Essays about: "health economics."

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  1. 11. Children’s education and parents’ mortality – Do parents with highly educated children live longer?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Pauline Bode; [2023]
    Keywords : Mortality inequalities; socioeconomic gradient in health; children’s education; socioeconomic status; SES; demography; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : While there exists a large literature on mortality inequalities by an individual’s level of education and other socioeconomic characteristics this thesis looks at the relationship between the children’s level of education and parents’ mortality, which has been relatively less studied. I use longitudinal data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) for the years 2004-2017 and conduct Cox proportional hazard regressions to assess how children’s level of education affects parents’ mortality risks. READ MORE

  3. 12. Private and public quality of care- a comparison of pressure sore prevalence in Swedish care homes

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Hedda Carlsson; [2023]
    Keywords : private healthcare; nursing homes; care homes; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper compares the quality of private and public health care, by studying Swedish care homes for elderly and disabled persons. The outcome of interest is the prevalence of pressure ulcers. Pressure ulcers are partly preventable by for example care home staff routines, nutrition and movement plans. READ MORE

  4. 13. The Impact of Parental Education on the Early Detection of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Children.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Farahim Suleymanli; [2023]
    Keywords : ASD; DML; PLR; IRM; early detection; parental education; causal inference; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Utilizing the Double Machine Learning (DML) framework with both Partially Linear Regression (PLR) and Interactive Regression Models (IRM), this study examined the crucial role of parental education in the early detection of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Analysis was conducted on comprehensive data from the National Survey of Children's Health spanning the years 2017 to 2021. READ MORE

  5. 14. The effects of large-scale nutrition Interventions on Early Childhood and Neonatal Outcomes: evidence from Brazil

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Isabella Rego Monteiro; [2023]
    Keywords : nutrition; food insecurity; early childhood development; neonatal health; impact evaluation; Brazil; Latin America; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This study exploits the introduction of a new prioritization criteria for food security interventions to estimate the marginal impact of such programs. Findings indicate that, in municipalities assigned to receive nutrition policies more intensely, the number of children receiving micronutrient supplements was higher. READ MORE

  6. 15. Insulin pumps and the health of Type 1 Diabetes patients

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Oskar Hellquist; [2023]
    Keywords : Insulin Therapy; Health Economics; Diabetes; Insulin Pump;

    Abstract : Approximately 5 percent of the Swedish population is diagnosed with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes. A growing treatment method for type 1 patients is to supply the body with insulin using a pump. READ MORE