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Fact Boxes that Inform Individual Decisions May Contribute to a More Positive Evaluation of COVID-19 Vaccinations at the Population Level

ObjectiveFor an effective control of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic with vaccines, most people in a population need to be vaccinated. It is thus important to know how to inform the public with reference to individual preferences–while also acknowledging the societal preference to encourage vaccinations. According to the health care standard of informed decision-making, a comparison of the benefits and harms ...

"Gesundheitsprämien" zur Finanzierung des Gesundheitswesens: Endbericht ; Studie im Auftrag der Wirtschaftskammer Österreich und Pharmig (Verband der pharmazeutischen Industrie Österreichs)

Finanzierung der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung über einkommensunabhängige Prämien: Auswirkungen einer Einführung eines Pauschalprämienmodells in der Krankenversicherung im Vergleich zum Modell einer Bürgerversicherung ; Gutachten im Auftrag der Bundestagsfraktion des Bündnis 90/Die Grünen

COVID-19 Lockdown Compliance, Financial Stress, and Acceleration in Technology Adoption in Rural Uganda

We examine the medium-term impact of COVID-19 for financial well-being and technology adoption in a low-income country. The analysis is based on regionally representative panel data consisting of 1,975 micro-entrepreneurs from rural Uganda. Using a LASSO approach, we first show that several business characteristics predict longer business shutdown due to COVID-19, including running a service business. ...

Auch im Interesse der Impfgegner

Auch im Interesse der Impfgegner

Die Gesellschaft kann Ungeimpfte nicht wie Menschen zweiter Klasse behandeln. Eine Impfpflicht wird uns genau davor bewahren. Dieser Text erschien erstmals am 28. Januar 2022 bei Zeit Online in der Reihe Fratzschers Verteilungsfragen. Das Thema Impfpflicht spaltet Gesellschaft und Politik, doch wir können uns davor nicht wegducken. Die Frage, ob und wann grundlegende, individuelle Freiheiten eingeschränkt ...

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Using Blood Test Parameters to Define Biological Age among Older Adults: Association with Morbidity and Mortality Independent of Chronological Age Validated in Two Separate Birth Cohorts

Biomarkers defining biological age are typically laborious or expensive to assess. Instead, in the current study, we identified parameters based on standard laboratory blood tests across metabolic, cardiovascular, inflammatory, and kidney functioning that had been assessed in the Berlin Aging Study (BASE) (n = 384) and Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II) (n = 1517). We calculated biological age using those ...

Attitudes Toward Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination in Germany: A Representative Analysis of Data from the Socio-economic Panel for the Year 2021

Adequate immunity to COVID-19 apparently cannot be attained in Germany by voluntary vaccination alone, and therefore the introduction of mandatory COVID-19 vaccination is still under consideration. We present findings on the potential acceptance of such a requirement by the German population, and we report on the reasons given for accepting or rejecting it and how these reasons vary according to population ...