Smoking Response to Health and Medical Spending Changes and the Role of Insurance
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DOI: 10.1002/hec.3309
Abstract: Severe health shocks provide new information about one's personal health and have been shown to influence smoking behaviors. In this paper, we suggest that they may also convey information about the hard to predict financial… read more here.
Keywords: information; medical spending; spending changes; health ... See more keywords
Budgetary Consequences of High Medical Spending Across Age and Social Status: Evidence from the Consumer Expenditure Surveys.
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DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnz183
Abstract: BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES This study examines high medical spending among younger, midlife, and older households. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We investigate high medical spending using data from the 2010 through March 2018 Consumer Expenditures Surveys… read more here.
Keywords: medical spending; age; budgetary consequences; consumer ... See more keywords