Hernandez-Quevedo, Cristina


Dr Cristina Hernandez-Quevedo  

Department

Position held

LSE Health

Research Officer

Non LSE positions held

Department

Position held

European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (WHO)

Technical Officer

Experience keywords:

equity in health care; inequalities in health; health economics; economics of lifestyles

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Cristina Hernandez-Quevedo is Technical Officer at the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (WHO), based at LSE Health. Cristina's research focuses on equity in health care, in particular, cross-country analysis of the socio-economic inequalities in health across the European Union Member States.

Cristina obtained her MSc in Health Economics at the University of York, after a BSc in Economics at University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Spain.

Cristina gained her PhD in Economics at the University of York, studying reporting bias of self-reported measures of health, the measurement of socio-economic inequalities in health across the European Union and the persistence of health outcomes across time, focusing on health limitations. During her PhD at York, Cristina worked as a Research Fellow in an EU-funded project known as ECuity Project, lead by Professor Andrew Jones (University of York) and Professor Eddy van Doorslaer (Erasmus University Rotterdam).

Sectors and industries to which research relates:

Healthcare

Countries and regions to which research relates:

Spain; UK; EU

Languages:

Spanish [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]; French [Spoken: Basic, Written: Basic]

Contact Points

Publications

The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.

2013

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina and McDonald, James Ted and Variyam, Jayachandran N. (2013) Understanding healthy lifestyles: the role of choice and the environment. Applied economic perspectives and policy, 35 (1). pp. 1-6. ISSN 2040-5790

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina (2013) Inequalities in self-reported health: a meta-regression analysis. LSE Health working paper series in health policy and economics , 32/2013. LSE Health and Social Care, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina and Papanicolas, Irene (2013) Equity. In: Papanicolas, Irene and Smith, Peter C., (eds.) Health system performance comparison: an agenda for policy, information and research. Open University Press, Buckingham, UK. ISBN 9780335247264

Costa-Font, Joan and Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina and Rubio, Dolores Jiménez (2013) Income inequalities in unhealthy life styles in England and Spain. Economics & human biology, ISSN 1570-677X

2012

García-Goñi, Manuel and Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina and Nuño-Solinís, Roberto and Paolucci, Francesco (2012) Pathways towards chronic care-focused healthcare systems: evidence from Spain. Health policy, 108 (2-3). pp. 236-245. ISSN 0168-8510

Rudkjobing, A. and Olejaz, Maria and Birk, H. O. and Nielsen, A. J. and Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina and Krasnik, Allan (2012) Integrated care: a Danish perspective. BMJ, 345 (2012). pp. 4451-4451. ISSN 1756-1833

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina and Jiménez-Rubio, Dolores (2012) Do income gradients in unhealthy behaviours explain patterns of health inequalities? LSE Health working paper series in health policy and economics , 29/2012. LSE Health and Social Care, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Gené-Badia, Joan and Gallo, Pedro and Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina and García-Armesto, Sandra (2012) Spanish health care cuts: penny wise and pound foolish? Health policy, 106 (1). pp. 23-28. ISSN 0168-8510

Olejaz, Maria and Juul Nielsen , Annegrete and Rujkjobing , Andreas and Okkels Birk , Hans and Krasnik, Allan and Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina (2012) Denmark: health system review. Health systems in transition, 14 (2). pp. 1-192. ISSN 1817-6119

Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina and Olejaz, Maria and Juul Nielsen, Annegrete and Rudkjøbing, Andreas and Okkels Birk, Hans and Krasnik, Allan (2012) Do Danes enjoy a high-performing chronic care system? Eurohealth, 18 (1). pp. 26-29. ISSN 1356-1030

García-Goñi, Manuel and Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina (2012) The evolution of obesity in Spain. Eurohealth, 18 (1). pp. 22-25. ISSN 1356-1030

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina (2012) Measuring Inequalities in Health: What do we Know? What do we need to Know?. Health Policy, 106 (2). pp. 195-206. ISSN 0168-8510

2011

García-Goñi, Manuel and Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina and Nuño-Solinís, Roberto and Paolucci, Francesco (2011) Pathways towards chronic-care focused healthcare systems: evidence from Spain. LSE Health working papers, LSE Health, London School of Economics and Political Science

García-Goñi, Manuel and Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina (2011) El reto de la obesidad infantil en España y su legislación. Economía y salud: boletín informativo, 71 pp. 9-13. ISSN 1133-6536

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina and McGuire, Alistair (2011) While health inequalities may have declined under Labour, specific interventions have not had a significant impact. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina and McGuire, Alistair (2011) Persistence despite action? Measuring the patterns of health inequality in England (1997–2007). Health Policy, 103 (2-3). pp. 149-159. ISSN 0168-8510

