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The IRYSS-COPD appropriateness study: objectives, methodology, and description of the prospective cohort
(BioMed Central, 2011-11)
Background: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often experience exacerbations of the disease that require hospitalization. Current guidelines offer little guidance for identifying patients whose ...
The impact of economic crises on social inequalities in health: what do we know so far?
(Biomed Central, 2014-07-25)
Since 2008, Western countries are going through a deep economic crisis whose health impacts seem to be fundamentally counter-cyclical: when economic conditions worsen, so does health, and mortality tends to rise. While a ...
European economic crisis and health inequities: research challenges in an uncertain scenario
(Biomed Central, 2014-07-25)
Impact of depressive symptoms on subjective well-being: the importance of patient-reported outcomes in schizophrenia
(Dove Medical Press, 2011)
Objective: The subjective experience of psychotic patients toward treatment is a key factor in medication adherence, quality of life, and clinical outcome. The aim of this study was to assess the subjective well-being in ...
Changes in social inequalities in disability-free life expectancy in Southern Europe: the case of the Basque Country
(Biomed Central, 2014-09-20)
Background: Health expectancy is a useful tool to monitor health inequalities. The evidence about the recent changes in social inequalities in healthy expectancy is relatively scarce and inconclusive, and most studies have ...
The impact of the Great Recession on mental health and its inequalities: the case of a Southern European region, 1997-2013
(Biomed Central, 2016-01-26)
Background: Numerous studies have shown that macroeconomic changes have a great influence on health, prompting different concerns in recent literature about the effects of the current recession. The objetive of the study ...
Why are we fat? Discussions on the socioeconomic dimensions and responses to obesity
(BioMed Cental, 2010-04)
This paper draws together contributions to a scientific table discussion on obesity at the European Science Open Forum 2008 which took place in Barcelona, Spain. Socioeconomic dimensions of global obesity, including those ...