Herd Immunity or Containment through Test and Trace?
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), a viral disease caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2, has arrived and is spreading in Hawai’i. In an attempt to “flatten the
March 31, 2020
Tim Halliday
The Mortality Effects of Reduced Medicaid Coverage Among International Migrants in Hawaii: 2012–2018
We computed quarterly crude mortality rates for COFA migrants, Whites, and Japanese Americans from March 2012 to November 2018. We employed a difference-in-difference research design
March 24, 2020
The intergenerational transmission of health in the United States: A latent variables analysis
Social scientists have long documented that many components of socioeconomic status such as income and education have strong ties across generations. However, health status, arguably
January 15, 2020
The Impact of Medicaid on Health Care Utilization among Hawai‘i’s COFA Migrants
By Timothy Halliday and Randall Q Akee The Compacts of Free Association (COFA) are treaties between the United States (US) and three Micronesian nations: the
April 16, 2019
The Impact of Public Health Insurance on Medical Utilization in a Vulnerable Population: Evidence from COFA Migrants
In March of 2015, the State of Hawaii stopped covering the vast majority of migrants from countries belonging to the Compact of Free Association (COFA)
April 4, 2019
Health Investment over the Life-Cycle
We quantify what drives the rise in medical expenditures over the life-cycle using a stochastic dynamic overlapping generations model of health investment. Three motives for
January 9, 2019
Impact of Financial Incentives on Health Outcomes and Costs of Care among Medicaid Beneficiaries with Diabetes in Hawai’i
The Hawai’i Patient Reward And Incentives to Support Empowerment (HI-PRAISE) project, part of the Medicaid Incentives for Prevention of Chronic Diseases program of the Affordable
January 1, 2019
Vog: Using Volcanic Eruptions to Estimate the Health Costs of Particulates
The negative consequences of long-term exposure to particulate pollution are well established but a number of studies find no effect of short-term exposure on health
January 1, 2019
Financial Incentives for Medicaid Beneficiaries With Diabetes: Lessons Learned From HI-PRAISE, an Observational Study and Randomized Controlled Trial
The Hawaii Patient Reward and Incentives to Support Empowerment (HI-PRAISE) project examined the impact of financial incentives on Medicaid beneficiaries with diabetes.
September 1, 2018