Full integration of oncology and palliative care relies on the specific knowledge and skills of
two modes of care: the tumour-directed approach, the main focus of which is on treating the …

The incidence and prevalence of neurodegenerative diseases (ND) increase with life
expectancy. This paper reviews the role of oxidative stress (OS) in ND and pharmacological …

Madrid has recently become the site of one of the most controversial cases of public
healthcare reform in the European Union. Despite the fact that the introduction of New Public …

In the face of austerity, a series of disconnected “reforms” could, without corrective
measures, lead to the effective dismantling of large parts of the Spanish healthcare system …

Background Aging is an important risk factor for most chronic diseases. Patients with COPD
develop more comorbidities than non-COPD subjects. We hypothesized that the …

This Working Paper examines income-related inequalities in health care service utilisation
in OECD countries. It extends a previous analysis (Van Doorslaer and Masseria, 2004) to …

Objectives The aim of this study was to analyse inequalities in the use of dental care
services according to socioeconomic position (SEP) in individuals aged≥ 50 years in …

We investigate the determinants of several LTC services and unmet need using data from a
representative sample of the non-institutionalised disabled population in Spain in 2008. We …

This study aims to estimate the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in 2017 and
the ASD diagnosis incidence between 2009 and 2017 in children living in Catalonia region …

The primary health care in the Spanish National Health System is organised in health
centres with multi-professional teams, composed of doctors and nurses specialised in family …