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COVID-19 and EQ-5D-5L health state valuation
ConclusionThe results complement previous findings that the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic may have impacted EQ-5D-5L health state valuation, and different aspects of the pandemic had different effects. (Source: The European Journal of Health Economics)
Source: The European Journal of Health Economics - February 23, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research

Assessing validity of the EQ-5D-5L proxy in children and adolescents with Duchenne muscular dystrophy or spinal muscular atrophy
ConclusionsBased on the measurement properties assessed in this study, the EQ-5D-5L proxy is a valid and reliable tool for measuring the health-related quality of life of individuals with DMD or SMA rated by caregivers. Further studies should examine the content validity of the EQ-5D as well as the performance of its young version in these two patient groups. (Source: The European Journal of Health Economics)
Source: The European Journal of Health Economics - February 21, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research

Making the rules make sense: valuation of constrained resources
(Source: The European Journal of Health Economics)
Source: The European Journal of Health Economics - February 20, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research

Risk, time preferences, trustworthiness and COVID-19 preventive behavior: evidence from France
AbstractWe analyze how far-sightedness and risk aversion as well as the perceived trustworthiness of others correlate with COVID-19-related protective behaviors in France. We leverage individual-level data from the corona survey of the Survey of Health Aging and Retirement in Europe linked with a paper questionnaire survey about preferences conducted in France just before the coronavirus outbreak. Our results suggest that far-sightedness and risk aversion are strong predictors of individuals ’ protective behavior. More far-sighted individuals are more likely to not visit their family members anymore, wear a mask, and kee...
Source: The European Journal of Health Economics - February 19, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research

Reply to: making the rules make sense: valuation of constrained resources
(Source: The European Journal of Health Economics)
Source: The European Journal of Health Economics - February 17, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research

Does a free maternity policy in Kenya work? Impact and cost –benefit consideration based on demographic health survey data
AbstractThis paper evaluates the overall effect of the Kenyan free maternity policy (FMP) on the main outcomes (early neonatal and neonatal deaths) and intermediate outcomes (delivery through Caesarean Section (CS), skilled birth attendance (SBA), birth in a public hospital and low birth weight (LBW)) using the 2014 Demographic Health Survey. We applied the difference-in-difference (DID) approach to compare births (to the same mothers) happening before and after the start of the policy (June 2013) and a limited cost –benefit analysis (CBA) to assess the net social benefit of the FMP. The probabilities of birth resulting ...
Source: The European Journal of Health Economics - February 13, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research

The role of education in health policy reform outcomes: evidence from Japan
This study analyzes the role of education in the outcomes of the reform of the Japanese annual health checkup program. In April 2008, the annual checkup was redesigned to address concerns about metabolic syndrome. As the checkup is mandatory only for salaried workers, their participation rate is significantly higher than other workers; thus, they were most affected by the reform. Using institutional information, a difference-in-differences estimation was conducted with salaried workers as the treatment group and self-employed workers as the control group. We found that the reform caused significant changes in health behavi...
Source: The European Journal of Health Economics - February 8, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research

The trade-off between health system resiliency and efficiency: evidence from COVID-19 in European regions
The objective of this paper was to investigate the existence of a trade-off between health system resilience and the economic efficiency of the health system, using data for 173 regions in the European Union and the European Free Trade Association countries. Data Envelopment Analysis was used to measure the efficiency of regional health systems before the COVID-19 pandemic. Then, a spatial econometrics model was used to estimate whether this measure of efficiency, adjusted for several covariates, has a significant impact on regional health system resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic, measured by the number of COVID-19 d...
Source: The European Journal of Health Economics - February 2, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research