The hypothesis of the reciprocal determination of obesity and depression (OD) epidemics, contrasts with the anecdotal wisdom of a person being ‘jolly and fat’, and calls for a better...
The hypothesis of the reciprocal determination of obesity and depression (OD) epidemics, contrasts with the anecdotal wisdom of a person being ‘jolly and fat’, and calls for a better...
Proposals for government decentralization rank high on the political reform agenda of health systems worldwide. Their impact on welfare state performance and change, however, is still under...
¿A quién beneficia el comercio paralelo de medicamentos en la Unión Europea?
Costa-Font, Joan, Kanavos, Panos
Parallel trade is a legal movement (arbitrage) of goods from one country where the product is first sourced and protected by intellectual property rights to another one but without the warranty of...
When is the Internet a valued communication device for health information in Europe?
Joan Costa-Font, Elias Mossialos, Caroline Rudisill
The proliferation of new information and communication technologies such as the Internet has arguably changed the way individuals update the information they use to prevent illness and monitor their...
Heterogeneous [`]adaptation' and [`]income effects' across self-reported health distribution?
Costa-Font, Montserrat, Costa-Font, Joan
Self-reported health is a key quality-of-life measure affected by well-known cognitive biases, such as adaptation (or anchoring to past health conditions) along with a socio-economic vector. There...
Does 'early purchase' improve the willingness to pay for long-term care insurance?
Joan Costa-Font, Montserrat Font
Coverage for long-term care insurance (LTCI) is scant. One common reason analysts refer to is individual's myopia in planning insurance well ahead of need. We attempt to test this by empirically...