State and self investments in health

► State investments can crowd out or reinforce self investments in health. ► The UK NHS invested substantially in better care of cardiovascular disease (CVD). ► CVD patients receiving lipid-lowering drugs are more likely to quit smoking. ► Results robust to controlling for direct effect of smoking c...

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Published in:	Journal of health economics Vol. 30; no. 6; pp. 1164 - 1173
Main Authors:	Fichera, Eleonora, Sutton, Matt
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.12.2011 Elsevier Elsevier Sequoia S.A
Subjects:	Cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular diseases Cardiovascular Diseases - diagnosis Cardiovascular Diseases - drug therapy Cessation Correlation Crowding-out Directive Counseling - economics Directive Counseling - methods Disease Drug Prescriptions - economics Drugs Drugs prescription Economic models Economics Empirical Research England Female Gesundheitsvorsorge Health Health economics Health insurance Health policy Health Surveys Humans Hypolipidemic Agents - economics Hypolipidemic Agents - therapeutic use Insurance Insurance, Health - economics Investment Investments Male Medical decision making Medical treatment Middle Aged Models, Theoretical Pharmaceuticals Practice Patterns, Physicians' - economics Practice Patterns, Physicians' - statistics & numerical data Prescriptions Preventative behaviour Prevention probability Public health Smoking Smoking - adverse effects Smoking cessation Smoking Cessation - economics Smoking Cessation - methods State State Medicine Studies surveys Theorie Verdrängungseffekt England United Kingdom > UK I18 C35 D01 C25 I12 Preventative behaviour Crowding-out Drugs prescription
ISSN:	0167-6296, 1879-1646, 1879-1646
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