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The Effect of Education on Medical Technology Adoption: Are the More Educated More Likely to Use New Drugs
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There is a large body of work that documents a strong, positive correlation between education and measures of health, but little is known about the mechanisms by which education might affect health.One possibility is that more educated individuals are more likely to adopt new medical technologies.We investigate this theory by asking whether more educated people are more likely to use newer drugs, while controlling for other individual characteristics, such as income and insurance status.Using the 1997 MEPS, we find that more highly educated people are more likely to use drugs more recently approved by the FDA.We find that education only matters for individuals who repeatedly purchase drugs for a given condition, suggesting that the more educated are better able to learn from experience.
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“29 First, according to Table 5, university graduates have statistically significantly higher cognitive functioning scores than non-graduates on the word recall test of memory functioning and the serial 7s numeracy test (8.0% and 5.3%, respectively).”
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“have a greater access to and better interpreted information about health-related decisions [54].”
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“On the other hand, patients with higher levels of education may be more self-monitoring savvy and confident, given that research finds they are often better able to manage self-care regimens [22], are faster to adopt new medical technologies [23], and are more likely to use preventative care [24].”
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“These findings align with previous studies by Lleras-Muney and Lichtenberg (2002) and Krueger (1993), which demonstrated that individuals with varying educational backgrounds tend to exhibit different levels of acceptance toward technology adoption.”
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“…efficiency), e.g., better management of their diseases (Goldman and Smith, 2002), (ii) use of a better mix of health investment inputs (allocative efficiency), and (iii) early adoption of new knowledge and new technology (Lleras-Muney and Lichtenberg, 2005; Glied and Lleras-Muney, 2008).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Lleras-Muney, A., & Lichtenberg, F.
- Affiliations
- National Bureau of Economic Research (US)
- ORCID
- Lichtenberg, Frank
- Venue
- National Bureau of Economic Research
- Publisher
- National Bureau of Economic Research
- Published
- 2002-09
- OpenAlex
- W1941471126
- Cited by
- 141
- References
- 22
- Citations by year
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- Type
- report
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Locations
- National Bureau of Economic Research (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- National Bureau of Economic Research (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Healthcare Policy and Management
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Keywords
- education, medical technology adoption, prescription drug use, income, experiential learning, Medicare Part D
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