adverse effects on the economy and the health sector. More specifically, over the 2008-2015 period, GDP was reduced by 29 ….5 percent, wages were reduced by 35-45 percent, private consumption dropped by 30 percent and health expenditure declined by 41 … public expenditures, the fight against corruption and the underground economy, the control of health expenditures, and the …

The effect of government spending on population’s health has received attention over the past decades. This study re …-examines the link between government health expenditures and health outcomes to establish whether government intervention in the … health sector improves outcomes. The study uses annual data for the period 1980–2014 on Ghana. The ordinary least squares …

challenges for the pension system. However, a prolonged working life impacts a person’s health. Detailed data from the statutory … health insurance companies shows that abolishing the "Rente für Frauen" (women’s pension) in 1999, which allowed women to … retire at 60, resulted in negative health effects. Women who were affected by the reform and could not retire until age 63 …

This study estimates the impact of health capital on economic growth in 10 Balkan countries over the 2000-2019 period … results revealed that economic growth responds to short-term and long-term health capital changes. Estimation results indicate … a positive relationship between health capital and the economic growth of Balkan countries. According to the results …

Canada spends more than Italy on health per capita and as a share of GDP and has a higher per capita GDP. Yet, life … expectancy and infant mortality in Italy are better and have improved more over time. The implication is that the Italian health … care system provides better value for money. We examine whether Italy does get better health outcomes at lower costs. Using …

Background: Health care expenditures (HCE) are known to steepen with increasing age, but the contributions of ….g. 66 to 70 year olds) at different time points (age-class analysis). Using health insurance claims data including morbidity … and mortality information, HCE growth was analyzed in Swiss mandatory health insurance for the years 1996 to 2011 and …

This paper presents a dynamic general equilibrium model designed to examine the macroeconomic effects and welfare … implications of alternative reforms to the US health insurance system. Specifically, it scrutinizes the extent to which health care … reform can mitigate inefficiencies stemming from market imperfections in the health insurance industry. The model considers a …

A number of studies have estimated the income elasticity of health care expenditure to identify whether health care is … 1995–2013 for revealing the nature of health care as a product. Along with conventional econometric techniques we have … (FMOLS) and Dynamic OLS (DOLS) it was found that the long run elasticity of Health Care Expenditure (HCE) with Gross Domestic …