Teh-Wei Hu
Biographic Data
| ID | 691703 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Teh-Wei Hu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Teh-Wei |
| FAMILY NAME | Hu |
| SIGNATURE | HU T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Berkeley |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Economic Burden for Lung Cancer Survivors in Urban China
The economic burden for lung cancer patients is substantial in the urban areas of China, and an effective control strategy to lower the cost is urgently needed
China has raised the tax on cigarettes
The Chinese government raised tobacco tax on 10th May 2015, 10 years after the ratification of the WHO Framework Convention on tobacco control. The increase in the resulting tax rate as a percentage of the retail price from 49% to 56% is still relatively low compared to the WHO-recommended benchmark, which is about 70% of the retail price. Therefore, ample room remains for the Chinese government to further increase the tax on cigarettes
The healthcare costs of secondhand smoke exposure in rural China
The adverse health effects of SHS exposure result in a large economic burden in China. Tobacco control policies that reduce SHS exposure could have an impact on reducing healthcare costs in China
The impact of smoke-free legislation on reducing exposure to secondhand smoke
The 2009 smoke-free policy reduced the SHS exposure for non-smokers. However, this impact on home SHS did not persist after 2009, and the effect of protection was unequal across gender and SES groups. Thus, further enforcement of smoking restrictions would be needed to reduce the risk of SHS exposure and improve protection against SHS risk among parts of the population with lower socioeconomic status
The effect of cigarette prices on brand-switching in China
China's large price spread across cigarette brands appears to alter the brand selection of some consumers, especially smokers of cheaper brands. Tobacco pricing and tax policy can influence consumers' incentives to switch brands. In particular, whereas ad valorem taxes in a tiered pricing system like China's encourage trading down, specific excise taxes discourage the practice
Can increases in the cigarette tax rate be linked to cigarette retail prices? Solving mysteries related to the cigarette pricing mechanism in China
Numerous studies have found that taxation is one of the most effective policy instruments for tobacco control. However, these findings come from countries that have market economies where market forces determine prices and influence how cigarette taxes are passed to the consumers in retail prices. China's tobacco industry is not a market economy; therefore, non-market forces and the current Chinese tobacco monopoly system determine cigarette pric…
Economic costs attributable to smoking in China
The economic burden of cigarette smoking has increased substantially in China during the past decade and is expected to continue to increase as the national economy and the price of healthcare services grow. Stronger intervention measures against smoking should be taken without delay to reduce the health and financial losses caused by smoking
Recent tobacco tax rate adjustment and its potential impact on tobacco control in China
The primary motivation for the recent Chinese government tobacco tax adjustment is to raise additional government revenue. Because the additional ad valorem tax has not yet been transferred to smokers, there is no public health benefit. It is hoped that the Chinese government will pass along these taxes to the retail price level, which would result in between 640,000 and two million smokers quitting smoking and between 210,000 and 700,000 quitter…
Quit smoking advice from health professionals in Taiwan
During the period of increased funding for smoking cessation services, the rates of receiving quit advice increased among all smokers and across different socioeconomic groups
The role of taxation in tobacco control and its potential economic impact in China
The empirical economic analysis and tax simulation results clearly indicate that increasing the tobacco tax in China is the most cost-effective instrument for tobacco control
Disease burden of adult lung cancer and ischaemic heart disease from passive tobacco smoking in China
Even without considering the passive smoking risks for other diseases and among children that have been documented in other countries, passive smoking poses serious health hazards for non-smokers, especially for adult female non-smokers in China, adding more urgency to the need for measures to be taken immediately to protect the health of non-smokers and curb the nation's tobacco epidemic
Cigarette smoking and poverty in China
A Major State Tobacco Tax Increase, the Master Settlement Agreement, and Cigarette Consumption
Objectives. We evaluated the combined effects on California cigarette consumption of an additional 50¢ per pack state tax imposed by Proposition 10 of January 1999 and a 45¢ per pack increase in cigarette prices stemming from the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) of November 1998. Methods. We used quarterly cigarette sales data for the period 1984–2002 to estimate a time-series intervention model adjusting for seasonal variations and time trend. …
