The success of public health measures for controlling the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-
19) pandemic relies on population compliance. We analyzed compliance with social …

Introduction In 2015, the term 'intrinsic capacity'(IC) was proposed by the World Health
Organisation to promote healthy aging. However, the factors associated with IC are still …

Motivated by the observation that medical care explains only a relatively small part of the
socio-economic status (SES)-health gradient, we present a life-cycle model that incorporates …

Background Health literacy, the ability to access, understand, evaluate and apply health
information, was found to contribute to positive health outcomes, possibly via promoting …

Women experience greater longevity than men, but have poorer health, although sex
differences vary across health measures and geographical regions. We aim to examine sex …

We construct a unified objective measure of health status: the frailty index, defined as the
cumulative sum of all adverse health indicators observed for an individual. Using this index …

Latin America has experienced a rise in noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) which is
having repercussions on the structuring of healthcare delivery and social protection for …

Backgrounds Preventive behaviours are an essential way to slow down and eliminate the
transmission of SARS-CoV-2. The aim of this study was to estimate adherence to preventive …

We study biological aging of elderly US Americans born 1904–1966. We use thirteen waves
of the Health and Retirement Study and construct a frailty index as the number of health …

Using a dynamic panel approach, we provide empirical evidence that negative health
shocks reduce earnings. The effect is primarily driven by the participation margin and is …