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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"health production"”.
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Innovation's Impact on County-Level Population Health
… innovative economic activity and its impact on health outcomes at the county level. The influence of patent assignment activity per county in the United States from 2010 - 2014 on all-cause and specific type mortality rates per 100,000 per county was analyzed. Previous studies have only looked …
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Essays on Health Economics
This thesis consists of three chapters on health economics. The first chapter attempts to offer evidence that consumers learn about the characteristics of their health insurance plans, using data from the RAND Health Insurance Experiment. A participation incentive payment was offered by the …
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Social Determinants of Health Theory: Policy Entry Points for Healthcare Providers
… thesis examines a shifting paradigm in the U.S. healthcare system that will re-define the role that the healthcare provider plays in the production of health. It does this by first acknowledging two differing economic theories on the production of health: Human Capital Theory and Social …
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Investigation of Causes and Evaluation of Programs: three applications of Health Economics
… of household relative deprivation on children's health outcomes. A modified household production model is developed with energy intake, energy expenditure and a composite good as main inputs in the health production. A two-stage Stackelberg game facilitates the need to model the parent-child …
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Inequalities in Child Health in Tanzania: Evidence on Structural and Systemic Determinants of Stunting
Child stunting remains a persistent public health and development challenge in Tanzania, with approximately one in three children under five affected. While nutrition-specific interventions have traditionally dominated, progress remains slow. This study adopts a multidimensional approach to examine …
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Characterizing Thiamine Status and Mechanisms of Thiamine Supplementation on Subacute Ruminal Acidosis Attenuation in Dairy Cows
… are often fed high grain diets to maximize milk production in today’s intensive management farms. However, overfeeding high grain diets increases the risk of subacute ruminal acidosis (SARA), which is characterized by prolonged decrease in rumen pH and high levels of lipopolysaccharide (LPS). …
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Nutritional modulation of the transcriptome in adipose, liver, and polymorphonuclear leukocytes in peripartal dairy cows
… system adaptations which can hinder short-term health, production, and longevity. Various prepartum nutritional strategies have been implemented to alleviate negative consequences and maximize benefits to both cow and dairy producer. With the objective of characterizing some of these …
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Essays on the economics of investments in health
… effects of family and disease on individual health outcomes and behaviors. The first essay begins by exploring the role of a recent diagnosis of diabetes on the dynamics of several health investment behaviors in older Americans, including smoking, alcohol use, frequent exercise, and the …
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Systematic evaluation of laying hen exposure to atmospheric ammonia
… the effects of NH3 exposure on laying hen health, production, behavior, and overall welfare. To better understand how NH3 affects laying hens, three studies were completed: long-term moderate concentration exposure, short-term high-concentration exposure, and preference/aversion behavior …