Unregulated access to health-care services is associated with overutilization--lessons from Austria.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the study was to examine the effects of parental socioeconomic status, own socioeconomic status and social mobility upon the development of smoking from adolescence to adulthood. METHODS:Subjects were the participants of the North Karelia Youth Project study from six schools in Eastern Finland. A...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Paavola M,Vartiainen E,Haukkala A

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Consumption of fruits and vegetables is associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer. The European Union Common Agricultural Policy keeps prices high by limiting the availability of fruits and vegetables. This policy is at odds with public health interests. We assess the potential heal...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Veerman JL,Barendregt JJ,Mackenbach JP

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exposure to second-hand smoke (SHS) is a preventable cause of disease and disability that can effectively be tackled by tobacco legislation. The aim of the study was to analyse the trends of SHS exposure and its sociodemographic patterning during 1996-2016 in the context of tobacco policy changes in Estonia....

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Reile R,Pärna K

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The numbers of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) deaths per million people differ widely across countries. Often, the causal effects of interventions taken by authorities are unjustifiably concluded based on the comparison of pure mortalities in countries where interventions consisting different strategies...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Hradsky O,Komarek A

更新日期：2021-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis from published cohort studies to examine the association of adult height and all-cause mortality and to further explore the dose-response association. METHODS:PubMed, The Cochrane Library, The Ovid, CNKI, CQVIP and Wanfang databases were searched for articl...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Li Q,Liu Y,Sun X,Li H,Cheng C,Liu L,Liu F,Zhou Q,Guo C,Tian G,Qie R,Han M,Huang S,Li L,Wang B,Zhao Y,Ren Y,Zhang M,Hu D,Wu J,Lu J

更新日期：2020-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Earlier studies have reported socioeconomic differences in coronary heart disease incidence and mortality and in coronary treatment, but less is known about outcomes of care. We examined trends in income group differences in outcomes of coronary revascularizations among Finnish residents in 1998-2010. METHO...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Manderbacka K,Arffman M,Lumme S,Keskimäki I

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A number of health outcomes were affected by previous financial crises, e.g. suicides, homicides and transport accident mortality. Aim of this study was to analyse the effects of the current financial crisis on selected health outcomes at population level in Europe. METHODS:A mixed approach of ecologic and ...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Baumbach A,Gulis G

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:When resources are limited, occupational health survey participants are usually invited to consultations based on an occupational health provider's subjective considerations. This study aimed to find health survey participants at risk of long-term (i.e., ≥ 42 consecutive days) sickness absence (LTSA) for con...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Roelen CAM,van Hoffen MFA,Twisk JWR,Heymans MW

更新日期：2021-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Our study examines the relationship between the cumulation of employment statuses such as temporary contracts, self-employed, work at home or participating in the business activity of the spouse, and the health of Dutch early career workers. We followed four cohorts of Dutch early career workers that entered the labou...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： van Deurzen I,Bekker S

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:People with severe mental illness have increased risk for premature mortality and thus a shorter life expectancy. Relative death rates are used to show the excess mortality among patients with mental health disorder but cannot be used for the comparisons by country, region and time. METHODS:A population-b...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Ösby U,Westman J,Hällgren J,Gissler M

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adherence to recommended guidelines in the care for diabetes has been demonstrated to significantly prevent the excess risk of hospitalization and mortality for cardiovascular diseases. Aim of this study was to evaluate whether adherence to a standardized process quality-of-care-indicator in diabetes, is abl...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Seghieri C,Policardo L,Francesconi P,Seghieri G

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The Netherlands experienced several outbreaks of vaccine preventable diseases, largely confined to an orthodox Protestant minority group. Based on religious arguments some orthodox Protestants accept vaccination, while others refuse. Their acceptance of vaccination, however, seems to be changing over time. W...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Spaan DH,Ruijs WLM,Hautvast JLA,Tostmann A

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With the intention to aid planning for elderly focused public health and residential care needs in rapidly aging societies, a simple model using only age, gender and three Minimum Data Set (MDS) subscales (MDS-ADL Self-Performance Hierarchy, MDS-Cognitive Performance and the MDS-Changes in Health, End-stage ...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Lee JS,Chau PP,Hui E,Chan F,Woo J

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Falciparum malaria or malaria tropica is one of the leading causes of childhood mortality worldwide. Malaria-related deaths occur mainly in sub-Saharan Africa, where an estimated 365 million clinical cases of Plasmodium falciparum malaria occur each year. In Europe, imported malaria cases occur due to return...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Driessen GJ,Pereira RR,Brabin BJ,Hartwig NG

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is common knowledge that alcohol use and violence in adolescence is interrelated. However, less is known about variables which modify the link between alcohol use and violent behaviours in adolescence. The present study investigates how the interaction of intraindividual [adolescent risky single occasion ...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Kuntsche E,Gossrau-Breen D,Gmel G

