Have health trends worsened in Greece as a result of the financial crisis? A quasi-experimental approach

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 727-731

  Vandoros, Sotiris ^a   Hessel, Philipp ^a   Leone, Tiziana ^a   Avendano, Mauricio ^a,b,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC RECESSION; GREECE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; POLAND; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ECONOMIC RECESSION; GREECE; HEALTH; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; POLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84879251199     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckt020     Document Type: Article

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