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Changes in social inequalities in disability-free life expectancy in Southern Europe: the case of the Basque Country
Martín Roncero, Unai
; Esnaola, Santiago (Biomed Central, 2014-09-20)
Background: Health expectancy is a useful tool to monitor health inequalities. The evidence about the recent changes in social inequalities in healthy expectancy is relatively scarce and inconclusive, and most studies have ... -
Development of appropriateness explicit criteria for cataract extraction by phacoemulsification
Quintana López, José María; Escobar, Antonio; Arostegui Madariaga, Inmaculada (BioMed Central, 2006-03)
Background: Consensus development techniques were used in the late 1980s to create explicit criteria for the appropriateness of cataract extraction. We developed a new appropriateness of indications tool for cataract ... -
European economic crisis and health inequities: research challenges in an uncertain scenario
Escolar Pujolar, Antonio; Bacigalupe de la Hera, Amaia; San Sebastián, Miguel (Biomed Central, 2014-07-25)
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Impact of depressive symptoms on subjective well-being: the importance of patient-reported outcomes in schizophrenia
; ; ; ; Ballesteros Rodríguez, Francisco Javier (Dove Medical Press, 2011)
Objective: The subjective experience of psychotic patients toward treatment is a key factor in medication adherence, quality of life, and clinical outcome. The aim of this study was to assess the subjective well-being in ... -
The impact of economic crises on social inequalities in health: what do we know so far?
Bacigalupe de la Hera, Amaia; Escolar Pujolar, Antonio (Biomed Central, 2014-07-25)
Since 2008, Western countries are going through a deep economic crisis whose health impacts seem to be fundamentally counter-cyclical: when economic conditions worsen, so does health, and mortality tends to rise. While a ... -
The impact of the Great Recession on mental health and its inequalities: the case of a Southern European region, 1997-2013
Bacigalupe de la Hera, Amaia; Esnaola, Santiago; Martín Roncero, Unai (Biomed Central, 2016-01-26)
Background: Numerous studies have shown that macroeconomic changes have a great influence on health, prompting different concerns in recent literature about the effects of the current recession. The objetive of the study ... -
The IRYSS-COPD appropriateness study: objectives, methodology, and description of the prospective cohort
Quintana López, José María; Esteban, Cristóbal; ; García Gutiérrez, Susana; González, Nerea; Arostegui Madariaga, Inmaculada; Lafuente Guerrero, Iratxe; Baré Mañas, Marisa; Blasco, Juan Antonio; Vidal, Silvia; IRYSS-COPD Group (BioMed Central, 2011-11)
Background: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often experience exacerbations of the disease that require hospitalization. Current guidelines offer little guidance for identifying patients whose ... -
Why are we fat? Discussions on the socioeconomic dimensions and responses to obesity
Rayner, Geof;; Gracia, Mabel;; Young, Elizabeth;; Mauleón Gómez, José Ramón; Luque, Emilio;; Rivera-Ferre, Marta G. (BioMed Cental, 2010-04)
This paper draws together contributions to a scientific table discussion on obesity at the European Science Open Forum 2008 which took place in Barcelona, Spain. Socioeconomic dimensions of global obesity, including those ...