Using multiple waves of Statistics Canada's Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) linked with the Longitudinal … health outcomes of immigrants to Canada. Our results demonstrate that immigrants from conflict zones face unique physical … health challenges that continue post-migration. Better understanding these challenges will help health policy makers and …

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of a spouse's health shock on own risk attitudes. A spouse …'s health shock (i.e., the occurrence of a severe disease) can influence own expectations about the probability of falling ill …, a health shock may act as a wake-up call to enjoy life and may increase risk willingness. Using German Socio Economic …

Studies on the effect of ageing on health care expenditures (HCE) have revealed the importance of controlling for time … confirmed. -- Health care expenditure ; proximity to death ; ageing ; "red herring" hypothesis …

This paper shows that patients with private health insurance (PHI) are being offered significantly shorter waiting … times than patients with statutory health insurance (SHI) in German acute hospital care. This behavior may be driven by the … or with less discrimination. -- Private health insurance ; waiting time ; German acute care hospitals …

We analyze the effect of job insecurity on psychological health. We extend the group of people being affected to … employees who have insecure jobs to account for a broader measure of the mental health consequences of potential unemployment … fear of unemployment substantially decreases the mental health status of employees. Quantile regression results yield …

This paper contributes to the analysis of policy measures that attempt to reduce health care expenditures of insurers …. We examine the impact of a cash bonus program for preventive health behavior of a German health insurer on prevention … effort and health care expenditures using a unique administrative dataset that covers all insurants of the health insurer …

There is widespread concern about the quality of care in nursing homes. Based on administrative data of a large health …