other variables, like health variables, are inconclusive. Our objective in this paper is to analyse the health convergence … the explanatory variables of health convergence as well as the unobserved spatiotemporal extra-variability. Our results … indicate that, in terms of health, although there was a catching-up process between the EU-27 regions between 1995 and 2009 …

Using a matched insurant-general practitioner panel data set, we estimated the effect of a general health …-screening program on individuals' health status and health care cost. To account for selection into treatment, we used regional … screening participation substantially increased inpatient and outpatient health care costs for up to two years after treatment …

Using a matched insurant-general practitioner panel data set, we estimated the effect of a general health …-screening program on individuals' health status and health care cost. To account for selection into treatment, we used regional … screening participation substantially increased inpatient and outpatient health care costs for up to two years after treatment …