Greek health outcomes compare favourably with the OECD average. However, the health care system is seen as not working well by the population. One source of dissatisfaction is the high proportion of private household spending on health, including informal payments, while public health spending...

This paper models the impact on economic growth of HIV/AIDS when the epidemic is in a mature phase, in contrast with previous studies focused on periods of expansion, as in African countries. Simulations for Honduras, the epicenter of the epidemic in Central America, show that AIDS is not likely...

In this study, we provide both a descriptive analysis and ordered probit analysis of the self-reported health status for adult men and women in Turkey. Self -reported health is considered to be a reliable measure of adult health status and comparable to the clinical measures of health status. We...

The objective is to estimate the effect on one’s weight decades later of choosing a blue collar job as his/her initial job. OLS and probit models are estimated, using dummy variables for overweight and obesity as the dependent variables. Various two stage models treat occupational choice to be...

El arti?culo estudia los determinantes de la calidad en los servicios de control prenatal en Colombia para establecer cua?les son las variables de la estructura que afectan un adecuado control prenatal, ya que la literatura especializada considera que el cuidado prenatal es una variable clave...

The aim of this study, in terms of worker safety, is to determine the prevalence of job-related musculoskeletal ailments in in-patient treatment institutions, and to investigate the factors causing these conditions. Importance: Job-related musculoskeletal conditions, one of the most important...

ResumenObjetivoEstimar la razón de costo-efectividad de diferentes esquemas diagnósticos en recién nacidos de madres con historia clínica de infección por Toxoplasma gondii durante el embarazo, para aumentar los casos detectados de toxoplasmosis congénita.MétodosSe construyó un árbol de...

ResumenObjetivo: Estimar la razón de costo efectividad de realizar la tamización serológica para toxoplasma en el primer control prenatal y continuar o no con seguimiento mensual o trimestral, para aumentar los casos diagnosticados de gestantes con infección por Toxoplasma gondii con...

ResumenObjetivoEstimar la razón de costo efectividad del urocultivo, la tinción de Gram o el parcial de orina solos, comparados con el urocultivo dependiendo del resultado del parcial de orina, para la tamización de bacteriuria asintomática (BAS) en mujeres embarazadas.MétodosSe diseñaron...

This paper presents the first empirical assessment of the causal relationship between social capital and health in Italy. The analysis draws on the 2000 wave of the Multipurpose Survey on Household conducted by the Italian Institute of Statistics on a representative sample of the population (n =...