The paper aims to find if and in which extent the number of diseases per 100000 persons (hospital discharges) vary by economic development level, type of disease (circulatory system disease, respiratory system disease and digestive system disease) and life style. In the paper we apply the...

In this paper we propose the prognosis of the unemployment rate in the European Union through the Box-Jenkins method and the TRAMO/SEATS method as well as the detection of the method which proves to provide the best results. The monthly unemployment rate in the European Union is affected by...

This paper analyses one of the components of a time series, that is the seasonal component. The phenomenon studied in the paper is the unemployment in Romania during 1996-2005. The unemployment seasonality is measured by three indicators: low-peak seasonality, amplitude seasonality and mean...

In the paper we aim to study the European health systems by analysing the relationship between the outcome and the input of health systems. The indicator that measures the output is healthy life expectancy at birth and at 65 years of age for the female and male population. The input consists in...