Selected research products

Pubblications 2010-2017

1. Gelormino E, Marino M, Leombruni R, Costa G (2017). Austerity resistant social policies to protect employment: the Italian case of the wage supplementation Fund (Cassa Integrazione Guadagni) in 2009-2013. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH SERVICES, vol. 47(2), p. 165-188 (IF
2. de Gelder R, Menvielle G, Costa G, Kovacs K, Martikainen P, Strand BH, Mackenbach JP (2017). Long-term trends of inequalities in mortality in 6 European countries. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, vol. 62, p. 127-141
3. Giraudo M, Bena A, Costa G (2017). Migrant workers in Italy: an analysis of injury risk taking into account occupational characteristics and job tenure. BMC PUBLIC HEALTH, vol. 17, p. 1-9
4. Giorda CB, Carnà P, Romeo F, Costa G, Tartaglino B, Gnavi R (2017). Prevalence, incidence and associated comorbidities of treated hypothyroidism: an update from a European population. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY, vol. 176(5), p. 533-542,
5. Stringhini S, Carmeli C, Jokela M, Avendano M, Muennig P, Guida F, Ricceri F, d'Errico A, Barros H, Bochud M, Chadeau-Hyam M, Clavel-Chapelon F, Costa G, Delpierre C, Fraga S, Goldberg M, Giles GG, Krogh V, Kelly-Irving M, Layte R, Lasserre AM, Marmot MG, Preisig M, Shipley MJ, Vollenweider P, Zins M, Kawachi I, Steptoe A, Mackenbach JP, Vineis P, Kivimaki M, LIFEPATH consortium (2017). Socioeconomic status and the 25 x 25 risk factors as determinants of premature mortality: a multicohort study and meta-analysis of 1.7 million men and women. THE LANCET, vol. 389(10075), p. 1229-1237
6. D'Ovidio F, d’Errico A, Farina E, Calvo A, Costa G, Chiò A (2016). Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Incidence and Previous Prescriptions of Drugs for the Nervous System. NEUROEPIDEMIOLOGY, vol. 47, p. 59-66
7. Hu Y, Van Lenthe FJ, Judge K, Lahelma E, Costa G, de Gelder R, Mackenbach JP (2016). Did the English strategy reduce inequalities in health? A difference-in-difference analysis comparing England with three other European countries. BMC PUBLIC HEALTH, vol. 16(1), p. 1-16
8. Pacelli B, Zengarini N, Broccoli S, Caranci N, Spadea T, Di Girolamo C, Cacciani L, Petrelli A, Ballotari P, Cestari L, Grisotto L, Rossi PG, Costa G (2016). Differences in mortality by immigrant status in Italy. Results of the Italian Network of Longitudinal Metropolitan Studies. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, vol. 31(7), p. 691-701
9. Gregoraci G, Van Lenthe FJ, Artnik B, Bopp M, Deboosere P, Kovacs K, Looman CW, Martikainen P, Menvielle G, Peters F, Wojtyniak B, de Gelder R, Mackenbach JP, Demetriq consortium (from whom Costa G). Contribution of smoking to socioeconomic inequalities in mortality: a study of 14 European countries, 1990-2004. Tob Control 2017; 26(3): 260-268 DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2015-052766 (IF 6,321)
10. De Luca G, Petrelli A, Landriscina T, Gnavi R, Giammaria M, Costa G.  Geographic and socioeconomic differences in access to revascularization following acute myocardial infarction. Eur J Public Health 2016; 26(5): 760-765 (IF 2,751)
