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The impact of the Female Secondary School Stipend Program on child health 女子中学助学金方案对儿童健康的影响

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Journal of Health Economics Pub Date : 2025-06-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2025.103024

Md Shahjahan, Giulia La Mattina, Padmaja Ayyagari

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Attentional processes underlying health state valuation with time trade-off and standard gamble tasks 注意过程在时间权衡和标准赌博任务中潜在的健康状态评估

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Journal of Health Economics Pub Date : 2025-06-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2025.103026

Stefan A. Lipman , Thorsten Pachur

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The Effect of E-Cigarette Taxes on Substance Use 电子烟税对物质使用的影响

IF 3.4 2区经济学

Journal of Health Economics Pub Date : 2025-06-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2025.103022

Dhaval Dave , Yang Liang , Johanna Catherine Maclean , Caterina Muratori , Joseph J. Sabia

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Technology regulation reconsidered: The effects of certificate of need policies on the quantity and quality of diagnostic imaging 重新考虑技术管制：需求证明政策对诊断影像数量和质量的影响

IF 3.4 2区经济学

Journal of Health Economics Pub Date : 2025-06-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2025.103020

Jill R. Horwitz , Austin Nichols , Anthony Yu , Carrie H. Colla , David M. Cutler

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Imprecise health beliefs and health behavior 不精确的健康信念和健康行为

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Journal of Health Economics Pub Date : 2025-06-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2025.103003

Adeline Delavande , Emilia Del Bono , Angus Holford

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Regression and decomposition with ordinal health outcomes 有序健康结果的回归和分解

IF 3.4 2区经济学

Journal of Health Economics Pub Date : 2025-06-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2025.103012

Qian Wu , David M. Kaplan

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Mental health and mortality trends in the United States 美国的心理健康和死亡率趋势

IF 3.4 2区经济学

Journal of Health Economics Pub Date : 2025-06-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2025.103015

Christopher J. Ruhm

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Living alone and provider behaviour in public and private hospitals 公立和私立医院的独居和提供者行为

IF 3.4 2区经济学

Journal of Health Economics Pub Date : 2025-05-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2025.103016

Luigi Siciliani , Jinglin Wen , James Gaughan

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High speed internet and the widening gender gap in adolescent mental health: Evidence from Spanish hospital records 高速互联网和青少年心理健康方面不断扩大的性别差距：来自西班牙医院记录的证据

IF 3.4 2区经济学

Journal of Health Economics Pub Date : 2025-05-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2025.103014

Esther Arenas-Arroyo , Daniel Fernandez-Kranz , Natalia Nollenberger

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Legal status and voluntary abortions by immigrants 移民的法律地位和自愿堕胎

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Journal of Health Economics Pub Date : 2025-05-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2025.103001

Luca Pieroni , Melcior Rosselló Roig , Luca Salmasi , Gilberto Turati

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