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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2020
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
ISER Working Paper Series No. 2020-02
Verlag: 
University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), Colchester
Zusammenfassung: 
In this paper we examine the impact of a tailored health warning on health outcomes. We exploit the design of a household panel survey that provided feedback to participants on their blood-pressure levels as a quasi-experiment. We find that many participants who were told their blood-pressure was high went on to get a formal diagnosis of hypertension from a medical practitioner. The effect of getting a formal hypertension diagnosis was to reduce the incidence of smoking and improve the quality of diets. However, we do not find changes in monthly alcohol spending. The behavioural changes (plus any prescribed medications) were large enough to reduce the incidence of cardiovascular disease.
Schlagwörter: 
tailored information
hypertension
smoking
JEL: 
I12
I18
D8
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

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