William B Vogt
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 5546263 |
|---|---|
| NOME | William B Vogt |
| PRENOMES | William B |
| SOBRENOME | Vogt |
| ASSINATURA | VOGT W B |
| AFILIAÇÕES | National Bureau of Economic Research |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 4 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 1 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 4 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1949 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2009 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Hormone Replacement Therapy and Cardiovascular Health in the United States
BACKGROUND: Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) was widely used among postmenopausal women until 2002 because observational studies suggested that HRT reduced cardiovascular risk. The Women's Health Initiative randomized trial reported opposite results in 2002, which caused HRT use to drop sharply. OBJECTIVE: We examine the relationship between HRT use and cardiovascular outcomes (deaths and nonfatal hospitalizations) in the entire US population, w…
How Do Households Choose Their Employer-Based Health Insurance
Using the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, this study estimates a model of household demand for employer-based health insurance to investigate the set of plan and household characteristics that influence coverage choices. Overall, we find that households are sensitive to price with respect to their coverage decisions, and that price sensitivity varies by marital status, wealth, and the number of offers of employer coverage available to the …
Are Invisible Hands Good Hands? Moral Hazard, Competition, and the Second‐Best in Health Care Markets
The nature and normative properties of competition in health care markets have long been the subject of much debate. In this paper we consider what the optimal benchmark is in the presence of moral hazard effects on consumption due to health insurance. Intuitively, it seems that imperfect competition in the health care market may constrain this moral hazard by increasing prices. We show that this intuition cannot be correct if insurance markets a…
People against the Land
Are Invisible Hands Good Hands? Moral Hazard, Competition, and the Second‐Best in Health Care Markets
The nature and normative properties of competition in health care markets have long been the subject of much debate. In this paper we consider what the optimal benchmark is in the presence of moral hazard effects on consumption due to health insurance. Intuitively, it seems that imperfect competition in the health care market may constrain this moral hazard by increasing prices. We show that this intuition cannot be correct if insurance markets a…
People against the Land
Are Invisible Hands Good Hands? Moral Hazard, Competition, and the Second‐Best in Health Care Markets
The nature and normative properties of competition in health care markets have long been the subject of much debate. In this paper we consider what the optimal benchmark is in the presence of moral hazard effects on consumption due to health insurance. Intuitively, it seems that imperfect competition in the health care market may constrain this moral hazard by increasing prices. We show that this intuition cannot be correct if insurance markets a…
How Do Households Choose Their Employer-Based Health Insurance
Using the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, this study estimates a model of household demand for employer-based health insurance to investigate the set of plan and household characteristics that influence coverage choices. Overall, we find that households are sensitive to price with respect to their coverage decisions, and that price sensitivity varies by marital status, wealth, and the number of offers of employer coverage available to the …
Hormone Replacement Therapy and Cardiovascular Health in the United States
BACKGROUND: Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) was widely used among postmenopausal women until 2002 because observational studies suggested that HRT reduced cardiovascular risk. The Women's Health Initiative randomized trial reported opposite results in 2002, which caused HRT use to drop sharply. OBJECTIVE: We examine the relationship between HRT use and cardiovascular outcomes (deaths and nonfatal hospitalizations) in the entire US population, w…
Actuarial science (2 obras) · Economics (2 obras) · Environmental health (2 obras) · Global Health Care Issues (2 obras) · Health care (2 obras) · Health insurance (2 obras) · Healthcare Policy and Management (2 obras) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (1 obras) · Archaeology (1 obras) · Breast cancer (1 obras)