Marc Suhrcke
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1725249 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Marc Suhrcke |
| PRENOMES | Marc |
| SOBRENOME | Suhrcke |
| ASSINATURA | SUHRCKE M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of East Anglia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7263-8626 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 56 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 127 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 56 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2007 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
State capacity and health system financing
INTRODUCTION: Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) requires not only financial resources but also strong and capable states that can mobilise, allocate and effectively manage those resources. Although fiscal capacity is widely acknowledged as a key determinant of health systems financing, state capacity is a broader, multidimensional construct that encompasses the administrative, legal and coercive functions of the state. METHODS: This study…
Macroeconomic fluctuations and the prioritisation of healthcare funding by local governments
Securing sufficient healthcare funding remains a critical challenge for many low and middle-income countries (LMICs), especially during periods of economic instability. While economic growth often boosts health system finances in LMICs, little is known about how local governments adjust healthcare spending in response to macroeconomic fluctuations, particularly during recessions. This study analyses a longitudinal dataset of 5,461 Brazilian munic…
What Are the Costs of Heat Spell Mortality in Europe’s Urban Areas up to 2050
The objective of this study is to estimate the welfare economic costs of premature cardiopulmonary disease (CPD) mortality in Europe and Asia Minor under a middle-of-the-road scenario for global warming. It projects future heat-related CPD fatalities in urban areas over the next 25 years for 317 regions of 39 countries by applying regionalized exposure-response functions for heat- and air pollution–related premature mortality. These functions are…
Women’s age at marriage and obesity in Pakistan
The impact of official development assistance for health on health outcomes
Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have received substantial amounts of Official Development Assistance for Health (DAH) to address domestic health funding gaps and improve access to universal healthcare. However, the effectiveness of DAH in improving health outcomes remains contested, with varying findings across studies due to differences in methodologies, data sources, and target populations. This systematic review synthesizes the existi…
Investigating the relationship between unmet need and utilisation of health care in European countries
Access to health care is a multidimensional concept, influenced by individual and health system factors and the relationship between different access dimensions is not well understood. We used individual-level data from the 2019 wave of the European Health Interview Survey, covering 27 European Union member states, Iceland, and Norway (n = 269,799 individuals) and country-level data from the Eurostat, OECD and World Bank databases to explore this…
The unintended effects of a large minimum wage increase on health
The impact of health on labour market outcomes
The impact of health on economic growth
The effect of conflict-related violence intensity and alcohol use on mental health
We investigated the causal impact of conflict-related violence on individual mental health and its potential pathways in Colombia. Using data from before and after the 2016 peace accord between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), we adopted a difference-in-differences empirical design combined with instrumental variables estimation. We also used formal mediation analysis to investigate a possible mediat…
Peer effects in weight-related behaviours of young people
The impact of economic sanctions on health and health systems in low-income and middle-income countries
How to make universal, voluntary testing for Covid-19 work? A behavioural economics perspective
Testing is widely seen as one core element of a successful strategy to curtail the COVID-19 pandemic and many countries have increased their efforts to provide testing at large scale. As most democratic governments refrain from enacting mandatory testing, a key emerging challenge is to increase voluntary participation. Using behavioural economics insights complemented with data from a novel survey in the US and a survey experiment in Luxembourg, …
Equity and economic evaluation of system-level health interventions
Distributional economic evaluation estimates the value for money of health interventions in terms of population health and health equity impacts. When applied to interventions delivered at the population and health system-level interventions (PSIs) instead of clinical interventions, additional practical and methodological challenges arise. Using the example of the Programme Saúde da Familia (PSF) in Brazil, a community-level primary care system i…
The impact of civil conflict on child health
A light of hope? Inequalities in mental health before and after the peace agreement in Colombia
The reduction in the contribution of conflict-related variables for explaining mental health inequalities could mean that the negative consequences of conflict on mental health have started to diminish in the short run after the peace agreement. Nevertheless, conflict and the presence of other socioeconomic inequalities still contribute to persistent adverse mental health outcomes in the overall population. Thus, public policy should be oriented …
Socioeconomic inequality in premiums for a community-based health insurance scheme in Rwanda
Community-based health insurance (CBHI) has gained popularity in many low- and middle-income countries, partly as a policy response to calls for low-cost, pro-poor health financing solutions. In Africa, Rwanda has successfully implemented two types of CBHI systems since 2005, one of which with a flat rate premium (2005–10) and the other with a stratified premium (2011–present). Existing CBHI evaluations have, however, tended to ignore the potenti…
Determinants of bicycle commuting and the effect of bicycle infrastructure investment in London
