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The intangible costs of overweight and obesity in Germany
Meng, Fan; Nie, Peng; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - In: Health economics review 13 (2023) 1, pp. 1-10
Background Previous literature documents the direct and indirect economic costs of obesity, yet none has attempted to … quantify the intangible costs of obesity. This study focuses on quantifying the intangible costs of one unit body mass index … obesity are estimated. We apply individual income as a reference for estimating the value of the loss of subjective well …
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Parents’ willingness to pay for the prevention of childhood overweight and obesity
Kesztyüs, Dorothea; Lauer, Romy; Schreiber, Anja C.; … - In: Health economics review 4 (2014) 20, pp. 1-8
Objective: To determine parental willingness-to-pay (WTP) for childhood obesity prevention. Methods: Cross … general WTP and amount of WTP. Results: From 1 534 parents, 97.8% considered overweight/obesity to be serious public health … problems. A general WTP to reduce the incidence of childhood overweight/obesity by half, was declared by 48.8%. Parents of …
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Do childcare policies increase maternal employment? : subsidized childcare fosters maternal employment, but employment status, childcare quality, and availability matter
Vuri, Daniela - 2016
Women's labor force participation has rapidly increased in most countries, but mothers still struggle to achieve a satisfactory work-life balance. Childcare allows the primary caregiver, usually the mother, to take time away from childrearing for employment. Family policies that subsidize...
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Quantifying the broader economic consequences of quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in Germany applying a government perspective framework
Kotsopoulos, Nikolaos; Connolly, Mark P.; Remy, Vanessa - In: Health economics review 5 (2015) 23, pp. 1-11
HPV infections can cause substantial burden in females and males as it is associated with several genital cancers, in addition to genital warts. Traditional economic evaluations often focus on quantifying cost-effectiveness, however, it is increasingly recognized that vaccinations may generate...
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Volume-outcome relationship and minimum volume regulations in the German hospital sector : evidence from nationwide administrative hospital data for the years 2005–2007
Hentschker, Corinna; Mennicken, Roman; Reifferscheid, … - In: Health economics review 8 (2018) 25, pp. 1-14
Background: This paper analyses the volume-outcome relationship and the effects of minimum volume regulations in the German hospital sector. Methods: We use a full sample of administrative data from the unselected, complete German hospital population for the years 2005 to 2007. We apply...
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A comparative study of the Turkish and German health care systems with regard to quality management in psychiatric hospitals
Yilmaz, Fatma Kantas; Ugur, Tarik Naci Norbert; Rese, … - In: International journal of management, economics and … 8 (2019) 3, pp. 223-241
This paper investigated the delivery of health services based on data recorded at two medium-sized hospitals: Erenkoy Mental Health Research and Training Hospital located in Istanbul/Turkey and LVR-Klinik Viersen in Germany. A comparison of quality management systems in terms of certification...
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Räumliche Ausbreitung von COVID-19 durch interregionale Verflechtungen
Mense, Andreas; Michelsen, Claus - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 100 (2020) 6, pp. 416-421
Das Coronavirus hat die Weltwirtschaft in eine Krise gestürzt. Seit Anfang März 2020 wurden in Deutschland Kontakt- und Ausgangsbeschränkungen sowie Verbote der Geschäftstätigkeit verhängt, die Schul- und Kitabetreuung ausgesetzt und strenge Hygienevorgaben erlassen. Daraufhin hat sich die...
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Timing matters : the impact of response measures on COVID-19-related hospitalization and death rates in Germany and Switzerland
Huber, Martin; Langen, Henrika - In: Swiss journal of economics and statistics 156 (2020) 1/10, pp. 1-19
We assess the impact of the timing of lockdown measures implemented in Germany and Switzerland on cumulative COVID-19-related hospitalization and death rates. Our analysis exploits the fact that the epidemic was more advanced in some regions than in others when certain lockdown measures came...
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3G am Arbeitsplatz : zur Situation in niedersächsischen Unternehmen Ende 2021
Thomsen, Stephan L.; Trunzer, Johannes - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 102 (2022) 2, pp. 127-132
Durch die Änderung des Infektionsschutzgesetzes Ende November 2021 wurde die Abbildung der 3G- und 2G-Quoten auf betrieblicher Ebene knapp ein Jahr nach Beginn der Impfungen möglich. Mithilfe einer Online-Blitzumfrage der Unternehmerverbände Niedersachsen, IHK Hannover, creditreform und dem...
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Vaccination gap, vaccination fraud and inefficient testing : lessons from the coronavirus pandemic
Beck, Hanno; Prinz, Aloys; Wolfstetter, Elmar - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 57 (2022) 5, pp. 330-336
A number of shortcomings in Germany’s efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus, including fraudulent testing, vaccination fraud and insufficient testing capacity have been identified and need to be remedied before another wave or worse, another pandemic. This paper examines the...
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