A study of the graduates of health economics masters programs in Spain.

Objective: To identify the characteristics, motivations and employment implications among graduates of Masters programmes in health-economics (MPHE).

Method: The most renowned MPHE in Spain were contacted to assist in this research study. Participants submitted an online survey comprising 30 items designed specifically for the purpose.

The opportunity costs of caring for people with dementia in Southern Spain.

Objective: The aim of this paper is to study the opportunity costs (OC) that are involved in being a caregiver and to compare them with the direct costs assumed by the State and the families. We evaluate direct cost (those that imply a payment-out-of-pocket) and indirect cost (those that imply a dedication in time). We hypothesized that costs increase with the severity of the dementia, with the educational level and active occupational situation of caregiver.

Profiles of Alzheimer's caregivers in Spain: social, educational and laboral characteristics.

Background: A person suffering from dementia needs increasing help from another person, who, in most cases, is a female family member. Times are changing and this traditional role can no longer be maintained.

Aim: The aim of this research was mainly centred on ascertaining the profile of caregivers and to find out how determinants such as age, sex and educational level and living conditions led people to assume that role.