11. Maule M, Zugna D, Migliore E, Alessi D, Merletti F, Onorati R, Zengarini N, Costa G, Spadea T. Surviving a chilhood cancer: impact on education and employment. Eur J Cancer Prev 2016 Apr 29 [Epub ahead of print] (IF 2,415)
12. Mackenbach JP, Kulhanova I, Artnik B, Bopp M, Borrell C, Clemens T,  Costa G, Dibben C, Kalediene R, Lundberg O, Martikainen P, Menvielle G, Ostergren O, Prochorskas R, Rodriguez-Sanz M, Strand BH, Looman C WN, De Gelder R. Changes in mortality inequalities over two decades: register based study of European countries. BMJ 2016; 353:i1732  DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i1732 (IF 2,562)
13. Zengarini N, Ponti A, Tomatis M, Casella D, Giordano L, Mano MP, Segnan N, Whitehead M, Costa G, Spadea T. Absence of socioeconomic inequalities in access to good quality breast cancer treatment within a population-wide screening programme in Turin (Italy).  Eur J Cancer Prev 2016; 25(6): 538-546 (IF 2,415)
14. Cislaghi C, Costa G, Rosano A. Una strage o solo un dato statistico? Il surplus di decessi nel 2015. [A mass murder or mere statistical data? The 2015 surplus of deaths]. Eidemiol Prev 2016; 40(1): 9-11 (IF 0,776)
15. Giraudo M, Bena A, Leombruni R, Costa G. Occupational injuries in times of labour market flexibility: the differente stories of employment-secure and precarious workers. BMC Public Health 2016: 16: 150. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-2834-2 (IF 2,264)
16. Gelormino E, Melis G, Marietta C, Costa G. From built environment to health inequalities. An explanatory framework based on evidence. Preventive Medicine Reports 2015: 737-745 (IF
17. Melis G, Gelormino E, Marra G, Ferracin E, Costa G. The effects of the urban built environment on mental health: a cohort study in a large northern italian city. International J Environ Res Publica Health 2015; 12: 14898-14915 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph121114898 (IF2,063)
18. Leombruni R, d’Errico A, Stroscia M, Zengarini N, Costa G. Non tutti uguali al pensionamento: variazione nell’aspettativa di vita e implicazioni per le politiche previdenziali. Politiche sociali 2015: 3: 461-479
19. Marra M, Migliardi A, Costa G. Disuguali a tavola, ma non troppo: le differenze sociali nell’alimentazione in Italia prima e durante la crisi. [Health inequalities and nutrition in Italy during crisis times. Epidemiol Prev 2015; 39(5): 322-331 (IF 0,776)
20. Costa G. Tassonomia e definizione dei registri clinici. [Taxonomy and definition of clinical registries]. Recenti Prog Med 2015; 106: 416-424
21. Stringhini S, Spadea T, Stroscia M, Onorati R, Demaria M, Zengarini N, Costa G. Decreasing educational differences in mortality over 40 years: evidence from the Turin Longitudinal Study (Italy). J Epidemiol Community Health 2015; 69: 1208-1216. DOI: 10.1136/jech-2015-205673. (IF 3,501)   
22. Giorda B, Picariello R, Tartaglino B, Marafetti L, Di Noi F, Alessiato A, Costa G, Gnavi R.  Hospitalisation for heart failure and mortality associated with dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitor use in an unselected population of subjects with type 2 diabetes: a nested case-control study. BMJ Open 2015; 5(6):e007959 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-007959 (IF 2,271)
