In this paper, we study the relationship between prevention and savings and analyze their socially optimal levels. In a first part, we analyze optimal decisions of primary prevention and savings when individuals face a health risk involving expenses that can not be covered by any insurance (private or public). We take into account the possibility for the individuals to underestimate or overesti...

Nudge presumes that decision-making is guided by intuitive biases and heavily influenced the environment in which choices are made. However, critics argue place of quick thinking envisaged nudge behaviour change reflects deeper broader thought processes. One these patterns – fatalism has been identified across health allied disciplines as key to explaining reason why many people ignore authorit...

BACKGROUND In November 2016, the Dutch Health Council recommended hepatitis B (HBV) screening for first-generation immigrants from HBV endemic countries. However, these communities show relatively low attendance rates for screening programmes, and our knowledge on their participation behaviour is limited. We identified determinants associated with the intention to request an HBV screening test ...

iran stands in one of the most disastrous areas in the world and is exposed to different huge and horrible disasters. its settlement on the europe-asia fault makes iran a seismic region. climatically, iran is part of the afro-asian belt of deserts. the lut desert, which has been called the hottest place on earth, is settled in iran and the climate changes have led to considerable increase in fl...

This article reviews prospective evidence linking certain classes of person variables to multiple disease end points. Included in the review is a consideration of the effects of hostility and anger, emotional suppression, depression, fatalism, and pessimism on coronary heart disease, cancer, and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. A model is presented that integrates several of these variables ...