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Optimal e-cigarette policy when preferences and internalities are correlated by Darden, Michael E.

“…This paper studies the policy implications of correlation between preferences and internalities in the context of tobacco products. Using novel survey data, I…”
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Smoking, selection, and medical care expenditures by Darden, Michael E., Kaestner, Robert

“…The contribution of cigarette smoking to national health expenditures is thought to be large, but our current understanding of the effect of smoking on annual…”
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Cities and Smoking by Darden, Michael E.

“…In 1956, 52% of urban men and 42% of rural men smoked cigarettes. By 2010, the disparity had flipped: 24.7% of urban men and 30.6% of rural men smoked. Smoking…”
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The dynamics of the smoking wage penalty by Darden, Michael E., Hotchkiss, Julie L., Melinda Pitts, M.

“…Cigarette smokers earn significantly less than nonsmokers, but the magnitude of the smoking wage gap and the pathways by which it originates are unclear…”
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Rational self-medication by Darden, Michael E., Papageorge, Nicholas W.

“…We develop a model of rational self-medication in which individuals use potentially dangerous or addictive substances (e.g., alcohol) to manage symptoms of…”
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Modeling to inform economy‐wide pandemic policy: Bringing epidemiologists and economists together by Darden, Michael E., Dowdy, David, Gardner, Lauren, Hamilton, Barton H., Kopecky, Karen, Marx, Melissa, Papageorge, Nicholas W., Polsky, Daniel, Powers, Kimberly A., Stuart, Elizabeth A., Zahn, Matthew V.

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Long-Term Outcomes in Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Repaired With Absorbable Biologic Polymer Scaffold (Poly-4-Hydroxybutyrate) by Buell, Joseph F., Flaris, Alexandros N., Raju, Sukreet, Hauch, Adam, Darden, Michael, Parker, Geoff G.

“…Introduction: After promising early outcomes in the use of absorbable biologic mesh for complex abdominal wall reconstruction, significant criticism has been…”
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Adjusting to natural disasters by Smith, V. Kerry, Carbone, Jared C., Pope, Jaren C., Hallstrom, Daniel G., Darden, Michael E.

“…People adjust to the risks presented by natural disasters in a number of ways; they can move out of harms way, they can self protect, or they can insure. This…”
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Smoking, Expectations, and Health: A Dynamic Stochastic Model of Lifetime Smoking Behavior by Darden, Michael

“…I estimate a dynamic, stochastic model of smoking, expectations, and health that makes explicit channels through which an individual may learn about the health…”
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The Effects of Parental Health Shocks on Adult Offspring Smoking Behavior and Self-Assessed Health by Darden, Michael, Gilleskie, Donna

“…An important avenue for smoking deterrence may be through familial ties if adult smokers respond to parental health shocks. In this paper, we merge the…”
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Improving Prior Authorization in Medicare Advantage by Anderson, Kelly E, Darden, Michael, Jain, Amit

“…This Viewpoint discusses the potential benefits and harms of prior authorization in Medicare Advantage and the health policy implications and opportunities for…”
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Measuring the impact of calorie labeling: The mechanisms behind changes in obesity by Aranda, Rodrigo, Darden, Michael, Rose, Donald

“…Learning the true calorie content of fast food may induce consumers to change behavior, yet recent evidence is mixed on whether calorie labels cause consumers…”
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Associations of Expanding Parental Medicaid Eligibility and Parental Health and Family Functioning by Brantley, Erin, Darden, Michael, Ku, Leighton

“…To examine the effects of parental Medicaid eligibility on parental health, parenting practices, and child development in low-income families. Longitudinal…”
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Medicare Advantage Is Associated with Lower Utilization of Total Joint Arthroplasty by Anderson, Kelly E, Wu, Rachel J, Darden, Michael, Jain, Amit

“…Medicare Advantage (MA) insurers use managed care techniques to review the utilization of medical services and control costs. It is unclear if MA enrollees…”
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Persistent sex disparity in liver transplantation rates by Darden, Michael, Parker, Geoff, Anderson, Edward, Buell, Joseph F.

“…Studies have demonstrated that there are sex disparities in the rate of liver transplantation. However, little is known statistically about whether this…”
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SMOKING AND MORTALITY: NEW EVIDENCE FROM A LONG PANEL by Darden, Michael, Gilleskie, Donna B., Strumpf, Koleman

“…Many public health policies are rooted in findings from medical and epidemiological studies that fail to consider behavioral influences. Using nearly 50 years…”
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Are investments in disease prevention complements? The case of statins and health behaviors by Kaestner, Robert, Darden, Michael, Lakdawalla, Darius

“…We obtain estimates of associations between statin use and health behaviors. Statin use is associated with a small increase in BMI and moderate (20–33%)…”
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Is there an advantage? Considerations for researchers studying the effects of the type of Medicare coverage by Nicholas, Lauren Hersch, Polsky, Dan, Darden, Michael, Xu, Jianhui, Anderson, Kelly, Meyers, David J.

“…Objective To describe common methodological problems that arise in comparisons of Medicare Advantage (MA) and Traditional Medicare (TM) and within‐MA studies…”
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Initial Experience With Biologic Polymer Scaffold (Poly-4-hydroxybuturate) in Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction by Buell, Joseph F, Sigmon, David, Ducoin, Christopher, Shapiro, Max, Teja, Nikhil, Wynter, Emmett, Hanisee, Mary K, Parker, Geoffrey, Kandil, Emad, Darden, Michael

“…OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the use of the new absorbable polymer scaffold poly-4-hydroxybutyrate (P4HB) in complex abdominal wall reconstruction. BACKGROUND:Complex…”
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Race and Gender Disparity in the Surgical Management of Hepatocellular Cancer: Analysis of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program Registry by Darden, Michael, Parker, Geoffrey, Monlezun, Dominique, Anderson, Edward, Buell, Joseph F.

“…Background The existence of race and gender disparity has been described in numerous areas of medicine. The management of hepatocellular cancer is no…”
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