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Male life expectancy at birth fell by over six years in Russia between 1989 and 1994. Many other countries of the former Soviet Union saw similar declines, and female life expectancy fell as well. Using cross-country and Russian household survey data, we assess six possible explanations for this...
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Seit nahezu einem Jahr sehen sich Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft erheblichen Belastungen durch die gesundheitliche Bedrohung der Corona-Pandemie und den dadurch ausgelösten Beschränkungen ausgesetzt. Die Folgen waren bisher eine der schwersten Wirtschaftskrisen in der Geschichte der...
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We study the link between illness severity and the use of public health care services by the privately insured under a public health system. Our theoretical model shows that this relationship will depend on the prioritization established by the public health authorities, the cost of waiting and...
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Gesundheit wird oft als das "höchste Gut" im Leben eines Menschen bezeichnet. Nach Definition der Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO) bedeutet Gesundheit nicht allein "die Abwesenheit von Krankheit", sondern bezeichnet "einen Zustand vollständigen körperlichen, geistigen und sozialen...
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Upon arrival in a host country, immigrants often have lower obesity rates (as measured for instance by BMI-body mass index) than their native counterparts do, but these rates converge over time. In light of the worldwide obesity epidemic and the flow of immigrants into host countries with higher...
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