New Opportunities for Integrated Child Health Systems
Experts support integrated health systems for children to stimulate risk reduction and to promote child health.1 In 1998, California counties were required to develop integrated child service systems as part of tobacco surtax funds contained in Proposition 10, the Children and Families First Act. Counties have looked to the “Pre-to-Three” program started in 1996 in San Mateo County, Calif, as a potential model. Pre-to-Three was designed to promot…
National Health Insurance, Physician Financial Incentives, and Primary Cesarean Deliveries in Taiwan
Objectives. Taiwan’s National Health Insurance Program (NHI) was implemented on March 1, 1995. This study analyzed the influences of the Case Payment method of reimbursement for inpatient care and of physician financial incentives on a woman’s choice for primary cesarean delivery. Methods. Logistic regressions were used to analyze 11 788 first-time deliveries in a nonprofit hospital system between March 1, 1994, and February 29, 1996. Results. Af…
Cigarette consumption and sales of nicotine replacement products
Nicotine replacement products (nicotine gums and nicotine patches) play a significant role in reducing cigarette consumption, in addition to the negative effect of increasing cigarette price and the overall trend of declining cigarette consumption (as reflected by the time trend variable). The findings of this study suggest that additional efforts for promoting sales of nicotine replacement products will be another effective alternative to discou…
A Capitated Model for a Cross-Section of Severely Mentally Ill Clients
Ethnic differences in mental health services use among the severely mentally ill
Ethnic differences in mental health services use among the severely mentally ill
Ethnic differences were examined in patterns of service utilization among 4,000 of the most seriously impaired clients in two county mental health services systems having differing histories of specialized minority-oriented programming. Latino and Asian-American clients in one county and, to a lesser extent African-American clients, made more use than Whites of outpatient and supportive/community services. All three minority groups made less use …
A Capitated Model for a Cross-Section of Severely Mentally Ill Clients
The impact of California anti-smoking legislation on cigarette sales, consumption, and prices
Objective To integrate and analyse the economic effects of California’s Proposition 99, increasing state excise tax on cigarettes by 25 cents per pack, on the retail price of cigarettes and total state cigarette consumption, among other factors; and to summarise the reduction of smoking resulting from a media advertising campaign financed by Proposition 99. Design Econometric models and aggregate data on cigarette prices and consumption were used…
Emergency care avoidance
The Hospital Response to Medicare??s Prospective Payment System
This paper presents an empirical analysis of the impact that resulted from phase-in of Medicare's Prospective Payment System (PPS) on hospital utilization and payments for the Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) plans. A pooled cross-sectional time series econometric model was specified and estimated using quarterly hospital utilization and payments of the BCBS plans over the period 1980 to 1987. The results indicate that the implementation of PPS …
Socioeconomic factors and consumption theories
Assessing the Impact of Faculty Unions
Additional informationNotes on contributorsBarbara Guthrie-MorseBarbara Guthrie-Morse is assistant to the president, West Virginia Northern Community College. Larry L. Leslie is professor of higher education, University of Arizona. Teh-Wei Hu is professor of economics, Pennsylvania State University.Larry L. LeslieBarbara Guthrie-Morse is assistant to the president, West Virginia Northern Community College. Larry L. Leslie is professor of higher e…
Emergency care avoidance
Assessing the Impact of Faculty Unions
Additional informationNotes on contributorsBarbara Guthrie-MorseBarbara Guthrie-Morse is assistant to the president, West Virginia Northern Community College. Larry L. Leslie is professor of higher education, University of Arizona. Teh-Wei Hu is professor of economics, Pennsylvania State University.Larry L. LeslieBarbara Guthrie-Morse is assistant to the president, West Virginia Northern Community College. Larry L. Leslie is professor of higher e…
A Capitated Model for a Cross-Section of Severely Mentally Ill Clients
Cigarette smoking and poverty in China
A Major State Tobacco Tax Increase, the Master Settlement Agreement, and Cigarette Consumption
Objectives. We evaluated the combined effects on California cigarette consumption of an additional 50¢ per pack state tax imposed by Proposition 10 of January 1999 and a 45¢ per pack increase in cigarette prices stemming from the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) of November 1998. Methods. We used quarterly cigarette sales data for the period 1984–2002 to estimate a time-series intervention model adjusting for seasonal variations and time trend. …
