Many recent analyses have attempted to measure and explain income-related health and health care inequalities in France. Nevertheless aspects related to equity have not systematically been emphasised. This paper considers the question of equity in recent empirical research. It adopts a...

Parmi les facteurs explicatifs proposés pour expliquer les inégalités sociales de santé, la littérature épidémiologique a récemment mis en avant l’influence du milieu social d’origine sur l’état de santé à l’âge adulte, cette influence résultant à la fois d’un effet...

There is a need to understand the practicality, validity and reliability of using utility measures with children and adolescents. We designed a pilot study in order to help guide the selection of an appropriate health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) questionnaire for adolescents to be used in...

Among inequalities in health, those which are explained by circumstances during childhood or parents' characteristics are recognized as inequalities of opportunities in health and are considered as the most unfair. Tackling health inequalities in later life and improving the underlying...

Background: Over four millions people in England are estimated to have a CVD and they are responsible for over one third of deaths and a fifth of hospital admissions in England every year. In prioritising the reduction of premature mortality there has been a focus on improving prevention and...

Background: Diagnostic tests are often evaluated according to how the results will change clinical management. Patients may value information even if the management does not change. Objective: To investigate the willingness of adults with inherited retinal disease to undergo and pay for...

Public health policies typically assume that there are characteristics and constraints over health that an individual cannot control and that there are choices that an individual could change if he is nudged or provided with incentives. We consider that health is determined by a range of...