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Heterogeneous effects of medical interventions on the health of low-risk newborns

Daysal, N. Meltem; Trandafir, Mircea; Ewijk, Reyn van - 2016

We investigate the impact of early-life medical interventions on low-risk newborn health. A policy rule in The Netherlands creates large discontinuities in medical treatments at gestational week 37. Using a regression discontinuity design, we find no health benefits from additional treatments...

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Heterogeneous Effects of Medical Interventions on the Health of Low-Risk Newborns

Daysal, N. Meltem - 2016

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Governance of Preventive Health Intervention and on Time Verification of its Efficiency in a Region of Southern Italy : The Giove Study

Mennini, Francesco Saverio; Baio, Gianluca; Montagano, … - 2011

Background: Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programmes should substantially reduce costs generated by HPV-related diseases. More valuable economic results were showed with predictive models based on a multi-cohort vaccination strategy. In a region of southern Italy, a quadrivalent-based...

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Quality and Quantity in Primary Care Mixed Payment Models : Evidence from Family Health Organizations in Ontario

Kantarevic, Jasmin - 2011

physicians in Ontario, Canada. Using a panel of administrative data that covers one year before and two years after the FHO model … was introduced in 2007, we find that physicians in the FHO model provide about 6 percent fewer services and visits per day … immunizations, pap smears, and mammograms compared to physicians in the FHG model. These results are largely consistent with the …

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Quality and quantity in primary care mixed payment models : evidence from family health organizations in Ontario

Kantarevic, Jasmin; Kralj, Boris - 2011

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A review of external assistance and aid effectiveness for maternal and child health : challenges and opportunities

Bhutta, Zulfiqar Ahmed; Aleem, Samia - 2013

This paper primarily focuses on how global funding has supported interventions that have proven to be successful in reducing maternal, newborn, and child mortality around the world. The growth rate of development assistance targeted towards these specific interventions has varied greatly over...

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Political agency and public health care : evidence from India

Costa-Font, Joan; Parmar, Divya - 2017

A growing literature studies the effect of enhancing the agency relationship between political incumbents and constituents on the use of health care, and specifically maternal and preventive care services. We examine the development of institutions of self-governance in India, and specifically...

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How much do OECD countries spend on prevention?

Gmeinder, Michael; Morgan, David; Mueller, Michael - 2017

OECD countries face the multiple challenges of rapidly ageing societies with the associated rise in chronic diseases and the ever-present threat from new or evolving communicable diseases. This is within the context of seeking better value for money from the health sector. While a growing body...

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The Impact of Preventive Health Behaviour and Social Factors on Visits to the Doctor

Yom Din, Gregory; Zugman, Zinaida; Khashper, Alla - 2015

Background The aim of this study is to examine the joint impact of preventive health behavior (PHB) and social and demographic factors on the utilization of primary and secondary medical care under a universal health care system, as measured by visits to the doctor, who were categorized as...

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What do we know about non-clinical interventions for preventable and treatable childhood diseases in developing countries?

Seguin, Maureen; Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel - 2013

Preventable and treatable childhood diseases, notably acute respiratory infections and diarrhoeal diseases are the first and second leading causes of death and morbidity among young children in developing countries. The fact that a large proportion of child deaths are caused by these diseases is...

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