News on health and wellbeing
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European Research Council awards TILT researchers grant to develop safer mental health apps
08th February 2022The European Research Council has awarded a so-called Proof of Concept Grant worth 150,000 euros to Prof. Linnet Taylor and Dr. Tineke Broer in order to develop a new rating system for app safety.
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COVID-19 pandemic aggravates PTSD symptoms, anxiety and depression symptoms among victims
25th January 2022Adults victimized by physical violence, accidents and serious threats during the COVID-19 pandemic more often suffer from severe PTSD symptoms, anxiety and depression symptoms than adults victimised before this pandemic. They also more often suffer from general mental health problems and lower coping self-efficacy levels.
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Shifting the starting point of the deductible in healthcare insurance reduces healthcare costs
01st July 2021Under the Dutch Healthcare Insurance Act (Zorgverzekeringswet), everyone faces a mandatory deductible: people have to pay the first € 385 (in 2020) of their healthcare costs out of their own pocket. The purpose of the deductible is to make insured individuals aware of the costs of healthcare by having them pay some of these costs themselves. However, this deductible has a number of drawbacks. Having studied these as part of her PhD research, Minke Remmerswaal shows that other forms of cost-sharing schemes, such as shifted deductibles and co-insurance rates, are more effective. On July 2, she will defend her PhD thesis at Tilburg University.