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Age, Technology, and the Digital Divide: Are They Directly Related to Mental Health Problems?
1. Introduction The evolution and development of the technologies in our lives is undeniable. Furthermore, the benefits they offer have made people’s lives in modern society more comfortable. This has led to what is known as an increase in welfare statistics, driven by the produced social developments. The increase in well-being is primarily due to the application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in individuals’ daily lives.
The associations between suicides, economic conditions and social isolation: Insights from Spain
Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Abstract Suicide is among the main challenges that need to be addressed in developed countries. In this paper, we analyse suicides across the 17 Spanish regions over the period 2014–2019. More precisely, our objective is to re-study the determinants of suicides focusing on the latest economic expansion period. We use count panel data models and sex stratification.
A literature review of cost-of-illness studies on the economic burden of multiple sclerosis.
Highlights • Multiple Sclerosis places a huge economic burden on healthcare models and societies. • The estimated total annual cost per patient in Europe is 40,303€. • Costs of drugs were main the cost determinants for less severe cases of MS. • Informal care and production losses were the main cost for the most severe cases of MS. • Eastern European countries face the smallest costs. Abstract Background Multiple sclerosis has both high healthcare and social impacts.
The economic cost of dementia: A systematic review
Bail, K., Goss, J., Draper, B., Berry, H., Karmel, R., Gibson, D. (2015). The cost of hospital-acquired complications for older people with and without dementia; a retrospective cohort study. BMC Health Services Research, 15(1), 91. Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline Connolly, S., Gillespie, P., O’Shea, E., Cahill, S., Pierce, M. (2014). Estimating the economic and social costs of dementia in Ireland. Dementia, 13(1), 5–22. Google Scholar | SAGE Journals | ISI Daras, L. C., Feng, Z., Wiener, J.
The Determinants of Public Health Expenditures: Comparing Canada and Spain
[1] Di Matteo, L. and R. Di Matteo (1998) Evidence on the Determinants of Canadian Provincial Government Health Expenditures: 1965-1991,”Journal of Health Economics, 17 (2), 211-228. [2] Di Matteo, L. (2010). The sustainability of public health expenditures: evidence from the Canadian federation. European Journal of Health Economics 11 (6): 569-584. [3] Di Matteo, L. (2014) “Physician numbers as a driver of provincial government health spending in Canadian health policy,” Health Policy, 115, 18-35.
Opening the black box of under-health people: the case of Spain
Empirical evidence in health economics and quality of life is largely based on different dimensions. In this sense, many studies have focused on the determinants of Self-Assessed Health (SAH) and its relationship with other relevant variables such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP), health care expenditure, income inequality, etc. As a result, over the past decades individuals’ health is specified as an individual characteristic function based on different socio-demographic inputs [1].
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