This paper explores whether and to which extent employment condition and working hours influence individuals’ decision process in consuming primary care. The hypothesis is that the higher the workers’ opportunity cost in terms of earning forgone, the less the demand for General Practitioner...

This paper analyses the effects of employment condition and work hours on the utilisation of primary care services in Italy. Although the Italian NHS provides free and equitable access to primary care, type of occupation and labour contracts may still deter workers to attend medical...

This paper analyses the effects of employment condition and work hours on the utilisation of primary care services in Italy. Although the Italian NHS provides free and equitable access to primary care, type of occupation and labour contracts may still deter workers to attend medical...

Health is an essential element that enables people to spend their life with great potential. A healthy life helps to live with confidence and self-esteem. At the macro level, the key foundation of economic development is health. On the micro-level, health can efficiently ensure people’s...

The present paper examines the access to health care with reference to availability of manpower in the health care sector in Andhra Pradesh. Also the paper provides the alternative estimations of workforce in health care sector based on the NSS Employment and Unemployment Survey.

The circular interplay between demography-employment-productivity-PayGo is investigated for Italy and Italian geographical repartitions. Looking forward to the mid-long run, the paper offers simulations of the burden each effective worker and each active citizen will have to bear to finance via...

The circular interplay between demography-employment-productivity-PayGo is investigated for Europe and Us. Looking forward to the mid-long run, the paper offers simulations of the burden each effective worker and each active citizen will have to bear to finance via pay-as-you-go public health...

PURPOSE: This study addresses the impact of late-life paid work on physical and psychological well-being. METHODS: Longitudinal data was drawn from the Health and Retirement Survey and the RAND-HRS data base for more than 6,000 individuals aged 59 to 69 who were working or not-working in the...

Celem głównym badania jest wskazanie i przeanalizowanie tych obszarów, które w gospodarce ogólnoświatowej wykazują duży potencjał rozwojowy, a w województwie podlaskim nie występują bądź występują w postaci zalążkowej. Ponadto przeprowadzone analizy mają prowadzić do...

Outbreaks of infectious diseases in developing countries deplete the primary asset of the poor – their labour – through premature deaths and increased morbidity. This study examines how peasant households may respond to the global and local effects of pandemics in economies with...