Research from Institute of Public Health Research, Research Department reveals new findings on health policy

New investigation results, "Paternity leave in Sweden: costs, savings and health gains," are detailed in a study published in Health Policy. According to recent research from Stockholm, Sweden, "The initial objective is to examine the relationship between paternity leave in 1978-1979 and male mortality during 1981-2001, and the second objective is to calculate the cost-effectiveness of the 1974 parental insurance reform in Sweden. Based on a population of all Swedish couples who had their first child together in 1978 (45,801 males), the risk of death for men who took paternity leave, compared with men who did not, was estimated by odds ratios."

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