One of the basic needs of the people is good health that is central to human happiness and well-being. The aim of the … study was to investigate the health status of older adults (persons aged 50 years or higher) from Poland and to identify the … factors affecting their health among sociodemographic and economic characteristics. The source of information used in the …

In this paper, I propose a life cycle model of painkiller consumption that combines the theory of health deficit … accumulation with the theory of addiction. Chronic pain is conceptualized as a persistent negative shock to lifetime utility that …

detrimental behavioral responses. We explore this idea in the context of endogenous health and aging. We integrate physiological … state of health affects health spending, life expectancy, and the value of life. In counterfactual computational experiments … lifetime utility, health investments, and longevity. We then use the model to contribute to the literature on information …