For policy purposes expenditure in health systems of extremely different natures are often compared without having a clear question to be addressed in such a comparison. For instance, comparisons made among OECD countries ...

OBJECTIVES AND SETTING: Although psychotropic drugs are used to treat mental health disorders, little evidence analyses the effects the 2008 economic downturn had on psychotropic drug consumption in the case of Spain. We ...

Objectives: Our objective in this study is to evaluate the impact the Great Recession (2008–2014) had on self-perceived health in Spain. Design: We use a longitudinal database (four waves of the Bank of Spain’s Survey ...

Mental disorders are leading causes of ill-health and disability worldwide. Various factors influence mental health, such as lifestyle (diet, sport, alcohol and drug consumption), social environment/context, work conditions, ...

This study analysed socioeconomic inequalities in mortality due to injuries in small areas of 15 European cities, by sex, at the beginning of this century. A cross-sectional ecological study with units of analysis being ...