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our objective was to analyse the influence of education on the link between functional limitation (FL) and self-rated health (SRH) in two countries, France and the USA. METHODS:The data of the North American NHANES study (n = 9254) and the French National Health Survey (n = 25 559) were used. FL was measure...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Delpierre C,Datta GD,Kelly-Irving M,Lauwers-Cances V,Berkman L,Lang T

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The role of occupational prestige, a direct measure of the perceived status of job and job holder, in inflammation is unknown. To contribute to understanding the pathways by which socioeconomic position (SEP) is associated with inflammation, we aimed to estimate the direct effects of education, income and oc...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Pedersen JM,Budtz-Jørgensen E,De Roos A,Garcia L,Lund R,Rod NH,Kroenke C,Chan KHK,Liu S,Michael Y

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To examine support for various smoking policies and tobacco control measures among lifetime smokers in a country with weak anti-smoking legislation and an underdeveloped anti-smoking climate. METHODS:Current (n = 624) and former smokers (n = 131) from a general population survey filled in the 30-item Smokin...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Schumann A,John U,Thyrian JR,Ulbricht S,Hapke U,Meyer C

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Positive affect contributes to the healthy life style, which, in turn, explains life satisfaction and psychological well-being among the elderly. Existent literature has reinforced that physical activity participation influences development of positive affect for the elderly. Because of the increased life co...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Lee S

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this short report was to describe the output and citation rates of public health. Data-based publications and literature reviews from the year 2008, and their 5-year citation rates were extracted from 10 randomly selected public health journals. In total, 86.2% of publications were descriptive/epidemiologic...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Wolfenden L,Milat AJ,Lecathelinais C,Sanson-Fisher RW,Carey ML,Bryant J,Waller A,Wiggers J,Clinton-McHarg T,Lin Yoong S

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Mental health problems in the perinatal period are common. We examined associations between different categories of migrant status and region of origin in relation to mental health during pregnancy and at 2 months post-partum. Methods:We analyzed data from the French nationally representative Etude Longitud...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： El-Khoury F,Sutter-Dallay AL,Panico L,Charles MA,Azria E,Van der Waerden J,Melchior M

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Kenya recently transitioned from a paper to an electronic system for recording and reporting of tuberculosis (TB) data. METHODS:During September-October 2013, the data quality of the new system was evaluated through an audit of data in paper source documents and in the national electronic system, and an ana...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Sharma A,Ndisha M,Ngari F,Kipruto H,Cain KP,Sitienei J,Bloss E

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Calls for public health initiatives to increase adolescent leisure-time physical activity suggest that increasing activity in this age group will reduce social inequalities in health. While the public health benefits of exercise are undisputed, there is little evidence on its role in reducing health inequali...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Sacker A,Cable N

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate mental health symptoms as prognostic risk markers of all-cause and psychiatric sickness absence (SA). METHODS:Mental health symptoms were measured in 1137 office workers with the Four-Dimensional Symptom Questionnaire (4DSQ), including scales for distress, depression, anxiety and somatization...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Roelen CA,Hoedeman R,van Rhenen W,Groothoff JW,van der Klink JJ,Bültmann U

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The study was carried out in order to examine the effect of unemployment on the incidence of disability pension in Iceland by examining changes in this relationship from 1992 to 2007. METHODS:The annual incidence of disability pension for the period 1992-2007 was calculated. Correlations and significance te...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Thorlacius S,Ólafsson S

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The game of tobacco use began in Europe in 1560 when the first tobacco seeds were sent from Lisbon to the king of France, by Jean Nicot. From kings' and nobles' exclusive use, it gradually and progressively became popular among the public, as a new player. Eighty-eight years ago (1929), Fritz Linkint, an extraordinary...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Saboga-Nunes L,Levin-Zamir D,Rabius V

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse deprivation and AIDS among three AIDS transmission groups (men who have sex with men--MSM, heterosexuals, and intravenous drug users--IDUs) in Barcelona, Spain, during the period 1990-95. METHODS:This is an ecological study, the unit of analysis being the neighbourhoods. Included were AIDS cases r...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Brugal MT,Borrell C,Díaz-Quijano E,Pasarín MI,García-Olalla P,Villalbí JR

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The world was hit hard by the 2008 recession which led to increased unemployment and financial strain. However, how the recession affected people with pre-existing mental health problems has been understudied. This study investigates the effect of the 2008 recession in Iceland on stress, well-being and emplo...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Jónsdóttir U,Þórðardóttir EB,Aspelund T,Jónmundsson Þ,Einarsdóttir K

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renewed debates about the superiority of either predominantly public or predominantly private health services arrangements have tended to be more ideologically charged than conceptually precise. Historically, the public/private split in European systems has often been more sharply defined in principle than in practice...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Saltman RB

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Most cost of illness studies are based on models where information on exposure is combined with risk information from meta-analyses, and the resulting attributable fractions are applied to the number of cases. Methods:This study presents data on alcohol and tobacco use for 2011 and 2012 obtained from a rout...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Miquel L,Rehm J,Shield KD,Vela E,Bustins M,Segura L,Colom J,Anderson P,Gual A

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00