Overall progress in life expectancy (LE) depends increasingly on survival in older ages. The
birth cohorts now reaching old age have experienced considerable educational expansion …

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in more than 282 million cases and almost 5.5 million
deaths (WHO Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Dashboard, 2022). Its impact, however, has …

A generous welfare state decommodifies social relations and frees citizens from relying
excessively on markets. We argue that decommodification is associated with population …

Peru has one of the highest informal employment rates in Latin America (73%). Previous
studies have shown a higher prevalence of poor self-perceived health (P-SPH) in informal …

Objectives To assess if regular dental visits modify the effects of social and racial indicators
on the incidence of tooth loss. Methods This is a longitudinal analysis using data from the …

The link between policy design choices and health is an important, yet understudied area of
public health research. I investigate the impact of the generosity, inclusion, and autonomy of …

Much of this special issue of Perspectives on Politics speaks to the impact of the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic on marginalized groups such as refugees, caregivers, and racial and …

European health reforms during the last decades have strengthened patient rights and
introduced choice, competition and financial incentives in a sector that has typically been …

Never before has the issue of health and health care dominated the public and political
debate as it has since the beginning of the COVID-19 epidemic in late 2019. And never …

Japan has one of the highest rates of severe gambling problems in the world. However, the
gambling forms that cause the most harm—pachinko and pachislot—are not recognized as …