generations. The paper is based on a specific survey about Health and Social Networks carried out by the Department of Economics …, reproductive health, habits and social networks. …

have an effect on the quality of health care for patients. Controlled studies are needed to establish differences between …

English Abstract: This article analyzes determinants (individual and text related) that affect the use of health … designed, and binary regression models are estimated from microdata from the National Demographic and Health Survey 2005, and … the Special Register of Health Care Providers of the Colombian Ministry of Social Protection. The results show that the …

elderly of Montevideo, Uruguay. Based on data from the Survey on Health, Well-being and Aging (SABE project, PAHO-WHO), a … time, the instruments chosen that pick up religiosity, smoking and eating habits were relevant and valid with the expected … the probability of being obese. The results do not show a significative association between poor health, measured through …

We analyze data on happiness for Argentina and Uruguay. The focus is put on self-reported health status as a key aspect … main relationship is between happiness and health status. Whether this is a causal effect or a correlation, is not clear …. This issue is explo red using matching methods, finding that a good health status increases the probability of being happy …

, based on the Latinobarometro 2004 for Argentina and Uruguay. The focus is put on self-reported health status as a key aspect … for each country and the region. Results show that the main relationship is between happiness and health status. Whether … methods, finding that reporting a good health status increases the probability of being satisfied with life by 31 and 46 …