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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2017
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 10650
Verlag: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Zusammenfassung: 
Health screening provides information on disease risk and diagnosis, but whether this promotes health is unclear. We estimate the impacts of the National Health Screening Program in Korea for diabetes, obesity, and hyperlipidemia. In this setting, information on disease risk and prompting for a secondary examination vary at different biomarker thresholds. We find evidence for increased diabetes medication and weight loss around the high risk threshold for diabetes, where information is combined with prompting for a secondary examination and subsequent medical treatment. However, we find no differences around other thresholds, where information is not combined with further intervention.
Schlagwörter: 
health behavior
hyperlipidemia
diabetes
obesity
information
health screening
JEL: 
I12
I18
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

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