Mayer Foulkes, David A.; Pescetto Villouta, Claudia - Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) - 2012
This article outlines the economics of non communicable chronic diseases (NCDs), necessary for designing evidence-based health policies to reduce the prevalence of NCDs. The main risk factors of NCDs are manmade: abuse of alcohol, tobacco, junk food, and lack of exercise. Hence we define an...