Hyperinflation and the Dynamics of the Demand for Money in China, 1945-1949
This paper is to study the demand for money during the Chinese inflation of 1945-49. Based on the Chinese experience, the results confirm the hypothesis that during hyperinflation the expected rate of change in prices is the most important variable in the demand function for money. The estimated value of the coefficient of cash balances adjustment is close to one. Thus, the assumption that the desired level of real cash balances tends to equal th…
National Health Insurance, Physician Financial Incentives, and Primary Cesarean Deliveries in Taiwan
Objectives. Taiwan’s National Health Insurance Program (NHI) was implemented on March 1, 1995. This study analyzed the influences of the Case Payment method of reimbursement for inpatient care and of physician financial incentives on a woman’s choice for primary cesarean delivery. Methods. Logistic regressions were used to analyze 11 788 first-time deliveries in a nonprofit hospital system between March 1, 1994, and February 29, 1996. Results. Af…
A Capitated Model for a Cross-Section of Severely Mentally Ill Clients
The Development of the Cotton Textile Industry and Chinese Economic Development, 1890 - 1937
Hyperinflation and the Dynamics of the Demand for Money in China, 1945-1949
This paper is to study the demand for money during the Chinese inflation of 1945-49. Based on the Chinese experience, the results confirm the hypothesis that during hyperinflation the expected rate of change in prices is the most important variable in the demand function for money. The estimated value of the coefficient of cash balances adjustment is close to one. Thus, the assumption that the desired level of real cash balances tends to equal th…
Assessing the Impact of Faculty Unions
Additional informationNotes on contributorsBarbara Guthrie-MorseBarbara Guthrie-Morse is assistant to the president, West Virginia Northern Community College. Larry L. Leslie is professor of higher education, University of Arizona. Teh-Wei Hu is professor of economics, Pennsylvania State University.Larry L. LeslieBarbara Guthrie-Morse is assistant to the president, West Virginia Northern Community College. Larry L. Leslie is professor of higher e…
Socioeconomic factors and consumption theories
The Hospital Response to Medicare??s Prospective Payment System
This paper presents an empirical analysis of the impact that resulted from phase-in of Medicare's Prospective Payment System (PPS) on hospital utilization and payments for the Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) plans. A pooled cross-sectional time series econometric model was specified and estimated using quarterly hospital utilization and payments of the BCBS plans over the period 1980 to 1987. The results indicate that the implementation of PPS …
The impact of California anti-smoking legislation on cigarette sales, consumption, and prices
Objective To integrate and analyse the economic effects of California’s Proposition 99, increasing state excise tax on cigarettes by 25 cents per pack, on the retail price of cigarettes and total state cigarette consumption, among other factors; and to summarise the reduction of smoking resulting from a media advertising campaign financed by Proposition 99. Design Econometric models and aggregate data on cigarette prices and consumption were used…
Emergency care avoidance
Ethnic differences in mental health services use among the severely mentally ill
Ethnic differences in mental health services use among the severely mentally ill
Ethnic differences were examined in patterns of service utilization among 4,000 of the most seriously impaired clients in two county mental health services systems having differing histories of specialized minority-oriented programming. Latino and Asian-American clients in one county and, to a lesser extent African-American clients, made more use than Whites of outpatient and supportive/community services. All three minority groups made less use …
A Capitated Model for a Cross-Section of Severely Mentally Ill Clients
A Capitated Model for a Cross-Section of Severely Mentally Ill Clients
Cigarette consumption and sales of nicotine replacement products
Nicotine replacement products (nicotine gums and nicotine patches) play a significant role in reducing cigarette consumption, in addition to the negative effect of increasing cigarette price and the overall trend of declining cigarette consumption (as reflected by the time trend variable). The findings of this study suggest that additional efforts for promoting sales of nicotine replacement products will be another effective alternative to discou…
National Health Insurance, Physician Financial Incentives, and Primary Cesarean Deliveries in Taiwan
Objectives. Taiwan’s National Health Insurance Program (NHI) was implemented on March 1, 1995. This study analyzed the influences of the Case Payment method of reimbursement for inpatient care and of physician financial incentives on a woman’s choice for primary cesarean delivery. Methods. Logistic regressions were used to analyze 11 788 first-time deliveries in a nonprofit hospital system between March 1, 1994, and February 29, 1996. Results. Af…
