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Marc Suhrcke
Researcher at University of York
Publications - 212
Citations - 12334
Marc Suhrcke is an academic researcher from University of York. The author has contributed to research in topics: Public health & Population. The author has an hindex of 51, co-authored 202 publications receiving 10566 citations. Previous affiliations of Marc Suhrcke include World Health Organization & University of East Anglia.
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Evaluation of a very brief pedometer-based physical activity intervention delivered in NHS Health Checks in England: The VBI randomised controlled trial.
Wendy Hardeman,Joanna Mitchell,Sally Pears,Miranda Van Emmenis,Florence Theil,Vijay Gc,Vijay Gc,Joana C. Vasconcelos,Kate Westgate,Soren Brage,Marc Suhrcke,Simon J. Griffin,Ann Louise Kinmonth,Edward C. F. Wilson,A Toby Prevost,Stephen Sutton +15 more
TL;DR: No evidence of effect of a plausible very brief pedometer-based intervention embedded in NHS Health Checks on objectively measured activity at 3-month follow-up is found in this large well-conducted trial.
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Combating non-communicable diseases.
Patricio V. Marquez,Marc Suhrcke +1 more
TL;DR: Public health experts have failed to make the case for adequate funding for mental health services in the developing world, according to a report by the World Health Organization.
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Estimating the causal effect of alcohol consumption on well-being for a cross-section of 9 former Soviet Union countries.
TL;DR: It is found that increased alcohol consumption decreases well-being and that ignoring endogeneity leads to underestimation of this effect, adding a further and previously under-appreciated dimension to the expected benefits that could be achieved with more effective alcohol policy in this region.
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The Impact of Fiscal Policies on the Socioeconomic Determinants of Health.
TL;DR: There are no simple answers as to how fiscal policy affects those determinants of health in high income OECD countries, and contractionary fiscal policies seem to have increased poverty, while their impact on income inequality will be influenced by the composition of the implemented measures.
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Health expenditures, longevity and growth
TL;DR: In this paper, an integrated view of the relationships between health spending, medical innovation, health status, growth and welfare is presented, which is a potential source of better outcomes in terms of longevity and quality of life.