DOHERTY, EDEL; DEE, ANNE; CIARAN O’NEILL - In: The Economic and Social Review 43 (2012), pp. 227-250
In Ireland, over half the adult population are now considered to be overweight or obese. This has implications for individuals in terms of their health as well as for the health service in terms of care utilisation. Using SLÁN (2007) data we estimate the impact on use of general practitioner...