The role of education in complex health decisions: Evidence from cancer screening
The role of education in complex health decisions: Evidence from cancer screening
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jhealeco.2010.08.008
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发表时间：
2011-01-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Lange, Fabian
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作者：
Lange, Fabian
本文使用真实的和感知的癌症风险和癌症筛查行为的数据来检验分配效率理论。具体来说，它探讨了受过教育的人是否能做出更明智的健康决定。我建议：（1）当受教育的人更了解情况时，他们在报告个人癌症风险时更有可能纳入风险因素的变化;（2）随着风险的变化，受教育程度较高的人会通过采取预防行为（如癌症筛查）做出更强烈的反应。结果支持这两种预测。此外，使用对乳房健康的态度的数据，我探讨了一个可能的机制：受过教育的妇女更容易接受科学证据，持有较少的非科学信念。(C)2010 Elsevier B. V.保留所有权利。
This paper uses data on real and perceived cancer risks and cancer screening behavior to test the allocative efficiency theory. Specifically, it explores whether the educated make better-informed health decisions. I propose that (1) when educated individuals are better informed, they are more likely to incorporate variation in risk factors when they report their personal cancer risk, and (2) as risk varies, the better educated will react more strongly by adopting preventive behaviors such as cancer screening. The results support for both predictions. Further, using data on attitudes toward breast health, I explore a possible mechanism: educated women are more receptive to scientific evidence and hold fewer nonscientific beliefs. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.