Health screening is an important component of health promotion programs, and countries
have promoted general health screening targeting the prevention and early management of …

Obesity is associated with a significant disease burden, but whether recognising as opposed
to failing to recognise personal overweight is beneficial or detrimental to mental health is …

We link data on regional Organized Screening Programs (OSPs) throughout Europe with
survey data and population-based cancer registries to estimate effects of OSPs on breast …

We analyze the effect of obesity on the incidence of hypertension, hyperlipidemia and
diabetes in USA using a health production theoretical framework along with a bivariate …

Background & Aims Donor death is the most serious complication of living liver donation but
is reported rarely. We investigated the actual mortality of living liver donors (LLDs) compared …

Studies found that a small portion of the population spent the majority of health care
resources, and they highlighted the importance of predicting high-cost users in the health …

This paper explores how a diagnosis of hypertension might affect a person's health‐related
behaviors. The analysis uses a two‐dimensional regression discontinuity design because …

Background Hypertension represents one of the major risk factors for cardiovascular
morbidity and mortality globally. Early detection and treatment of this condition is vital to …

We investigate the marginal value of information in the context of health signals that people
receive after checkups. Although underlying health status is similar for individuals just below …

Despite an increasing interest in the effect of health information on health-behaviours,
evidence on the causal impact of a diagnosis on lifestyle factors is still mixed and does not …