Background: As in several other industrialized countries, Germany's statutory health insurance (SHI) is facing rising … healthcare costs as well as the challenges caused by a double-aging society. The early detection and prevention of chronic … symptoms). Prevention strategies after diagnosis of pre-diabetes encompassed lifestyle and metformin interventions. Methods …

Several RCT studies have shown that prevention of type 2 diabetes is feasible via lifestyle interventions. Nevertheless …, the empirical evidence for economic effectiveness of prevention in real-world settings is scarce. We analyze costs and … effectiveness of a specific type 2 diabetes prevention program in Finland, the GOAL Lifestyle Implementation Trial (GOAL LIT). We …

Mapping from health status measures onto generic preference-based measures is becoming a common solution when health … state utility values are not directly available for economic evaluation. However the accuracy and reliability of the models …

higher in Exeter than other cities. 18 sets of health state descriptions were presented to the panel over 14 months. 74% of … with participation. Compliance varied from 3% to 100%, with the average per set of health state descriptions being 41 … recruit and train a panel of members of the general public to express preferences on a wide range of health states using the …

This paper estimates the causal effect of perceived job insecurity - i.e. the fear of involuntary job loss - on health … potential endogeneity of job insecurity is not accounted for, the latter appears to deteriorate almost all health outcomes. When … tackling the endogeneity issue by estimating an IV model and dealing with potential weak-instrument issues, the health …

We investigate the role of social norms in accounting for differences in self-reported health as reported by men and … worse health than men, whatever the health outcome we consider – i.e. general self-assessed health but also more specific … workplace environment and study how the latter affects self-reported health for men and women separately. Our findings indicate …

is to some extent countered by an increase in the share receiving unemployment insurance benefits, indicating that …

High food prices can be an immediate threat to household food security, undermining population health, retarding human … population health measured by infant mortality rate, child mortality rate, and the prevalence of undernourishment. We find that … rising food prices have a significant and adverse effect on all three health indicators in developing countries. Furthermore …