Diabetes, employment and behavioural risk factors in China
Effects of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax on prices and affordability of soft drinks in Chile
Chile is one of several countries that recently implemented a fiscal policy to reduce soft drink (SD) intake and obesity. In 2014 the government increased the existing ad-valorem tax on high-sugar SD by 5% and decreased by 3% the tax on low-sugar SD, based on a 6.25gr/100 ml sugar threshold. This study aims to evaluate the tax modification passed-on to consumers through prices, and to calculate changes in affordability of SDs. We analysed nationa…
Does austerity really kill
The impact of diabetes on labour market outcomes in Mexico
The Impact of SWAps on Health Aid Displacement of Domestic Health Expenditure
Recent research suggests that an additional $1 of health aid would displace – or crowd out – nearly the same amount in a recipient government’s own health expenditure. Implementing a Sector Wide Approach (SWAp) may exacerbate crowding out because recipient governments should face fewer constraints when allocating health aid. This paper uses rigorous panel data methods to investigate this hypothesised effect of SWAps. We find that SWAps provide no…
The contribution of urbanization to non-communicable diseases
Soft drink prices, sales, body mass index and diabetes
We take advantage of four different cross-country datasets containing data on 78 countries for the period 1999-2014, in order to assess the relationship of carbonated soft drinks' sales, as well as their prices, with body mass index (BMI), overweight, obesity and diabetes. Using an ecological study design and multivariate regression longitudinal estimation approaches, we find that carbonated soft drink sales were significantly positively related …
Will the recession be bad for our health? It depends
The impact of economic, political and social globalization on overweight and obesity in the 56 low and middle income countries
Socioeconomic differences in purchases of more vs. less healthy foods and beverages
Is foreign direct investment good for health in low and middle income countries? An instrumental variable approach
Sales impact of displaying alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages in end-of-aisle locations
Public acceptability of population-level interventions to reduce alcohol consumption
Impact of changes in mode of travel to work on changes in body mass index
BACKGROUND: Active commuting is associated with various health benefits, but little is known about its causal relationship with body mass index (BMI). METHODS: We used cohort data from three consecutive annual waves of the British Household Panel Survey, a longitudinal study of nationally representative households, in 2004/2005 (n=15,791), 2005/2006 and 2006/2007. Participants selected for the analyses (n=4056) reported their usual main mode of t…
Mental health inequalities in 9 former Soviet Union countries
Soft drink prices, sales, body mass index and diabetes
We take advantage of four different cross-country datasets containing data on 78 countries for the period 1999-2014, in order to assess the relationship of carbonated soft drinks' sales, as well as their prices, with body mass index (BMI), overweight, obesity and diabetes. Using an ecological study design and multivariate regression longitudinal estimation approaches, we find that carbonated soft drink sales were significantly positively related …
Job-loss and weight gain in British adults
Overweight and obesity have been associated with unemployment but less is known about changes in weight associated with changes in employment. We examined weight changes associated with job-loss, retirement and maintaining employment in two samples of working adults in the United Kingdom. This was a prospective study of 7201 adults in the European Prospective Investigation of Cancer (EPIC)-Norfolk study (aged 39-76 years) and 4539 adults in the B…
Effects of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax on prices and affordability of soft drinks in Chile
Chile is one of several countries that recently implemented a fiscal policy to reduce soft drink (SD) intake and obesity. In 2014 the government increased the existing ad-valorem tax on high-sugar SD by 5% and decreased by 3% the tax on low-sugar SD, based on a 6.25gr/100 ml sugar threshold. This study aims to evaluate the tax modification passed-on to consumers through prices, and to calculate changes in affordability of SDs. We analysed nationa…
Health inequalities in Europe
BACKGROUND: Socio-economic inequalities in health have become a major public health concern in Europe. The measurement of health inequalities over time and across countries does, however, remain a challenge. Previous European evidence found that health inequalities have been increasing in most countries, with greatly varying degrees. METHODS: The authors use the European Labour Force Survey (ELFS), with its unprecedented coverage of years and cou…
The impact of diabetes on labour market outcomes in Mexico
Estimating the causal effect of alcohol consumption on well-being for a cross-section of 9 former Soviet Union countries
The influence of social capital on health in eight former Soviet countries
BACKGROUND: Previous research has identified the role of social capital in explaining variations in health in the countries of the former Soviet Union. This study explores whether the benefits of social capital vary among these countries and why. METHODS: The impact of micro social capital (trust, membership and social isolation) on individual health was estimated in each of eight former Soviet republics using instrumental variables to overcome m…
Obesity in Eastern Europe
The public health effect of economic crises and alternative policy responses in Europe
Investing in Health
In the Lisbon Agenda, the European Union’s member States have committed themselves to invest in becoming the most competitive economy in the world. In this paper we review the evidence on whether investment in health should be part of this process. Concentrating on microeconomic studies, we show how better health can increase productivity and labour supply. In addition, there is an indirect positive effect through the investment that healthy peop…
Does social capital determine health? Evidence from eight transition countries
