the National Survey of Households-PNAD COVID-19/IBGE-to quantify the socioeconomic inequality in health during the first … analysis to verify the factors that most influence the inequalities in the specified health variables. We find a positive …

necessity to avoid any health consequences. The COVID-19 pandemic imposed additional challenges for older persons in addressing … demographic, socioeconomic, and health factors. Educational levels, social participation, and cognitive and remembering … impairments were found to be statistically significant factors. As unmet healthcare needs leave older persons with serious health …

Atwood analyzes the effects of the 1963 U.S. measles vaccination on long-run labor market out-comes, using a …

We study the impact on young children's bodyweight of switching from means-tested to universal provision of nutritious … children not eligible under means-testing, with little evidence of income or parental labour supply effects. This suggests …

The current coronavirus pandemic is an unprecedented public health challenge that has devastating economic impacts for … results provide evidence that the current public health crisis will exacerbate economic inequality, and they are among the rst …

The global health security (GHS) Index assesses countries' level of preparedness to health risks. However, there is no … evidence on how and whether the efects of health systems building blocks and socioeconomic indicators on the level of … preparedness difer for low and high prepared countries. The aim of this study was to examine the contributions of health systems …

Background Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) prevalence rates are around 5-10% of school-aged children …, and drug consumption) and injuries amongst children aged 6-18. Methods We use a large administrative dataset for the whole … population of Catalan children in Spain who were born between 1998 and 2012. We apply a scale that contains alternative …

from Bogota's Secretariat of Health in a field experiment, we measure the impact of various norm nudges, including trending …, qualitative, and quantitative dynamic norms, on actual vaccination rates. Contrary to our hypothesis, dynamic norms alone fail to … influence second-dose HPV vaccination rates for these trendsetters. However, the study reveals a 5.22 percent increase …