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Early diagnosis of chronic conditions and lifestyle modification
| dc.creator | Rodríguez Lesmes, Paul Andrés | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-07-10T19:16:11Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-07-10T19:16:11Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2017-06 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.description | Este estudio estima el impacto potencial sobre uso de medicamentos, percepciones de salud y estilo de vida, de los programas de diagnóstico temprano. Para controlar por sesgo de selección relativo a los chequeos médicos, empleo una característica del estudio longitudinal de envejecimiento para Inglaterra (ELSA, por sus siglas en inglés), que motiva una diseño de regresión discontinua basado en la presión arterial de los entrevistados. Hay evidencia de un incremento temporal en el uso de medicamentos para la hipertensión (6.6 puntos porcentuales), que casi dobla la proporción de personas tomando dichas medicinas para un nivel dado de presión arterial. Al mismo tiempo, hay una reducción permanente en la probabilidad de consumir alcohol al menos dos veces por semana (10 puntos porcentuales) y un incremento en el consumo de frutas. No obstante, también hay evidencia de un mayor consumo de cigarrillos (8 por semana) para aquellos entrevistados por encima del corte de la encuesta respecto a la presión arterial. Estos cambios en el estilo de vida no están directamente relacionados con el incremento en el uso de medicamentos. A pesar de estos hallazgos, no efectos significativos ni en medidas subjetivas ni objetivas del estado de salud, pasados 4 años de la intervención. | spa |
| dc.description.abstract | This study estimates the potential impact of early diagnosis programmes on medication, subjective health and lifestyle. To deal with potential selection bias due to screening, I employ a feature of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing that motivates a regression discontinuity design based on respondents’ blood pressure. If their measurements are above a threshold, individuals are advised to visit their family doctor to check for high blood pressure. There is evidence of a temporal increase in use of medication for treating the condition (6.6 percentage points), which almost doubled in the proportion of people taking medication for such blood pressure levels. At the same time, there is a permanent reduction of the probability of consuming alcohol twice a week (10 percentage points) and an increase in fruits consumption. However, there is also evidence of higher smoking frequency (eight cigarettes per week) in those above the threshold. Such lifestyle responses are not related to extra medication. However, no clear effects on either objective or subjective health were found after 4 years of intervention. | eng |
| dc.format.extent | 43 páginas | spa |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.48713/10336_13525 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/13525 | |
| dc.language.iso | spa | |
| dc.relation.citationTitle | Serie Documentos de trabajo. Economía | |
| dc.relation.uri | https://ideas.repec.org/p/col/000092/015639.html | |
| dc.rights.accesRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
| dc.rights.acceso | Abierto (Texto completo) | spa |
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| dc.source.instname | instname:Universidad del Rosario | |
| dc.source.reponame | reponame:Repositorio Institucional EdocUR | |
| dc.subject.ddc | Economía | |
| dc.subject.jel | I12 | |
| dc.subject.jel | I18 | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Hypertension | eng |
| dc.subject.keyword | Biomarkers | eng |
| dc.subject.keyword | Health behaviours | eng |
| dc.subject.keyword | Health investment | eng |
| dc.subject.keyword | Prevention | eng |
| dc.subject.lemb | Hipertensión | spa |
| dc.subject.lemb | Biomarcadores | spa |
| dc.subject.lemb | Conductas Saludables | spa |
| dc.subject.lemb | Salud Pública | spa |
| dc.title | Early diagnosis of chronic conditions and lifestyle modification | spa |
| dc.type | workingPaper | eng |
| dc.type.hasVersion | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | |
| dc.type.spa | Documento de trabajo | spa |
