The sorting effect in healthcare access: Those left behind
Econ Hum Biol. 2023 Jul 27;51:101282. doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2023.101282. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMany governments have sought to enhance patient choice in hospital by intensifying competitive pressure on hospital administrations that is expected to improve efficiency, quality, and innovation. However, there is mixed evidence on whether patients travel past their local hospitals to seek better quality care and whether higher-income patients are those most sensitive to respond to competitive pressures. Using detailed data from 17 million inpatient stays admitted in France during 2019, this paper explores patients' choice ...
Source: Economics and Human Biology - August 2, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Carine Milcent Source Type: research
General and COVID19-specific emotional stress: Religious practice as a potential coping strategy
Econ Hum Biol. 2023 Jul 29;51:101284. doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2023.101284. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTUsing Spanish microdata from the Survey on mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic conducted in February 2021 by the Centre for Sociological Research (CIS), this paper aims at identifying individual factors associated with an increased risk of mental or emotional distress arising from two different sources: a general pattern of depression or anxiety and distress specifically associated with the pandemic as measured by fears and worries about one's own or others' lives and job and income insecurity due to the COVID-19 heal...
Source: Economics and Human Biology - August 2, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Maite Bl ázquez Roc ío Sánchez-Mangas Source Type: research
Spatiotemporal variations in mean height of 17-year-old students born in 1957-2002 across 47 Japanese prefectures: Evidence from School Health Surveys
Econ Hum Biol. 2023 Jul 22;51:101283. doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2023.101283. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThis paper examines the secular trends and variations in mean height of 17-year-old students born in 1957-2002 across 47 prefectures in Japan. Mean height is consistently lower in southwest prefectures and greater in prefectures in the Greater Tokyo Area and from the south-central area to the north-western area facing Eurasia in the main island. Both the range and the coefficient of variation stay constant in the cohorts born during the 1970s or later, following rapid increases of mean height in the prefectures that initiall...
Source: Economics and Human Biology - August 2, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Nayu Ikeda Nobuo Nishi Source Type: research
Mobility restrictions and alcohol use during lockdown: "A still and dry pandemic for the many"?
Econ Hum Biol. 2023 Jul 8;50:101268. doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2023.101268. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTUnexpected mobility disruptions during lockdown during the first wave of COVID-19 became 'tipping points' with the potential to alter pre-pandemic routines sensitive to socialisation. This paper investigates the impact of lockdown exposure on alcohol consumption. We document two findings using information from the Google Mobility Report and longitudinal data from the Understanding Society survey (UKHLS) in the United Kingdom. First, we find a sharp reduction in both actual mobility and alcohol use (consistent with a "still an...
Source: Economics and Human Biology - July 30, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Martina Celidoni Joan Costa-Font Luca Salmasi Source Type: research
Mobility restrictions and alcohol use during lockdown: "A still and dry pandemic for the many"?
Econ Hum Biol. 2023 Jul 8;50:101268. doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2023.101268. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTUnexpected mobility disruptions during lockdown during the first wave of COVID-19 became 'tipping points' with the potential to alter pre-pandemic routines sensitive to socialisation. This paper investigates the impact of lockdown exposure on alcohol consumption. We document two findings using information from the Google Mobility Report and longitudinal data from the Understanding Society survey (UKHLS) in the United Kingdom. First, we find a sharp reduction in both actual mobility and alcohol use (consistent with a "still an...
Source: Economics and Human Biology - July 30, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Martina Celidoni Joan Costa-Font Luca Salmasi Source Type: research
