This cross-national study examines the relative importance of contextual factors facilitating e-health development in a nation. Moreover, this study examines the relationship between web presence and health development. Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) framework and PEST factors of a firm are used as the guiding theoretical lens. Publicly available data from more than 50 countries are ...

BACKGROUND: Physical activity is increasingly recognized as an important factor influencing health and disease status. Total energy expenditure, both low-intensity and high-intensity, contributes to maintenance of healthy body weight. This paper presents the results of a quantitative approach to determining the activities that contribute to total energy expenditure in the United States. METHODS...

OBJECTIVE To study trends of glaucoma medication expenditure from 2001 to 2006 using a nationally representative sample of US adults. METHODS We analyzed glaucoma medication expenditure trends among participants of the 2001-2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, a subsample of the National Health Interview Survey, which is a continuous multipurpose, multistage area probability survey of the U...

OBJECTIVES To determine changes in out-of-pocket expenditure on prescription medicines for Australian patients, and how patient expenditure compares with other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. METHODS We examined out-of-pocket expenditure on prescription medicines by patients in Australia between 1970 and 2007, and between Australia and 15 other OECD co...

This paper presents estimates of the economic impact of recreational fisheries on the formal economy of Denmark. It utilises primary data from a CVM (contingent valuation method)-mail survey conducted in 1999 in Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Iceland. The sample used in this paper covers 546 Danish respondents (recreational fishermen only). The questions on expenditure were asked in order...

Background: South Korea adopt a mandatory national health care system covering all citizens and consisting of the National Health Insurance System (NHIS) Medical Aid Program (MAP), which cover individuals non-low low Socioeconomic Status (SES), respectively. Objective: We investigated compared medical expenses per claim in for SES individuals, to predict expenditure provide fundamental data reg...

Abstract Tourism is one of the most important sectors for several researchers and decision makers, due to its influence on world economic growth in twenty-first century, making it as a source competition between countries global industry effective strategic role development countries. In this paper, we used two variables natural logarithm per capita gross domestic product (GDP) international na...