<p>Drug-Abuse Treatment Outcomes Study (DATOS) is a prospective study designed to determine the outcomes of adult drug abuse treatment delivered in typical, stable, community-based programs and to provide comprehensive information on continuing and new questions about the effectiveness of drug abuse...

The National Medical Expenditure Survey (NMES) series provides information on health expenditures by or on behalf of families and individuals, the financing of these expenditures, and each person's use of services. The Survey of American Indians and Alaska Natives (SAIAN) was designed in collaborati...

peer reviewed Countries all over Europe are currently facing budgetary pressures regarding their health care systems due to scientific progress, population ageing and a sharp rise in chronic diseases. In the European Union, chronic diseases are now the leading cause of death and the most important i...

national audience The increase in health expenditure is often presented as the mechanical and inevitable consequence of an ageing population. But this demographic phenomenon is often poorly understood because it is not well known: increasing life expectancy does not necessarily lead to a deteriorati...

International audience This paper studies the impact of immigration on public education expenditures in EU-15 countries. Identification comes from the use of the 1990s Balkan wars (in Bosnia and Kosovo) as a source of exogenous variation in immigrant inflows to mitigate a possible Tiebout-type bias...

What are the determinants of redistributive preferences where capitalism meets post-socialism? To examine the sources of conflicting preference combinations of tolerating the income gap and demanding redistributive policies in transitional economies as suggested in previous research, we conduct an o...

This article studies the remuneration of artisanal apprentices in Madrid from 1600 to 1830. To this end, we use more than 4.000 learning deeds compiled in the Historical Archive of Madrid Protocols, a documentary directory that makes it possible to find out the spending lines (food, accommodation, c...

The national solidarity constitutes a concept founder of the State in Tunisia. Gradually replacing the family solidarity, this concept is textually consecrated in the Constitution and in different laws. The reform of the health insurance system under the law No. 2004-71 of August 2, 2004, gives this...

This study reports on analyses of household demand for health, schooling and water supply services in an impoverished region of the African Sahel. The ability and willingness of rouseholds to pay user fees for these services is assessed. The effect of introduction of such charges on demand among low...

The aim of the economic evaluation in health is to assess the relative cost-effectiveness of health measures by comparing their cost implications and results. This discipline plays an increasing role in public health decision-making and is essential for maintaining a high-quality and accessible heal...

‘titrebSummary’/titrebTo cover continuously growing health expenditure, the strategy currently adopted in France consists of freezing the rate of compulsory levies and extending the scope of supplementary insurance, while reaffirming their optional nature. However, there is a conflict between indivi...

The Japanese General Social Surveys (JGSS) Project is a Japanese version of the General Social Survey (GSS) project closely replicating the original GSS of the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago. It provides data for analyses of Japanese society, attitudes, and behaviors,...

The Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior series (also known as the Surveys of Consumers) was undertaken to measure changes in consumer attitudes and expectations, to understand why such changes occur, and to evaluate how they relate to consumer decisions to save, borrow, or make discretionary p...

The Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior series (also known as the Surveys of Consumers) was undertaken to measure changes in consumer attitudes and expectations, to understand why such changes occur, and to evaluate how they relate to consumer decisions to save, borrow, or make discretionary p...

International audience Background: In confronting the problem of chronic diseases linked to food consumption, several strategies for improving dietary practices can be introduced by health policy makers. One of the possible levers is to regulate the nutritional quality of food supply by encouraging...

Average life expectancy reached 78.8 years in Europe in 2002 (WHO 2003); most Europeans can, therefore, now anticipate living well past 75 years of age. Projections in industrialized nations suggest a continuing mortality decline in the next decades 1 while birth rates will probably continue to decl...

<p>The ICPSR catalog contains variable-level metadata for this study, which enables data discovery and comparison. The data associated with ICPSR 37142 are available through the <a href="https://psidonline.isr.umich.edu">PSID</a> website.</p> <p>The PSID is the world's longest-running nationally rep...

International audience The agricultural square measures of Asian country are the underprivileged within the provision of the health care facilities. The expenditures in health sectors square measures overall regressive in rural Asian country likewise as at provincial and regional levels. The poor in...

<p>These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a...

This paper tests for heterogeneous effects of cognitive skills on economic growth across countries. Using a new extended dataset on cognitive skills and controlling for potential endogeneity, we find that the magnitude of the effect is about 60 per cent higher for low-income countries compared to hi...

Improved access to health care for the population is now at the heart of poverty reduction policies. In this context, more and more countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are adopting policies to eliminate direct payments for care at the service point. The objectives of these policies are to increase...

Today, the Turkish states have an important place in the world in terms of their geopolitical position and the natural resources they have. In this context, it is also important to compare the health systems of the Turkish states and examine their health expenditures. Health care financing has a sig...

Globally, there is growing recognition of participatory public expenditure management (PPEM). PPEM is seen as the process whereby citizens and civil society organisations participate in the management of public expenditures. The adoption of PPEM is aimed at ensuring greater transparency, better targ...

As the South African economy relies heavily on its coal resources, these resources should be utilised and managed in the best possible manner. Underground coal gasification (UCG) is one of the leading technologies used where conventional min-ing techniques are uneconomical. UCG delivers gas suitable...