European retirees on the Costa del Sol: a cross-national comparison.

Clinical and pathological features of melanoma in europeans living on the Western costa del sol in southern Spain.

OBJECTIVE To compare clinical and pathological features of melanoma in Spanish patients with those of patients from Central or Northern Europe living in the health district of Costa del Sol Occidental in southern Spain. METHODS We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study of all cases of primary cutaneous melanoma histologically confirmed between 2005 and 2011 in the health care district ...

International Retirement Migration : Retired Europeans Living on the

This paper aims to establish the singularity of the European retired who have moved to live on the Costa del Sol, Spain. To study this topic it was necessary, first, to discuss the constrains that arise when this ‘migration’ is under close scrutiny; secondly, to depict the geographical model of retired Europeans who move to Spain; and, thirdly, to carry out an ad hoc survey to ascertain the rea...

Prevalence of depression and its related factors in retirees of Ahwaz National Oil Company

TITLE: Frequency of depression and its related factors in the retireded older referred to the Center for the Retired-Ahwaz-NIOC-2014     Abstraet Goal and purpose: World population is aging and depression is one of the most prevalent psychiatric problems in elderly. This study aimed to deiermine prevalence of depression and its relate factors in the Ahwaz NIOC retired members Method of st...

Regional Incentives and Patient Cross-Border Mobility: Evidence from the Italian Experience

Background In recent years, accreditation of private hospitals followed by decentralisation of the Italian National Health Service (NHS) into 21 regional health systems has provided a good empirical ground for investigating the Tiebout principle of “voting with their feet”. We examine the infra-regional trade-off between greater patient choice (due to an increase in hospital services supply) an...

Clinical and Pathological Features of Melanoma in Europeans Living on the Western Costa del Sol in Southern Spain