How is the trade-off between adverse selection and discrimination risk affected by genetic testing? Theory and experiment
Publication date: December 2019Source: Journal of Health Economics, Volume 68Author(s): David Bardey, Philippe De Donder, César MantillaAbstractWe develop a theoretical analysis of two widely used regulations of genetic tests, Disclosure Duty and Consent Law, and we run an experiment in order to shed light on both the take-up rate of genetic testing and on the comparison of policyholders’ welfare under the two regulations. Disclosure duty forces individuals to reveal their test results to insurers, exposing them to a discrimination risk. Consent Law allows them to hide any detrimental information, resulting in adverse s...
Source: Journal of Health Economics - October 1, 2019 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
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Publication date: September 2019Source: Journal of Health Economics, Volume 67Author(s): (Source: Journal of Health Economics)
Source: Journal of Health Economics - September 28, 2019 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
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Publication date: September 2019Source: Journal of Health Economics, Volume 67Author(s): (Source: Journal of Health Economics)
Source: Journal of Health Economics - September 28, 2019 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
More Sneezing, Less Crime? Health Shocks and the Market for Offenses
Publication date: Available online 17 September 2019Source: Journal of Health EconomicsAuthor(s): Aaron Chalfin, Shooshan Danagoulian, Monica DezaAbstractA large literature points out that exposure to criminal victimization has far-reaching effects on public health. What remains surprisingly unexplored is that role that health shocks play in explaining aggregate fluctuations in offending. This research finds novel evidence that crime is sensitive to health shocks. We consider the responsiveness of crime to a pervasive and common health shock which we argue shifts costs and benefits for offenders and victims: seasonal aller...
Source: Journal of Health Economics - September 18, 2019 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Local Food Prices, SNAP Purchasing Power, and Child Health
In this study, we provide the first estimates that leverage variation in SNAP purchasing power across markets to examine effects of SNAP on child health. We link panel data on regional food prices to National Health Interview Survey data and use a fixed effects framework to estimate the relationship between local purchasing power of SNAP and children’s health and health care utilization. We find that lower SNAP purchasing power leads to lower utilization of preventive health care and more days of school missed due to illness. We estimate no effect on parent-reported health status. (Source: Journal of Health Economics)
Source: Journal of Health Economics - September 14, 2019 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Medical innovation, education, and labor market outcomes of cancer patients
Publication date: December 2019Source: Journal of Health Economics, Volume 68Author(s): Sung-Hee Jeon, R. Vincent PohlAbstractInnovations in cancer treatment have lowered mortality, but little is known about their economic benefits. We assess the effect of two decades of improvement in cancer treatment options on the labor market outcomes of breast and prostate cancer patients. In addition, we compare this effect across cancer patients with different levels of educational attainment. We estimate the effect of medical innovation on cancer patients’ labor market outcomes employing tax return and cancer registry data from C...
Source: Journal of Health Economics - September 13, 2019 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Subjective and objective quality and choice of hospital: Evidence from maternal care services in Germany
Publication date: Available online 29 August 2019Source: Journal of Health EconomicsAuthor(s): Daniel Avdic, Giuseppe Moscelli, Adam Pilny, Ieva SriubaiteAbstractWe study patient choice of healthcare provider based on both objective and subjective quality measures in the context of maternal care hospital services in Germany. Objective measures are obtained from publicly reported clinical indicators, while subjective measures are based on satisfaction scores from a large and nationwide patient survey. We merge both quality metrics to detailed hospital discharge records and quantify the additional distance expectant mothers ...
Source: Journal of Health Economics - August 29, 2019 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Does e-cigarette advertising encourage adult smokers to quit?
Publication date: Available online 22 August 2019Source: Journal of Health EconomicsAuthor(s): Dhaval Dave, Daniel Dench, Michael Grossman, Donald S. Kenkel, Henry SafferAbstractWe provide the first causal evidence on whether e-cigarette advertising on television and in magazines encourages adult smokers to quit. We find the answer to be yes for TV advertising but no for magazine advertising. Our results indicate that a policy banning TV advertising of e-cigs would have reduced the number of smokers who quit in the recent past by approximately 3 percent. If the FDA were not considering regulations and mandates, e-cig ads m...
