OBJECTIVE To determine low-income consumers' attitudes and behaviour towards fruit and vegetables, in particular issues of access to, affordability of and motivation to eat fruit and vegetables. DESIGN AND SETTING Questionnaire survey mailed to homes owned by a large UK housing association. PARTICIPANTS Participants were 680 low-income men and women, aged 17-100 years. RESULTS Age, employ...

OBJECTIVE To describe the evolution of cigarettes' real price and affordability during the last decade in Argentina. METHODS To analyze the real price of cigarettes, the weighted average monthly price of a pack of 20 cigarettes was divided by the consumer price index (CPI) from 2004 to 2014. The relative income price (RIP) was evaluated for the same period, defining RIP as the percentage of t...

OBJECTIVE We sought to describe a method that explicitly considers both a health-care programmes cost-effectiveness and its affordability. For illustration, we apply the method to the programme to vaccinate infants against hepatitis B in the Gambia. METHODS We synthesized selected data and developed a computer-based model from the societal and payer perspectives to evaluate the cost-effective...

BACKGROUND Inequalities in healthcare between population groups of South Africa existed during the apartheid era and continue to exist both between and within many population groups. Accessibility and affordability of healthcare is a human right. OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to explore and describe accessibility, affordability and the use of health services by the mixed race (coloured)...

Are American universities becoming less affordable, and, if so, what should we do about it? Before even attempting to answer those questions, we must ask the question: affordable for whom? The students (and their parents) who are attending college? For the nation as a whole? For the colleges and universities themselves – are some forms of education more “affordable” to the institutions than oth...