23. Versino E, Costa G, Salmaso S. Registries and Surveillance: lacks and perspectives. Epidemiol Prev 2015; 39(2): 77-78 (IF 0,776)
24. D’Ovidio F, d’Errico A, Scarinzi C, Costa G. Increased incidence of coronary heart disease associated with “double burden” in a cohort of Italian women. Social Science & Medicine 2015; 135: 40-46 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.04.15 (IF 2,626)
25. Vandenheede  H, Deboosere P, Espelt A, Bopp M, Borrell C, Costa G, Eikemo TA, Gnavi R, Hoffmann R, Kulhanova I, Kulik M, Leinsalu M, Martikainen P, Menvielle G, Rodriguez-Sanz m, Rychtarikova J, Mackenbach JP. Educational inequalities in diabetes mortality across Europe in the 2000s: the interaction with gender. Int J Public Health 2015:  60: 401-410. DOI: 10.1007/s00038-015-0669-8 (IF 2,701)
26. Mackenbach JP, Kulhanova I, Bopp M, Deboosere P, Eikemo TA, Hoffmann R, Kulich MC, Leinsalu M, Martikainen P, Menvielle G, Regidor E, Wojtyniak B, Ostergren O, Lundberg O, for the EURO-GBD-SE Consortium (tra cui Costa G). Variations in the relation between education and cause-specific mortality in 19 European populations: a test of the “fundamental causes” theory of social inequalities in health. Social Science & Medicine 2015; 127: 51-62 (IF 2,626)
27. Marì-Dell’Olmo M, Gotsen M, Palència L, Burstrom B, Corman D, Costa G, Deboosere P, Diez E, Dominguez-Berjòn F, Dzùrivà D, Gandarillas A, Hoffmann R, Kovàcs K, Martikainen P, Demaria M, Pikhart H, Rodriguez-Sanz M, Saez M, Santana P, Schwierz C, Tarkiainen L, Borrell C. Socioeconomic inequalities in cause-specific mortality in 15 European cities. J Epidemiol Community Health 2015; 69: 432-441 (IF 3,501)
28. Mackenbach JP, Kulhanova I, Menvielle G, Bopp M, Borrell C, Costa G, Deboosere P, Esnaola S, Kalediene Rm Kovacs K, Leinsalu M, Martikainen P, Regidor E, Rodriguez-Sanz M, Strand BH, Hoffmann R, Eikemo TA, Ostergren O, Lundberg O; for the Eurothine and EURO-GBD-SE Consortiums. Trends in inequalities in premature mortality; a study of 3.2 million deaths in 13 European countries. J Epidemiol Community Health 2015; 69(3): 207-217 DOI: 10.1136/jech-2014-204319 (IF 3,501).
29. Eikemo  T, Hoffmann R, Kulick MC, Kulhanova I, Toch-Marquardt M, Menvielle G, Looman C, Jasilionis D, Martikainen P, Lundberg O, Mackenbach JP, for the EURO-GBD-SE consortium (tra cui Costa G). How can inequalities in mortality be reduced? A quantitative analysis of 6 risk factors in 21 European populations. Plos One 2014; 9(11): e110952. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110952. eCollection2014. (IF 3,534)
30. Giorda CB, Picariello R, Nada E, Tartaglino B, Marafetti L, Costa G, Petrelli A, Gnavi R. Comparison of direct costs of type 2 diabetes care: different care models with different outcomes. Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases 2014; 24 717-724.
31. Kulich MC, Menvielle G, Eikemo TA, Bopp M, Jasilionis D, Kulhanova I, Leinsalu M, Martikainen P, Ostergren O, Mackenbach JP; EURO-GBD-SE Consortiums (tra cui Costa G). Educational inequalities in three smoking-related causes of death in 18 European populations. Nicotine Tob Res 2014; 16(5): 507-518. DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntt175.
