This paper seeks new insights concerning the health transition in 20th century Spain by analyzing both traditional … (mortality-based) and alternative (anthropometric-based) health indicators. Data were drawn from national censuses, vital and … cause-of-death statistics and seven National Health Surveys dating from 1987 to 2006 (almost 100,000 subjects aged 20 …

expenditure is of course influenced by policy and also by problems and inefficiencies on the market for pharmaceuticals production …

decreases, and the two have different implications for human health. An alternative measure for net current biological …

relationship between marriage and health for working-age (20 to 64) individuals. In both data sets married agents are healthier … than unmarried ones, and the health gap between married and unmarried agents widens by age. After controlling for … observables, a gap of about 12 percentage points in self-reported health persists for ages 55-59. We estimate the marriage health …

health care and Rajiv Aryogyasri (RAS), a health insurance scheme to cover the catastrophic health expenditure of BPL …

We use panel data from the US Health and Retirement Study 1992-2002 to estimate the effect of self-assessed health … limitations on active labor market participation of men around retirement age. Self-assessments of health and functioning … typically introduce an endogeneity bias when studying the effects of health on labor market participation. This results from …

paper also addresses the channels through which the conflict has affected health and nutrition. The results have not only …

paper also addresses the channels through which the conflict has affected health and nutrition. The results have not only …

"population health" is. We propose a lexicon for population health in the hope of clarifying issues and advancing this important …