A 2005 survey reveals that U.S. health economists spend approximately 55 percent of their professional time on research. Assistant, associate and full professors, on average, reported publishing 8.8, 17.0 and 22.1 peer reviewed papers, respectively, over the past five years. Non-academic health...

Retirement leads to changes in daily life that may affect health positively or negatively. Existing empirical evidence is inconclusive: While a few studies identify negative health effects, the majority of studies find no or positive effects of retirement on health. The mechanisms behind these...

Der Renteneintritt bringt einige Veränderungen im Alltag mit sich, die sowohl positive als auch negative Folgen für die persönliche Gesundheit haben können. Bisherige empirische Studien kommen zu keinem eindeutigen Ergebnis. Während einige Studien negative Gesundheitseffekte zu...

Aim: To carry out a systematic review of studies that have conducted economic evaluations on smoking relapse prevention interventions by critically appraising the quality of the methodology. Methods: All relevant articles were identified by searching three electronic databases MEDLINE, EMBASE,...