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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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- Lleras-Muney, A., & Lichtenberg, F.
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- National Bureau of Economic Research (US)
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- Lichtenberg, Frank
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- National Bureau of Economic Research
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- National Bureau of Economic Research
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- 2002-09
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- 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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