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Selective-referral and unobserved patient heterogeneity : bias in the volume-outcome relationship

Hentschker, Corinna; Mennicken, Roman - 2014

This paper examines the causal effect of the experience of a hospital with treating hip fractures (volume) on treatment outcome for patients. A full sample of administrative data from Germany for the year 2007 is used. We apply an instrumental variable approach to eliminate endogeneity concerns...

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Quasi-experimental evidence on the effectiveness of heart attack treatment in Germany

Hentschker, Corinna; Wübker, Ansgar - In: Applied economics 52 (2020) 50, pp. 5531-5545

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The long-term effects of hospitalization on health care expenditures : an empirical analysis for the young-old population

Torrini, Irene; Lucifora, Claudio; Russo, Antonio - 2022

We investigate the short- and long-term effects of hospitalization on different types of health care expenditures (HCE). A dynamic DID model with variation in treatment timing is specied and estimated using register data of individuals aged 50-70 residing in Milan, Italy, and observed over the...

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The causal effects of education on adult health, mortality and income : evidence from Mendelian randomization and the raising of the school leaving age

Davies, Neil M.; Dickson, Matt; Smith, George Davey; … - 2019

We compare estimates of the effects of education on health and health behaviour using two different instrumental variables in the UK Biobank data. One is based on a conventional natural experiment while the other, known as Mendelian randomization (MR), is based on genetic variants. The natural...

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Fatal attraction? : extended unemployment benefits, labor force exits, and mortality

Kuhn, Andreas; Staubli, Stefan; Wüllrich, Jean-Philippe; … - 2018

We estimate the causal effect of permanent and premature exits from the labor force on mortality. To overcome the …-eligible regions. Using administrative data with precise information on mortality and retirement, we find that the policy change …

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Measuring the relationship between costs and outcomes : the example of acute myocardial infarction in German hospitals

Stargardt, Tom; Schreyögg, Jonas; Kondofersky, Ivan - In: Health economics 23 (2014) 6, pp. 653-669

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Fatal Attraction? Extended Unemployment Benefits, Labor Force Exits, and Mortality

Kuhn, Andreas - 2018

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Hospital Type and Patient Outcomes : An Empirical Examination Using AMI Re-Admission and Mortality Records

Jensen, Paul H.; Webster, Elizabeth; Witt, Julia - 2011

patient-level data on re-admission and mortality associated with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Hospitals are grouped … unplanned re-admission and mortality. A hazard rate model is used to assess the effect of hospital type on patient outcome …

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Costs attributable to hypercholesterolemia in a single period and over the life cycle

Reitzinger, Stephanie; Reiss, Miriam; Czypionka, Thomas - In: The European journal of health economics 25 (2024) 9, pp. 1595-1603

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The casual nexus between child mortality rate, fertility rate, GDP, household final consumption expenditure, and food production index

Asumadu-Sarkodie, Samuel; Owusu, Phebe Asantewaa - In: Cogent economics & finance 4 (2016) 1, pp. 1-15

In this study, the causal nexus between child mortality rate, fertility rate, GDP, household final consumption … running from fertility rate, food production index, GDP, and household final consumption expenditure to the mortality rate …. Evidence from the Variance Decomposition Analysis shows that, almost 6% of future fluctuations in mortality rate are due to …

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