Rationale: epidemiological studies suggest that air pollution causes a small loss in life expectancy (a few months with a large range from a few days to ten years) and this makes air pollution a very different case from the standard one (road accidents). For this reason, the appropriate...

Rationale: in 2003, 14.5% of total health expenditures in Switzerland were related to elderly people long term care. To date, this causes an important burden for health insurances and young generations that could be reduced by increasing nursing homes technical efficiency. Objectives: evaluation...