In an article that forms part of the PLoS Medicine series on Big Food, Carlos Monteiro and
Geoffrey Cannon provide a perspective from Brazil on the rise of multinational food …

Can we really use economic thinking to understand our health care system? Health
Economics, now in its sixth edition, not only shows how this is done, but also provides the …

Background Frailty is an indicator of health status in old age. Its frequency has been
described mainly for North America; comparable data from other countries are lacking. Here …

Classroom management is an important topic in teacher education, as it has a strong impact
on students' engagement. However, untangling the concepts influencing teachers' …

Costs of disorders of the brain in Europe EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY Volume 12,
Supplement 1, June 2005 Costs of Disorders of the Brain in Europe Guest Editors: Patrik …

South Korea introduced mandatory social health insurance for industrial workers in large
corporations in 1977, and extended it incrementally to the self-employed until it covered the …

Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) measured on population level may be useful to guide
policies for health. This study aims to describe the HRQoL; in EQ-5D dimensions, mean …

A pressing concern in contemporary health policy is whether the medical profession's
mandate to take care of clients has been undermined by the influx of money into health care …

This article seeks to elucidate the relationship between socioeconomic position and health
by showing how different facets of socioeconomic position (education and income) affect …

Some policy makers justify cigarette taxes by arguing that they actually make smokers better
off. This argument has been hard to evaluate because behavioral data, such as that showing …