survey-based measure. We first document substantial … associations between SNAP and food insecurity, obesity, and the Healthy Eating Index. These results serve as a cautionary tale …

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Educational Reforms and Their Positive Externalities on the Labor Market

Elsenberger, Fabio; Kendzia, Michael Jan - 2023

Educational reforms aim to improve education quality and accessibility, creating positive externalities like individual growth and societal benefits. Although the global educational attainment has progressed, disparities still exist. This study applies the four-cell matrix developed by Münich...

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Communication matters: Sensitivity in fairness evaluations across wealth inequality expressions and levels

Oppel, Annalena - 2023

This paper seeks to understand whether the way in which inequality is communicated through measurements influences individuals' fairness perceptions regarding wealth inequality. It begins from the premise that prominent measures of inequality, such as the Gini coefficient, fall short of...

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The labor market impact of Covid-19 on Asian Americans

de Mena, Chris; Qin, Suvy; Zhang, Jing - 2023

Asian Americans faced a disproportionately larger surge in unemployment rates than other racial and ethnic groups during the Covid-19 pandemic. While existing literature typically examines labor demand channels to explain this, we instead explore a labor supply channel. Our hypothesis is that...

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Sociodemographic and health factors associated with the risk of financial catastrophe when informal care for patients with haematological neoplasms is replaced by formal care

del Pozo-Rubio, Raúl; Ortega-Ortega, Marta - In: Health Economics Review 12 (2022) 1, pp. 1-12

Background: Cancer is one of the diseases with the highest incidence and mortality in the world, and one that requires greater care (formal and informal). At present, the traditional informal caregiver is disappearing. The objective is to analyse the sociodemographic and health factors...

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