32. Morrison J, Pons-Viguès M, Bécares L, Burstrom B, Gandarillas A, Dominguez-Berjon F, Diez E, Costa G, Ruiz M, Pikhart H, Marinacci C, Hoffmann R, Santana P, Borrell C and partners from the INEQ-Cities Project. Health inequalities in European cities: perceptions and beliefs among local policymakers. BMJ Open 2014; 4(5): e 004454 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004454. (IF 1,583 )
33. Giorda CB, Picariello R, Nada E, Tartaglino B, Marafetti L, Costa G, Gnavi R. Incretin terapie and risk of hospital admission for acute pancreatitis in an unselected population of European patients with type 2 diabetes: a case-control study. The Lancet  Diabetes and Endocrinology 2014; 2(2):111-115
34. Gotsen M, Mari-Dell’Olmo M, Pérez K, Palència L, Martinez-Beneito MA, Rodriguez-Sanz M, Burstrom B, Costa G, Deboosere P, Dominguez-Berijon F, Dzurova D, Gandarillas A, Hoffmann R, Kovacs K, Marinacci C, Martikainen P, Pikhart H, Rosicova K, Saez M, Santana P et al. Socioeconomic inequalities in injury mortality in small areas of 15 European cities. Health & Place 2013; 24: 165-172 (IF 2,419)
35. Bena A, Giraudo M, Leombruni R, Costa G. Job tenure and work injuries: a multivariate analysis of the relation with previous experience and differences by age. BMC Public Health 2013; 13(1): 869 (IF 1,997)
36. Baldi I, Costa G, Foltran F, Spada V, Daniele C, Sacerdote C, Gregori D. Effect of educational attainment on incidence and mortality for ischemic heart and cerebrovascular diseases: a systematic review and trend estimation. Int J Cardiol 2013 August 13; 168(5): 4959-4963 doi: 10.1016/j.card.2013.07.142 (IF 7,078)
37. Zarulli V, Marinacci C, Costa G, Caselli G. Mortality by education level at late-adult ages in Turin: a serviva analysis using frailty models with period and cohort approaches. BMJ Open 2013; 3: e002841 doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002841
38. Federico B, Mackenbach JP, Eikemo TA, Sebastiani G, Marinacci C, Costa G, Kunst AE. Educational inequalities in mortality in northern, mid and southern Italy and the contribution of smoking. J Epidemiol Community Health 2013; 67: 603-609 doi: 10.1136./jech-2012-201716 (IF 3,192)
39. Farina E, Bena A, Pasqualini O, Costa G. Are regulations effective in reducing construction incurie? An analysis of the Italian context. Occup Environ Med 2013; 70: 611-616  DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2012-101087 (IF 3,020)
40. Bruno G, Spadea T, Picariello R, Gruden G, Barutta F, Cerutti F, Cavallo-Perin P, Costa G, Gnavi R, Piedmont Study Group for Diabetes Epidemiology. Early life socioeconomic indicators and risk of type 1 diabetes in children and young adults. J Pediatr 2013; 162(3): 600-605 e.1. (IF 4,115)
41. Marinacci C, Grippo F, Pappagallo M, Sebastiani G, Demaria M, Vittori P, Caranci N, Costa G. Social inequalities in total and cause-specific mortality of the Italian population, from 1999 to 2007. Eur J Public Health 2013; 23(4): 582-587 (IF 2,728)
42. Harding S, Lenguerrand E, Costa G, d’Errico A, Martikainen P, Tarkiainen P, Blane D, Akinwale B, Bartley M. Trends in mortality by labour market position around retirement ages in three European countries with different welfare regimes. Int J Public Health 2013; 58: 99-108 (IF 2,539)
43. Li Ranzi T, d’Errico A, Costa G. Association between chronic morbidity and early retirement in Italy. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 2013; 86(3): 295-303 (IF 1,889)
44. Federico B, Capelli G, Costa G, Mackenbach JP, Kunst AE. Looking at the smoking epidemic through the lens of population pyramids: patterns of smoking in Italy, 1983 to 2005. Population Health Metrics 2013; 8: 99-108 (IF 1,460)
45. Costa G, Marra M, Salmaso S, Gruppo AIE su crisi e salute. Gli indicatori di salute ai tempi della crisi in Italia [Health indicators in the time of crisis in Italy]. Epidemiol Prev 2012; 36(6): 337-366 (IF 0,651)