Costa-Font, Joan and Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina and Jiménez Rubio, Dolores (2011) Should we be concerned about income inequalities in unhealthy life styles? IEF working paper. Instituto de Estudios Fiscales, Madrid, Spain

Jiménez-Rubio, Dolores and Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina (2011) Inequalities in the use of health services between immigrants and the native population in Spain: what is driving the differences? The European journal of health economics, 12 (1). pp. 17-28. ISSN 1618-7598

Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina and Jiménez Rubio, Dolores (2011) Inequidad en la utilización de servicios sociosanitarios en España para las personas discapacitadas. Gaceta sanitaria, 25 (2). pp. 85-92. ISSN 0213-9111

2010

Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina and Masseria, Cristina and Mossialos, Elias (2010) Analysing the socioeconomic determinants of health in Europe: new evidence from the EU-SILC. European Union, Luxembourg

Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina and Masseria, Cristina and Mossialos, Elias (2010) Methodological issues in the analysis of the socioeconomic determinants of health using EU-SILC data. European Union, Luxembourg

Masseria, Cristina and Mladovsky, Philipa and Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina (2010) The socio-economic determinants of the health status of Roma in comparison with non-Roma in Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania. European journal of public health, 20 (5). pp. 549-554. ISSN 1101-1262

Costa-i-Font, Joan and Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina and McGuire, Alistair (2010) Persistence despite action? Measuring the patterns of health inequality in England (1997-2007). LSE Health working papers, 20/2010. LSE Health, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Jiménez-Rubio, Dolores and Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina (2010) Explaining the demand for pharmaceuticals in Spain: are there differences in drug consumption between foreigners and the Spanish population? Health policy, 97 (2-3). pp. 217-224. ISSN 0168-8510

García-Armesto, Sandra and Abadía-Taira, María Begoña and Durán, Antonio and Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina and Bernal-Delgado, Enrique (2010) Spain: health system review. European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.

Masseria, Cristina and Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina and Allin, Sara (2010) Health inequality: what does it mean and how can we measure it? Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research, 10 (2). pp. 177-186. ISSN 1473-7167

Chevreul, Karine and Durand-Zaleski, I. and Bahrami, S. B. and Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina and Mladovsky, Philipa (2010) France: health system review. Health systems in transition, 12 (6). pp. 1-291. ISSN 1817-6127

Jiménez Rubio, Dolores and Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina (2010) Spain: the effect of country of birth on patterns of pharmaceutical use. Eurohealth, 16 (4). pp. 18-19. ISSN 1356-1030

Jiménez Rubio, Dolores and Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina (2010) Diferencias en la automedicación en la población adulta española según el país de origen. Gaceta sanitaria, 24 (2). pp. 1-116. ISSN 0213-9111

2009

Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina and Jiménez-Rubio, Dolores (2009) A comparison of the health status and health care utilization patterns between foreigners and the national population in Spain: New evidence from the Spanish National Health Survey. Social science & medicine, 69 (3). pp. 370-378. ISSN 0277-9536

Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina and Jiménez Rubio, Dolores (2009) Las diferencias socioeconómicas en salud entre la población española y extranjera en España: evidencia de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud. Gaceta sanitaria, 23 (Supp.1). pp. 47-52. ISSN 0213-9111

Allin, Sara and Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina and Masseria, Cristina (2009) Measuring equity of access to health care. In: Smith, Peter C. and Mossialos, Elias and Papanicolas, Irene and Leatherman, Sheila, (eds.) Performance measurement for health system improvement: experiences, challenges and prospects. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 187-221. ISBN 9780521116763

Mladovsky, Philipa and Allin, Sara and Masseria, Cristina and Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina and McDaid, David and Mossialos, Elias (2009) Health in the European Union: trends and analysis. World Health Organization on behalf of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Copenhagen, Denmark. ISBN 9789289041904

2008

Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina and Jones, Andrew M. and Rice, Nigel (2008) Persistence in health limitations: a European comparative analysis. Journal of health economics, 27 pp. 1472-1488. ISSN 0167-6296

Jones, Andrew M. and López Nicolás, Ángel and Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina and Rice, Nigel (2008) El análisis de las desigualdades en salud: una breve revisión de los métodos. Cuadernos económicos de ICE, 75 pp. 13-20. ISSN 0210-2633

García Gómez, P. and Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina and López Nicolás, Ángel (2008) Renta absoluta y renta relativa: ¿cuál es su papel en la determinación de las desigualdades en salud? In: Rodríguez, Marisol and Urbanos, Rosa, (eds.) Desigualdades sociales en salud: factores determinantes y elementos para la acción . Elsevier-Masson, Barcelona, Spain.

Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina and Rice, Nigel and Jones, Andrew M. (2008) Sesgo de respuesta y heterogeneidad en salud autopercibida: evidencia del Panel de Hogares Británico. Cuadernos económicos de ICE, 75 pp. 63-97. ISSN 0210-2633

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