Next article No AccessThe Effects of Access to Medicaid on the Employment and Academic Progress of College StudentsPriyanka Anand and Dora GichevaPriyanka Anand Search for more articles by this author and Dora Gicheva Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by American Journal of Health Economics Just Accepted Published for the American Society of Health Economists (ASHEcon) Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/726000 HistoryAccepted May 12, 2023 © 2023 American Society of Health Economics. All Rights reserved.PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

Mandated health insurance coverage for expensive in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment varies widely in generosity across the US states. We find that more generous coverage within the states that mandate any coverage causes a greater incidence of multiple births, which are costly and can be risky. While more generosity is associated with fewer embryos transferred, this effect is outweighed by greater overall utilization of IVF. In addition, more generous coverage is associated with differences in the composition of patients, where more older women with lower fertility pursue treatment. This is mirrored by lower rates of child adoption by older women in those states. Utilization and compositional effects imply that increased access without regulation might impose additional burdens on the health-care system.

Previous articleNext article No AccessThe Impact of Modest Cash Incentives on Home Visiting Enrollment and ParticipationRobin Jacob and Megan Foster FriedmanRobin Jacob Search for more articles by this author and Megan Foster Friedman Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by American Journal of Health Economics Just Accepted Published for the American Society of Health Economists (ASHEcon) Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/724793 Views: 5Total views on this site HistoryAccepted February 24, 2023 © 2023 American Society of Health Economics. All Rights reserved.PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

This study contributes to a small but growing literature on the health effects of unemployment insurance (UI) by examining the impact of extended benefit generosity during the Great Recession on population mental health. Using data from the 2003–13 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System as well as cross-state and time series variation in UI policies, we estimate that a one standard deviation (or $1,000) increase in UI generosity is associated with a 5.1 (0.5) percent improvement in self-reported mental health among the unemployed. We also provide evidence for the validity of our research design through an event study model and supplementary regressions that incorporate county or county-by-time fixed effects. However, we find no definitive evidence that UI affects general/physical health, health insurance, access to care, or health behaviors.

Next article FreeFront MatterPDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by American Journal of Health Economics Volume 9, Number 1Winter 2023 Published for the American Society of Health Economists (ASHEcon) Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/724276 Views: 34Total views on this site © 2023 The University of Chicago. All rights reserved.PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

The number of disability beneficiaries has doubled in the past two decades. It is difficult to determine how much is explained by changes in health, as we lack a counterfactual. We use undocumented immigrants to form the counterfactual, as they cannot claim benefits. Using data from the National Health Interview Survey, we show that the relationship between health and disability is stronger for the legal population than for the undocumented. Much of the difference in disability rates between the populations is due to different labor supply responses to underlying health impairments and demographic differences, rather than to differences in the impairments or demographic variables themselves.

This paper evaluates the introduction of preventive home visits (PHV) for older people in Norway. Their purpose is to support autonomy and independence as well as preventing disability and nursing home admissions. We contribute to the literature by exploiting a natural experiment in Norwegian municipalities. Our results show that the introduction of a PHV program significantly changes the use of local public resources away from nursing homes, while increasing the utilization of home-based care. Further, PHVs lead to a decline in hospital admissions by 8 percent – whereas treatments for mental health conditions remain unaffected. Mortality is reduced by 4 percent in the age group 80 and above.

Abstract Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States and the single biggest cause of cervical cancer, as well as certain cancers of the head and...