46. Costa G, Michelozzi P, Ancona C, Bertozzi N, Caranci N, Fano V, Gini R, Gnavi R, Zocchetti C. Health and economic crisis in Italy. Epidemiol Prev 2012; 36(5): 227-228 (IF 0,651)
47. Petrelli A, De Luca G, Landriscina T, Costa G. Socioeconomic differences in waiting times for elective surgery: a population-based retrospective study. BMC Health Services Research 2012; 12: 268 (IF 1,660)
48. Plug I, Hoffmann R, Artnik B, Bopp M, Borrell C, Costa G, Deboosere P, Esnaola S, Kalediene R, Leinsalu M, Lundberg O, Martikainen P, Regidor E, Rychtarikova J, Strand BH, Woityniak B, Mackenbach JP. Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality from conditions amenable to medical interventions: do they reflect inequalities in access or quality of health care? BMC Public Health 2012; 12(1): 346  (IF 1,997)
49. Giorda C, Picariello R, Nada E, Tartaglino B, Marafetti L, Costa G, Gnavi R. The Impact of Adherence to Screening Guidelines and of Diabetes Clinics Referral on Morbidity and Mortality in Diabetes. Plos One 2012; 7(4): e33839 (IF 4,092) 
50. Rasulo D, Spadea T, Onorati R, Costa G. The impact of migration in all-cause mortality: The Turin Longitudinal Study, 1971 – 2005. Soc Sci Med 2012; 74(6): 897-906 (IF 2,699)
51. Bena A, Leombruni R, Giraudo M, Costa G. A new Italian surveillance system for occupational incurie: characteristics and initial results. American Journal of Industrial Medicine  2012; 55: 584-592 (IF 1,625)
52. Giordanino C, Ceretto B, Bo S, Smedile A, Ciancio Am Bugianesi E, Pellicano R, Fagoonee S, Versino E, Costa G, Arese D, Sacco M, Rizzetto M, Saracco G. Type 2 diabetes mellitus and chronic hepatitis C: which is worse? Results of a long-term retrospective cohort study. Dig Liver Dis 2012; 44: 406-412 (IF 3,054)
53. Rodin D, Stirbu I, Ekholm O, Dzurova D, Costa G, Mackenbach JP, Kunst AE. Educational inequalities in blood pressure and cholesterol screening in nine European countries. J Epidemiol Commun H 2012; 66(11): 1050-1055 (IF 3,192)
54. d’Errico A, Costa G. Socio-demographic and work-related risk factors for medium and long-term sickness absence among Italian workers. European Journal of Public Health 2012; 22(5): 683-688  (IF 2,728)
55. Fritzell S, Vannoni F, Whitehed M, Burstrom B, Costa G, Clayton S, Fritzell J. Does non-employment contribute to the health disadvantage among lone mothers in Britain, Italy and Sweden? Synergy effects and the meaning of family policy. Health & Place 2012; 18(2): 199-208 (IF 2,669)
56. Bruno G, Picariello R, Petrelli A, Panero F, Costa G, Cavallo-Perin P, Demaria M, Gnavi R. Direct costs in diabetic and non diabetic people: The population-based Turin study, Italy. Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases 2012; 22(8): 684-690 (IF 3,731)
57. Costa G, Cislaghi C, Zocchetti C, Agabiti N, Biggeri A, Caranci N, Grisotto L, Marinacci C, Petrelli A, Spadea T. Esistono misure valide dell’effetto della deprivazione socioeconomica sul fabbisogno sanitario? Alcune indicazioni metodologiche per il Servizio sanitario nazionale italiano. Politiche Sanitarie 2011; 12(3): 126-138
58. Marinacci C, Sebastiani G, Ferracin E, Grippo F, Pappagallo M, Landriscina T, Gargiulo L, Demaria M, Costa G. La distanza tra gli italiani attraverso le disuguaglianze geografiche e socio-economiche. [Distance among Italian people through geographic and socio-economic inequalities]. Epidemiol Prev 2011; 35(5-6 suppl. 2): 68-75. (IF 0,651)
59. Costa G, Vecchi G. Storie parallele: la salute e le altre dimensioni del benessere a confronto in 150 anni di differenze geografiche in Italia. [Twin histories: comparison among health and other welfare aspects in 150 years of geographic differences]. Epidemiol Prev 2011; 35(5-6 suppl. 2) (IF 0,651)
60. Petrinco M, Di Cuonzo D, Berchialla P, Gilardetti M, Foltran F, Scarinzi C, Costa G e Gregori D. Economic burden of incurie in children: color study based on administrative data in a northwestern Italian region. Pediatric International 2011; (53): 846-850 (IF 0,755)
