European journal of public health
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Eur J Public Health · Oct 2007
Health care provision for illegal migrants: may health policy make a difference?
Illegal migrants in Europe are, generally, only entitled to emergency care and services for children and pregnant women. In 2002 legal changes in Spain made accessible medical cards and free medical care for illegal migrants in similar terms than the legal migrants or the Spanish population. ⋯ We did not find differences in the utilization of health services when ill between legal and illegal migrants. However, a significantly lower utilization of health services was associated with less education (RP = 0.4; 95% CI: 0.2-0.9).
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Eur J Public Health · Oct 2007
Medical costs of obese Japanese: a 10-year follow-up study of National Health Insurance in Shiga, Japan.
For the Japanese population, a body mass index (BMI) of 25.0-29.9 is classified as obesity and is a risk factor for cardiovascular disorders such as hypertension. ⋯ The Japanese NHI beneficiaries with a BMI of 25.0 or over showed increased medical costs compared to those with a BMI of 18.5-24.9.
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Eur J Public Health · Oct 2007
Convergence of male and female lung cancer mortality at younger ages in the European Union and Russia.
Lung cancer epidemics emerged first among males in European countries in the first half of the 20th century and then among females in the second half. We have explored the recent convergence in sex ratios. ⋯ At the beginning of 21st century, there is a general tendency for sex ratios for lung cancer mortality to converge towards 1, but with considerable variation in the extent to which such convergence has been realized.