British Psychology Society Textbook of the Year 2020 Why do people who are more socially
connected live longer and have better health than those who are socially isolated? Why are …

Background: This report reviews approaches and tools for measuring the impact of research
programmes, building on, and extending, a 2007 review. Objectives:(1) To identify the range …

Abstract The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently revised their
estimates for the annual number of foodborne illnesses; 48 million Americans suffer from …

A key policy question is whether the benefits of additional medical expenditures exceed their
costs. We propose a new approach for estimating marginal returns to medical spending …

After having attended a friendly football match between Chelsea FC and Dynamo Moscow to
mark the end of World War II, the novelist George Orwell (1945) famously remarked that …

Osteoporotic fragility fractures constitute a significant public health concern. The lifetime risk
of any osteoporotic fracture is very high (40–50% in women and 13–22% in men). Fractures …

Background In order to support the case for inter-sectoral policies to tackle health
inequalities, the authors explored the economic costs of socioeconomic inequalities in …

Health care spending varies widely across markets, and previous research finds little
evidence that higher spending translates into better health outcomes. The main innovation …

The impact of economic growth on health outcomes has generated various conflicting
results in recent years, particularly with the emergence of cardiovascular disease as one of …

Objectives: The assignment of prices or costs to pharmaceuticals can be crucial to results
and conclusions that are derived from pharmacoeconomic cost effectiveness analyses …