61. Gnavi R, Canova C, Picariello R, Tessari R, Giorda C, Simonato L, Costa G. Mortality, incidence of cardiovascular diseases, and educational level among the diabetic and non-diabetic populations in two large cities. Diabetes Res Clin Pr 2011; (92): 205-212 (IF 2,134)
62. Gelormino E, Bambra C, Spadea T, Bellini S, Costa G. The Effects of Health Care Reforms on Health Inequalities: A Review and Analysis of the European Evidence Base. Int J Health Serv 2011; 41(2): 209-230 (IF 0,869) 
63. Bena A, Berchialla P, Debernardi ML, Pasqualini O, Farina E, Costa G. Impact of organization on occupational injury risk: Evidence from high-speed railway construction. Am J Ind Med 2011; 54: 428-437 (IF 1,750)
64. d’Errico A, Cardano M, Landriscina T, Marinacci C, Pasian S, Petrelli A, Costa G. Workplace stress and prescription of antidepressant medications: a prospective study on a sample of Italian workers. Int Arch Occ Env Hea 2011; 84(4): 413-424 (IF 1,910)
65. Stirbu I, Kunst AE, Bopp M, Leinsalu M, Regidor E, Esnaola S, Costa G, Martikainen P, Borrell C, Kalediene R, Rychtarikova J, Artnik B, Deboosere P, Mackenbach JP. Educational inequalities in avoidable mortality in Europe. J Epidemiol Commun H  2010; 64(10): 913-920 (IF 2,983)
66. Spadea T, Zengarini N, Kunst A, Zanetti R, Rosso S, Costa G. Cancer risk in relationship to different indicators of adult socioeconomic position in Turin, Italy. Cancer Causes Control 2010; 21(7): 1117-1130 (IF 2,789)
67. Spadea T, Bellini S, Kunst A, Stirbu I, Costa G. The impact of interventions to improve attendance in female cancer screening among lower socioeconomic groups: A review: Prev Med 2010; 50(4): 159-164 (IF 3,299)
68. Burstrom B, Whitehead M, Clayton S, Fritzell S, Vannoni F, Costa G. Health inequalities between lone and couple mothers and policy under different welfare regimes – The example of Italy, Sweden and Britain. Soc Sci Med 2010; 70: 912-920 (IF 2,742)
69. Petrelli A, Picariello R, Costa G. Toward a need based mechanism for capitation purposes in Italy: the role of socioeconomic level in explaining differences in the use of health services. Int J Health Care Finance Econ 2010; 10(1): 29-42 (IF 0,415)
70. Costa G, Marinacci C, Spadea T. Disuguaglianze sociali nella salute: sfide e priorità attuali nel contesto europeo. [Social inequalities in health: challenges and current priorities in a European context. Epidemiol Prev 2010; 34(5-6): 31-34.   
71. Caranci N, Biggeri A, Grisotto L, Pacelli B, Spadea T, Costa G. L’indice di deprivazione italiano a livello di sezione di censimento: definizione, descrizione e associazione con la mortalità. [The Italian deprivation index at census block level: definition, description and association with general mortality]. Epidemiol Prev 2010; 34(4): 167-176.
72. Leombruni R, Richiardi M, Demaria M, Costa G. Aspettative di vita, lavori usuranti ed equità del sistema previdenziale. Prime evidenze dal Work Histories Italian Panel. [Life expectancy, trenuous work and pension system’s fairness. First evidence from the Work Histories Italian Panel]. Epidemiol Prev 2010; 34(4): 150-158.
73. Braga M, Cislaghi C, Costa G, Zocchetti C. Valutare perché. Commenti alla Carta dell’Isola Tiberina. [Comments on Carta dell’ Isola Tiberina]. Epidemiol Prev 2010; 34(4): 135-137.

 

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  Laurea magistrale in Medicina e Chirurgia San Luigi Gonzaga
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  Laurea magistrale in Medicina e Chirurgia San Luigi Gonzaga

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• Association of paid work, child and elders care with the risk of cardiovascular diseases. Investigation of their interactions and on underlying social and biological mechanisms

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