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Maria José Pérez Lacasta is a professor of the Department of Economics at Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) since 1989. She obtained her Degree in Economics from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and her PhD in 1999 from Universitat de Barcelona (UB) with a thesis about the pension system reform. She has been secretary of the Economy Department since 2009 until 2017.

Her reasearch interests are focused on international economics, gender discrimination and inequality and, especially, health and ageing economics.

Publications

Articles in journals JCR

• Bosch-Frigola, I.; Coca-Villalba, F.; Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia (2023): "Diabetes mellitus and inequalities in the equipment and use of information technologies as a socioeconomic determinant of health in Spain", Frontiers in Public Health ,https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1033461,
• López-Panisello, M.B.; Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; Rué, M.; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia (2023): "Factors influencing intention to participate in breast cancer screening. An exploratory structural model", Plos One ,18(2), e0281454
• Mas-Dalmau, G.; Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; Alonso-Coello, P.; Gorrotxategi-Gorrotxategi, P.; Argüelles-Prendes, E.; Espinazo-Ramos, O.; Valls-Duran, T.; Gonzalo-Alonso, M.E.; Cortés-Viana, M.P.; Menéndez-Bada, T.; Vázquez-Fernandez, M.E.; Pérez-Hernández, A.I.; Munoz-Ortiz, L.; Villanueva-López, C.; Little, P.; de la Poza-Abad, M.; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; behalf of the DAP Paediatrics Group (2023): "A trial‑based cost‑effectiveness analysis of antibiotic prescription strategies for non‑complicated respiratory tract infections in children", BMC Pedriatics ,23, 497
• Bosch-Frigola, I.; Coca-Villalba, F.; Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia (2022): "European national health plans and the monitoring of online searches for information on diabetes mellitus in different European healthcare systems", Frontiers in Public Health ,1023404,
• Hernández-Leal, M.J.; Codern-Bpvé, N.; Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; Cardona-Cardona, A.; Vidal-Lancis, C.; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; on behalf of the Proshare group (2022): "Development of support material for health professionals who are implementing Shared Decision-making in breast cancer screening: validation using the Delphi technique", BMJ Open ,12, Issue 2
• Hernández-Leal, M.J.; Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; Cardona-Cardona, A.; Codern-Bové, N.; Vidal-Lancis, C.; Rué, M.; Forné, C.; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; on behalf of the ProShare group (2022): "Women’s preference to apply shared decision-making in breast cancer screening: a discrete choice experiment", BMJ Open ,12, Issue 11
• Laza-Vásquez, C.; Codern-Bové, N.; Cardona-Cardona, A.; Hernández-Leal, M.J.; Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; Rué, M.; on behalf of the DECIDO group (2022): "Views of health professionals on risk-based breast cancer screening and its implementation in the Spanish National Health System: A qualitative discussion group study", Plos One ,17 (2),
• Laza-Vásquez, C.; Hernández-Leal, M.J.; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; Rué, M.; on behalf of the DECIDO group (2022): “Barriers and Facilitators to the Implementation of a Personalized Breast Cancer Screening Program: Views of Spanish Health Professionals”, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ,19, 1406
• Hernández Leal, Mª José; Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; Feijoo-Cid, M.; Ramos-García, V.; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia (2021): "Healthcare professionals’ behaviour regarding the implementation of shared decision-making in screening programmes: A systematic review", Patient Education and Counceling ,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2021.01.032,
• Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; Martínez-Alonso, M.; Pons, A.; Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; Perestelo-Pérez, L.; Sala, M.; Vidal, C.; Garcia, M.; Toledo-Chávarri, A.; Codern, N.; Feijoo-Cid, M.; Romero, A.; Pla, R.; Soler-González, J.; Castells, X.; Rué, M.*on behalf of the InforMa Group (2017): "The Effect of information about the benefits and harms of mammography on women's decision-making: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial", Trials ,18, 426, 1-8
• Martínez-Alonso, M.; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; Pons, A.; Garcia, M.; Rué, M.*on behalf of the InforMa Group (2017): "Assessment of the effects of decision aids about breast cancer screening: a systematic review and meta-analysis", BMJ Open ,7, 10, 1-10
• Toledo-Chávarri, A.; Rué, M.; Codern-Bové, N.; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; Perestelo-Pérez, L.; Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; Feijoo-Cid, M. on behalf of the InforMa Study Group (2017): "A qualitative study on a decision aid for breast cancer screening: views from women and health professionals", European Journal of Cancer Care ,26, 3, 1-11
• Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; aleix.gregori; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; Gispert, R.; Martínez, M.; Vilaprinyo, E.; Pla, R.; Rué, M. (2010): "Evolución de la mortalidad por cáncer de mama y diseminación de la mamografía de cribado en Catalunya. Un análisi por regiones sanitarias", Revista Española de Salud Pública ,84(6), 691-703

Articles in journals not indexed in the JCR

• Hernández-Leal, M.J.; Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia (2022): "Advances in shared decision-making for breast cancer screening in Spain”, Journal of Breast Cancer Research ,2(1), 19-22
• Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; Llop Llop, Maria; López, B.; Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; Sardà Pons, Jordi (2010): "Economic impact of a healthcare institution. An input-output model", The Empirical Economics Letters ,9(9), 883-888
• Sardà Pons, Jordi; Pérez Lacasta, Mª José (2003): "Exchange rate and long run equilibrium in transition economies", International Advances in Economic Research ,9, 35-47

Books

• Flores-Fillol, Ricardo; Pérez Lacasta, Mª José (2014): "Problem sets for Industrial Organization", Publicacions URV (ISBN: 978-84-697-0641-1)
• Llop Llop, Maria; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; Sardà Pons, Jordi (2010): "El grup SAGESSA: activitat i impacte economic", Grup SAGESSA
• marti.oliva; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; christian.duran; Pérez Lacasta, Mª José (2008): "Teoría de la Organización Industrial", Projecte Eina. URV. 2008

Book Chapters

• Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; Sardà Pons, Jordi; Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia (2010): "Efectos de género en la estimación de la dependencia", Pérez, O. (eds.) Mujeres: luchando por la igualdad, reivindicando la diferencia ,Dykinson; Debates del Instituto Bartolomé de las Casas, nº 14

Projects

With public

• Title: Effectiveness of early detection on breast cancer mortality reduction in Catalonia (Spain)

  Principal Investigator: Ester Montserrat Rue

  Members: Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia; Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; Ma. Belén López Panisello

  Reference: Start Year: 2009 End Year: 2009

  Entity: Agència d'avaluació de Tecnologia i Recerca Mèdiques: Departament de Salut. Generalitat de Catalunya

With companies

• Title: Impacte econòmic de SAGESSA sobre el territori

  Principal Investigator: Carles Lavila, Misericòrdia

  Members: Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; Llop Llop, Maria; Sardà Pons, Jordi; Ma. Belén López Panisello

  Reference: Start Year: 2009 End Year: 2010

  Entity: Grup SAGESSA

• Title: Impacto económico de las centrales nucleares de Vandellòs II, Ascó I y Ascó II

  Principal Investigator: Llop Llop, Maria

  Members: Pérez Lacasta, Mª José; Sardà Pons, Jordi

  Reference: Start Year: 2009 End Year: 2010

  Entity: Asociación Nuclear Ascó y Vandellós