Assessing the relationship between healthcare market competition and medical care quality under Taiwan's National Health Insurance programme.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Programmes to educate media professionals about suicide are increasingly established, but information about which suicide cases are most likely to be reported in the mass media is sparse. METHODS:We applied binomial tests to compare frequencies of social characteristics of all domestic suicides in the 13 la...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Niederkrotenthaler T,Till B,Herberth A,Voracek M,Kapusta ND,Etzersdorfer E,Strauss M,Sonneck G

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adolescent alcohol use varies across Europe. Differences in use might be due to variations in social drinking norms. These norms become apparent, e.g. in different proportions of alcohol drinking types per country. This study's purpose is to cluster European countries according to prevalence rates of alcohol...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Bräker AB,Soellner R

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is little information on potential differences in smoking behaviour of parents between Finland and Russia and on the effects of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure on allergic and respiratory diseases among Finnish and Russian children. The aim of the study was to compare the smoking behaviour o...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Hugg TT,Jaakkola MS,Ruotsalainen RO,Pushkarev VJ,Jaakkola JJ

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The threat of an influenza pandemic has led to stockpiling of antiviral drugs in order to mitigate a plausible outbreak. If the stockpile would be used in relation to the recent pandemic alert, an investment decision about renewing the stock for a possible subsequent pandemic is essential. The decision shoul...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Lugnér AK,Postma MJ

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In many countries, consumption of fruits and vegetables (F&V) is below recommended levels. We quantify the economic and health effects of alternative policy (P) scenarios aiming to increase F&V consumption: (P1) 3.4% reduction in VAT, (P2) €100/year/person F&V stamp policy designed for low-income consumers (...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Dallongeville J,Dauchet L,de Mouzon O,Réquillart V,Soler LG

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The challenges for health care systems are evident both in terms of costs and of healthy life expectancy. It was the aim of this study to assess the access points towards the different levels of care and predictors for consulting a specialist without having consulted a general practitioner (GP), a common way...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Hoffmann K,Stein KV,Maier M,Rieder A,Dorner TE

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Social gradients have been found across European populations, where less affluent groups are more often affected by poor housing and neighbourhood conditions. While poor housing and neighbourhood quality have been associated with a range of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), these conditions have rarely been ...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： McNamara CL,Balaj M,Thomson KH,Eikemo TA,Bambra C

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health 2020 is the regional health policy framework of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe. The goals of Health 2020 are to improve health and well-being, reduce health inequalities and strengthen public health. To gain insight into the Health 2020 targets needing extra attention i...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Zuidberg MRJ,Shriwise A,de Boer LM,Johansen AS

更新日期：2020-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As school dropout is an important public health problem that needs to be addressed, we set out to examine whether and how, beyond the well-known effects of sex, gender beliefs and self-reported masculinity and femininity are related to school dropout. METHODS:The study used a case-control design, consisting...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Theunissen MJ,de Man I,Verdonk P,Bosma H,Feron F

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The EUROCISS Project (European Cardiovascular Indicators Surveillance Set), as part of the Health Monitoring Programme financed by the European Commission, has been implemented to develop health indicators and recommendations for the monitoring of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Morbidity data are rarely ava...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： EUROCISS Working Group.

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to examine the association between weight status and exposure to bullying among 11-, 13- and 15-year-old Danish school children. Furthermore, the purpose was to investigate the potentially mediating effect of body image. METHODS:Data from the Danish contribution to the internat...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Brixval CS,Rayce SL,Rasmussen M,Holstein BE,Due P

更新日期：2012-02-01 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:Ecological models depict violent injuries against women being influenced by both individual and environmental characteristics. However, only few studies examined the association between regional variables and the likelihood of violent injuries. Our study is a preliminary assessment of the impact of regional ...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Yang T,Yang XY,Cottrell RR,Wu D,Jiang S,Anderson JG

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are large socioeconomic disparities in food behaviours. The objective of the present study is to longitudinally explore socioeconomic disparities in adolescents' fruit and vegetable (FV) intake and to assess mediators of the disparity. METHODS:A longitudinal study containing 896 adolescents from 20 ra...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Bere E,van Lenthe F,Klepp KI,Brug J

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To examine the association between education and mortality for various causes of death in young adults in a community with a high rate of injection-drug users. METHODS:Linked mortality study based on mortality records for 1996 and 1997 and on 1996 population census data from the Region of Madrid (Spain). Th...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Regidor E,de la Fuente L,Calle ME,Navarro P,Domínguez V

