ObjectivesInfectious disease prioritization exercises have been part of national and international health surveillance. They typically use multi-criteria approaches and generally involve expert groups composed of physicians and public health specialists from various disciplines. However, little is known about the impact of multidisciplinarity composition itself.Study designThis paper builds on the 2023 infectious disease prioritization exercise conducted...

Although discrimination and stigma are recognised determinants of HIV-risk sexual behaviours in the LGBTI population, related data are scarce. In particular, the 'pathways' between these determinants and HIV-risk sexual behaviours are understudied. The main objective of the present study was to fill this knowledge gap by analysing – in a worldwide sample – the relationships...

Who is universalist when the state allocates? Using survey-based allocation games in a representative sample of the French population, we test whether universalist behavior differs across private (personal transfers) and collective (state transfers and public services) allocation channels. We find that universalism is channel-specific: the same individuals allocate about 10% less to an out-group recipient...

Here we explore the well-being of sexual and gender diverse (LGBTQ+) people using three socioecological dimensions of homophobia, family, community and national and their socioeconomic status via a convenience sample of 82,324 participants. Participants from the Middle East and North Africa reported the lowest subjective well-being (mean 4.78, s.d. of 2.70), followed by Eastern Europe...

In this paper, we disentangle aversion to AI from relative confidence towards this new technology by structurally estimating a model of disease testing decision. Adapting a model of neo-capacities and using data from a discrete choice experiment in the field of neuro-degenerative diseases, we measure both confidence and aversion towards AI-based testing compared to biological...

How can individuals who have experienced a shock in their addictive consumption trajectories return to their habitual use? As part of a behavioral economics online survey conducted on a representative sample of the French population, we asked respondents to retrospectively quantify their consumption of tobacco, alcohol, and recreational screen use at three moments: before, during,...

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, there is growing evidence that the social epidemiological context may play a crucial role in the adoption of health protective behaviours in response to emerging infectious diseases. Yet, our understanding of how and why these behaviours are influenced by the epidemiological forces remains relatively limited. This repeated, cross-sectional investigation examines the...

Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have made it possible to detect neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) earlier, potentially improving patient outcomes. However, AI-based detection tools remain underutilized. We studied individual valuation for early diagnosis tests for NDDs. We conducted a discrete choice experiment with a representative sample of the French adult population (N = 1017). Participants were asked...

BackgroundHas the quest for efficiency in OECD health systems impacted the social gradient of health? We examined the cross-dynamics of the health system equity-efficiency nexus among OECD countries in the past two decades.MethodsWe used a three-step methodology based on annual macro-level data from 36 OECD countries for the period 2004-2021. First, we estimated the efficiency...