There is growing interest in the role of social relationships in explaining patterns of health. We contribute to this debate by investigating the impact of social capital on self‐reported health for eight countries from the Commonwealth of Independent States. We rely on three indicators of social capital at the individual level (trust, participation in local organisations, social isolation) and employ alternative procedures to estimate consistent…
The opportunities for and obstacles against prevention
In Germany, there are substantial health gains to be reaped from the implementation of evidence-based, cost-effective preventive interventions and policies. Barriers to more prevention include social, historical, political, legal and economic factors. While there is sufficient evidence to scale up prevention efforts in some public health domains in Germany, in general there is a comparative shortage of research on non-clinical preventive interven…
Judging nudging
Nudging has captured the imagination of the public, researchers, and policy makers as a way of changing human behaviour, with both the UK and US governments embracing it. Theresa Marteau and colleagues ask whether the concept stands up to scientific scrutiny
Effects of the 2008 recession on health
The influence of social capital on health in eight former Soviet countries
BACKGROUND: Previous research has identified the role of social capital in explaining variations in health in the countries of the former Soviet Union. This study explores whether the benefits of social capital vary among these countries and why. METHODS: The impact of micro social capital (trust, membership and social isolation) on individual health was estimated in each of eight former Soviet republics using instrumental variables to overcome m…
Health inequalities in Europe
BACKGROUND: Socio-economic inequalities in health have become a major public health concern in Europe. The measurement of health inequalities over time and across countries does, however, remain a challenge. Previous European evidence found that health inequalities have been increasing in most countries, with greatly varying degrees. METHODS: The authors use the European Labour Force Survey (ELFS), with its unprecedented coverage of years and cou…
Will the recession be bad for our health? It depends
Public acceptability of government intervention to change health-related behaviours
Economic development, urbanization, technological change and overweight
Obesity and overweight are spreading fast in developing countries, and have reached world record levels in some of them. Capturing the size, patterns and trends of the problem has, however, been severely hampered by the lack of comparable data in low and middle income countries. We seek to begin to fill this gap by testing several hypotheses on the determinants/correlates of overweight among women, related to the influence of economic and technol…
Socioeconomic status, financial hardship and measured obesity in older adults
Obesity in British over-50s was more likely in study participants who reported greater financial hardship, even after education, social class and home ownership were taken into account. Public health policies need to consider the hitherto neglected role of financial hardship in older people, especially difficulty paying bills, as part of strategies to prevent or reduce obesity
Altering micro-environments to change population health behaviour
This conceptual groundwork provides a foundation for future research to investigate the effectiveness of choice architecture interventions within micro-environments for changing health behaviour. The approach we used may also serve as a template for mapping other under-explored fields of enquiry
Socioeconomic differences in purchases of more vs. less healthy foods and beverages
Estimating the causal effect of alcohol consumption on well-being for a cross-section of 9 former Soviet Union countries
Does active commuting improve psychological wellbeing? Longitudinal evidence from eighteen waves of the British Household Panel Survey
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to explore the relationship between active travel and psychological wellbeing. METHOD: This study used data on 17,985 adult commuters in eighteen waves of the British Household Panel Survey (1991/2-2008/9). Fixed effects regression models were used to investigate how (i.) travel mode choice, (ii.) commuting time, and (iii.) switching to active travel impacted on overall psychological wellbeing and how (iv.) tra…
The prevalence and determinants of catastrophic health expenditures attributable to non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries
The definitions for COOPEs should be standardized as much as possible, to enable comparison of COOPE prevalence between countries. Prospective study design using larger samples representative of broader sections of local population, collecting better data on both direct and indirect treatment costs is also needed
Weight loss referrals for adults in primary care (WRAP)
Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN82857232. Date registered: 15/10/2012
Public acceptability of population-level interventions to reduce alcohol consumption
Sales impact of displaying alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages in end-of-aisle locations
The impact of diabetes on employment in Mexico
Fruit and vegetable consumption in the former Soviet Union
Objective To explain patterns of fruit and vegetable consumption in nine former Soviet Union countries by exploring the influence of a range of individual- and community-level determinants. Design Cross-sectional nationally representative surveys and area profiles were undertaken in 2010 in nine countries of the former Soviet Union as part of the Health in Times of Transition (HITT) study. Individual- and area-level determinants were analysed, ta…
How economic crises affect alcohol consumption and alcohol-related health problems
Impact of changes in mode of travel to work on changes in body mass index
BACKGROUND: Active commuting is associated with various health benefits, but little is known about its causal relationship with body mass index (BMI). METHODS: We used cohort data from three consecutive annual waves of the British Household Panel Survey, a longitudinal study of nationally representative households, in 2004/2005 (n=15,791), 2005/2006 and 2006/2007. Participants selected for the analyses (n=4056) reported their usual main mode of t…
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