death), hospital utilization, and medical expenditure in Greece during the period 1995 - 2010. The estimates indicate that … increases in the number of hospital days. Real per capita pharmaceutical expenditure increased rapidly during this period, but … 62% of the increase in pharmaceutical expenditure was offset by a reduction in hospital expenditure attributable to …

We investigate the effect of extreme temperatures on mortality and emergency hospital admissions, and whether local … social care allows to mitigate their adverse effects. We merge monthly administrative data on mortality and hospital … mortality rates and hospital admission rates for both cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. These effects are mostly driven …