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Incidents in health care happen every now and then. Incidents are often extensively covered by the news media. In this study, we investigated the impact of an incident in a Dutch hospital on public trust in health care in the population living in the vicinity of where the incident took place and in the natio...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： van der Schee E,de Jong JD,Groenewegen PP

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 1998 a joint initiative of the Hungarian School of Public Health and the National Public Health Service created a network of sentinel stations based in primary care facilities in four Hungarian counties. The aim was to establish a system that will provide valid data on morbidity of selected diseases in Hu...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Széles G,Vokó Z,Jenei T,Kardos L,Pocsai Z,Bajtay A,Papp E,Pásti G,Kósa Z,Molnár I,Lun K,Adány R

更新日期：2005-02-01 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:Social inequalities has been shown for participation in colorectal cancer screening and recently in the initial stool sample blood test. If these differences persist at follow-up colon examination after a positive stool test, it would suggest that social inequality in screening may be greater than the inequa...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Deding U,Henig AS,Hindersson P,Torp-Pedersen C,Bøggild H

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The early cancer studies on immigrants, which started to appear some 50 years ago, showed that the incidence in cancers changes to the level of the new host country in one or two generations. These findings were fundamental to the understanding of the environmental etiology of human cancer. Many immigrant groups origi...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Hemminki K,Försti A,Khyatti M,Anwar WA,Mousavi M

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The international comparability of data from population-based cancer registries depends strongly on the completeness of case ascertainment. Furthermore, Austrian observed incidence rates suggest that the completeness of case ascertainment differs between Austrian federal states. Completeness of case ascertai...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Hackl M,Waldhoer T

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mental problems have been hypothesized to impede social adaptation and vice versa, and discrimination is assumed to interact with both. The available empirical documentation is, however, limited. The objective of this study is to contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of associations and pathways b...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Montgomery E,Foldspang A

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The current financial crisis is having a major impact on European economies, especially that of Spain. Past evidence suggests that adverse macro-economic conditions exacerbate mental illness, but evidence from the current crisis is limited. This study analyses the association between the financial crisis and...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Lopez Bernal JA,Gasparrini A,Artundo CM,McKee M

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Carrier screening for autosomal recessive disorders aims to facilitate reproductive decision-making by identifying couples with a 1-in-4 risk in every pregnancy of having an affected child. Except for a few countries or regions, carrier screening is not widely offered and is mostly ancestry-based. Technologi...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Holtkamp KCA,Mathijssen IB,Lakeman P,van Maarle MC,Dondorp WJ,Henneman L,Cornel MC

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The decreasing participation rates and selective non-participation peril the representativeness of health examination surveys (HESs). Methods:Finnish HESs conducted in 1972-2012 are used to demonstrate that survey participation rates can be enhanced with well-planned recruitment procedures and auxiliary inf...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Karvanen J,Härkänen T,Reinikainen J,Tolonen H

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Health technology assessment and ethical issues have to be dealt with in deciding on national carrier screening for cystic fibrosis (CF)-the most frequent severe autosomal recessive disease in Caucasian populations and several stakeholders need to be involved. A citizens' jury is one way to ask citizens to d...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Mosconi P,Colombo C,Roberto A,Candiani G,Greco MT,Satolli R,Castellani C

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Smoking and physical inactivity are linked to mortality, but it is not known whether the association between smoking and mortality is affected by the amount and intensity of physical activity. We examined the joint associations of smoking and physical activity with mortality, while taking key covariates into...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Lallukka T,Lahti J,Lahelma E,Rahkonen O

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Research suggests that policymakers often use personal contacts to find information and advice. However, the main sources of information for public health policymakers are not known. This study aims to describe policymakers' sources of information. A questionnaire survey of public health policymakers across ...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Oliver KA,de Vocht F,Money A,Everett M

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A country's health expenditure significantly improves its population health status. This study aims to examine the determinants of health expenditure in dictatorships. METHODS:We designed a mixed methods research approach. First, we used panel data from 1995 to 2014 covering 99 countries (n = 1488). Fixed e...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Yan HT,Lin YC

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Quality indicators for Chinese patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) have been developed. However, little is known about the compliance with quality indicators and the association between process indicators and in-hospital mortality in China. METHODS:Data from 1862 CHF admissions between 1 January 2009 ...

journal_title：European journal of public health

authors： Fu R,Xiang J,Bao H,Wang Z,Wang Y,Chen Y,Zhang H,Liu D,Liu M

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00