This study addresses the issue of psychosocial determinants of health, i.e. non material resources such as social capital, social support, and sense of control or self-esteem. We firstly analyse their impact on health status in addition to material and biological determinants. We then measure...

Medical state assistance ('Aide Médicale d’État,') is a public health insurance programme that allows undocumented immigrants with limited financial resources to access health care services for free. The objective of medical state assistance is to enable undocumented immigrants to visit...

Health workforce shortages in developed countries are perceived to be central drivers of health professionals' international migration, one ramification being negative impacts on developing nations' healthcare delivery. After a descriptive international overview, selected economic issues are...

In this article we analyse the rates at which those admitted to hospital with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) receive aggressive treatment, assess how those rates have changed over time, and ask whether there is evidence of age discrepancies. Estimates made on the basis of data from an...

The equitable allocation of health care resources is a central goal in many health systems. Scholars from economics, political science, philosophy, ethics and other areas have offered many alternative conceptions of an equitable, or just, allocation of health care resources. In their seminal...

Health workforce shortages in developed countries are perceived to be central drivers of health professionals' international migration, one ramification being negative impacts on developing nations' healthcare delivery. After a descriptive international overview, selected economic issues are...