International studies have shown evidence on inequity in use of health services of different kinds, depending on the type of health care service analysed. However, equity in the access to long-term care (LTC) services has received much less attention. We investigate the determinants of several...

En los últimos años estamos asistiendo a cambios en la definición del concepto de salud aplicable a individuos y poblaciones. En el presente trabajo se propone la estimación del stock de capital salud de la población residente en Cataluña. Para ello, en primer lugar, se estima la Esperanza...

Sexually transmitted diseases pose an important public health problem around the world. Although many studies have explored the link between alcohol use and risky sexual practices, the unobserved differences among individuals make it difficult to assess whether the associations are casual in...