Source: Journal of Health Economics - August 24, 2019 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Paying for Efficiency: Incentivising Same-Day Discharges in the English NHS
Publication date: Available online 21 August 2019Source: Journal of Health EconomicsAuthor(s): James Gaughan, Nils Gutacker, Katja Grašič, Noemi Kreif, Luigi Siciliani, Andrew StreetAbstractWe study a pay-for-efficiency scheme that encourages hospitals to admit and discharge patients on the same calendar day when clinically appropriate. Since 2010, hospitals in the English NHS are incentivised by a higher price for patients treated as same-day discharge than for overnight stays, despite the former being less costly. We analyse administrative data for patients treated during 2006-2014 for 191 conditions for which same-day...
Source: Journal of Health Economics - August 23, 2019 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
XX > XY?: The changing female advantage in life expectancy
Publication date: September 2019Source: Journal of Health Economics, Volume 67Author(s): Claudia Goldin, Adriana Lleras-MuneyAbstractFemales live a lot longer than males in most parts of the world today. But that was not always the case. We ask when and why the female advantage emerged. We show that reductions in maternal mortality and fertility are only partial reasons. Rather, the sharp reduction in infectious disease in the early twentieth century played a role. Those who survive most infectious diseases carry a health burden that affects organs and impacts general well-being. We use newly collected data from Massachuse...
Source: Journal of Health Economics - August 21, 2019 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Health provider networks with private contracts: is there under-treatment in narrow networks?
Publication date: Available online 18 August 2019Source: Journal of Health EconomicsAuthor(s): Jan BooneAbstractContracts between health insurers and providers are private. By modelling this explicitly, we find the following. Insurers with bigger provider networks, pay providers higher fee-for-service rates. This makes it more likely that a patient is treated and hence health care costs and utilization increase with provider network size. Although providers are homogeneous, the welfare maximizing provider network can consist of two or more providers. Provider profits are positive whereas they would be zero with public cont...
Source: Journal of Health Economics - August 18, 2019 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
The Impact of the Philadelphia Beverage Tax on Purchases and Consumption by Adults and Children
Publication date: Available online 13 August 2019Source: Journal of Health EconomicsAuthor(s): John Cawley, David Frisvold, Anna Hill, David JonesAbstractNumerous U.S. cities have recently enacted taxes on sweetened beverages. To examine the effects of the beverage tax of 1.5 cents per ounce in Philadelphia, we surveyed adults and children in Philadelphia and nearby comparison communities both before the tax and nearly one year after implementation. We find that the tax reduced purchases in Philadelphia stores and that Philadelphia residents increased purchases of taxed beverages outside of the city. The tax reduced the fr...
Source: Journal of Health Economics - August 14, 2019 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
XX > XY?: The Changing Female Advantage in Life Expectancy
Publication date: Available online 10 August 2019Source: Journal of Health EconomicsAuthor(s): Claudia Goldin, Adriana Lleras-MuneyAbstractFemales live a lot longer than males in most parts of the world today. But that was not always the case. We ask when and why the female advantage emerged. We show that reductions in maternal mortality and fertility are only partial reasons. Rather, the sharp reduction in infectious disease in the early twentieth century played a role. Those who survive most infectious diseases carry a health burden that affects organs and impacts general well-being. We use newly collected data from Mass...
Source: Journal of Health Economics - August 11, 2019 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Coping with Risk: Negative Shocks, Transactional Sex, and the Limitations of Conditional Cash Transfers
Publication date: Available online 3 August 2019Source: Journal of Health EconomicsAuthor(s): Erick Gong, Damien de Walque, William H. DowAbstractTransactional sex is an important risk-coping mechanism and a leading contributor to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa. We use data from a conditional cash transfer (CCT) experiment in rural Tanzania designed to incentivize safer sexual behavior by conditioning transfers on testing negative for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). For women, we find that negative shocks measured by food insecurity lead to a 36% increase in STIs and increases in self-reported risky se...
Source: Journal of Health Economics - August 4, 2019 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
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Publication date: July 2019Source: Journal of Health Economics, Volume 66Author(s): (Source: Journal of Health Economics)
Source: Journal of Health Economics - August 2, 2019 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