New Opportunities for Integrated Child Health Systems
Experts support integrated health systems for children to stimulate risk reduction and to promote child health.1 In 1998, California counties were required to develop integrated child service systems as part of tobacco surtax funds contained in Proposition 10, the Children and Families First Act. Counties have looked to the “Pre-to-Three” program started in 1996 in San Mateo County, Calif, as a potential model. Pre-to-Three was designed to promot…
A Major State Tobacco Tax Increase, the Master Settlement Agreement, and Cigarette Consumption
Objectives. We evaluated the combined effects on California cigarette consumption of an additional 50¢ per pack state tax imposed by Proposition 10 of January 1999 and a 45¢ per pack increase in cigarette prices stemming from the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) of November 1998. Methods. We used quarterly cigarette sales data for the period 1984–2002 to estimate a time-series intervention model adjusting for seasonal variations and time trend. …
Cigarette smoking and poverty in China
Disease burden of adult lung cancer and ischaemic heart disease from passive tobacco smoking in China
Even without considering the passive smoking risks for other diseases and among children that have been documented in other countries, passive smoking poses serious health hazards for non-smokers, especially for adult female non-smokers in China, adding more urgency to the need for measures to be taken immediately to protect the health of non-smokers and curb the nation's tobacco epidemic
Recent tobacco tax rate adjustment and its potential impact on tobacco control in China
The primary motivation for the recent Chinese government tobacco tax adjustment is to raise additional government revenue. Because the additional ad valorem tax has not yet been transferred to smokers, there is no public health benefit. It is hoped that the Chinese government will pass along these taxes to the retail price level, which would result in between 640,000 and two million smokers quitting smoking and between 210,000 and 700,000 quitter…
Quit smoking advice from health professionals in Taiwan
During the period of increased funding for smoking cessation services, the rates of receiving quit advice increased among all smokers and across different socioeconomic groups
The role of taxation in tobacco control and its potential economic impact in China
The empirical economic analysis and tax simulation results clearly indicate that increasing the tobacco tax in China is the most cost-effective instrument for tobacco control
Can increases in the cigarette tax rate be linked to cigarette retail prices? Solving mysteries related to the cigarette pricing mechanism in China
Numerous studies have found that taxation is one of the most effective policy instruments for tobacco control. However, these findings come from countries that have market economies where market forces determine prices and influence how cigarette taxes are passed to the consumers in retail prices. China's tobacco industry is not a market economy; therefore, non-market forces and the current Chinese tobacco monopoly system determine cigarette pric…
Economic costs attributable to smoking in China
The economic burden of cigarette smoking has increased substantially in China during the past decade and is expected to continue to increase as the national economy and the price of healthcare services grow. Stronger intervention measures against smoking should be taken without delay to reduce the health and financial losses caused by smoking
The impact of smoke-free legislation on reducing exposure to secondhand smoke
The 2009 smoke-free policy reduced the SHS exposure for non-smokers. However, this impact on home SHS did not persist after 2009, and the effect of protection was unequal across gender and SES groups. Thus, further enforcement of smoking restrictions would be needed to reduce the risk of SHS exposure and improve protection against SHS risk among parts of the population with lower socioeconomic status
The effect of cigarette prices on brand-switching in China
China's large price spread across cigarette brands appears to alter the brand selection of some consumers, especially smokers of cheaper brands. Tobacco pricing and tax policy can influence consumers' incentives to switch brands. In particular, whereas ad valorem taxes in a tiered pricing system like China's encourage trading down, specific excise taxes discourage the practice
The healthcare costs of secondhand smoke exposure in rural China
The adverse health effects of SHS exposure result in a large economic burden in China. Tobacco control policies that reduce SHS exposure could have an impact on reducing healthcare costs in China
Medicine (22 works) · Economics (16 works) · Business (15 works) · Environmental health (12 works) · China (11 works) · Political science (11 works) · Population (7 works) · Tobacco control (7 works) · Geography (6 works) · Psychiatry (6 works)