against failing in the task and also less inclined to buy travel insurance. This suggests intrinsic optimism influences … insurance demand and diminishes adverse selection …

There have been many tests of the descriptive validity of the axioms of expected utility theory (EU) using money … outcomes. Such tests are relatively uncommon with respect to health outcomes. This is unfortunate, because the standard gamble … - considered by many health economists to be the gold standard for cardinal health state value assessment - is implied from the …

,000 children into adulthood, we show that the negative effect of unemployment on mental health and life satisfaction is almost four …

This paper provides a comprehensive picture of mental health services in England, includingstaffing and expenditure …-sections of the health and socialservices; and the readily available information often appeared to give inconsistent answers ….This paper brings together and interprets the available evidence to provide a single coherentmap of mental health need and …

adults aged over 49 years in African HIV/AIDS research and prevention efforts. …

.i.d.r.v.s., stationarity or Markov dependence are assumed - while utility and length of life also may be taken as random. It is found that the …