"This paper reviews the correlations and potential links between health and economic growth and summarizes the evidence … on the role of government in improving health status. At the macroeconomic level, the evidence of an impact of health on … growth remains ambiguous due both to difficulties in measuring health, and to the methodological challenges of identifying …

This report analyzes equity and financial protection in the health sector of Vietnam. In particular, it examines … inequalities in health outcomes, health behavior and health care utilization; benefit incidence analysis; financial protection; and … the progressivity of health care financing. Data are drawn from the 1992-93 and 1997-98 Vietnam living standards survey …

The health equity and financial protection reports are short country-specific volumes that provide a picture of equity … and financial protection in the health sectors of low-and middle-income countries. Topics covered include: inequalities in … health outcomes, health behavior and health care utilization; benefit incidence analysis; financial protection; and the …

The health equity and financial protection reports are short country-specific volumes that provide a picture of equity … and financial protection in the health sectors of low-and middle-income countries. Topics covered include: inequalities in … health outcomes, health behavior and health care utilization; benefit incidence analysis; financial protection; and the …

The health equity and financial protection reports are short country-specific volumes that provide a picture of equity … and financial protection in the health sectors of low- and middle-income countries. Topics covered include: inequalities … in health outcomes, health behavior and health care utilization; benefit incidence analysis; financial protection; and …

information on efficiency and effectiveness gains that will result from the introduction of a One Health approach. With these aims … the decision-making process regarding the eventual introduction of One Health. This report disaggregates costs by task … veterinary systems in developing countries, and OIE (Office International des Epizooties - World Organization for Animal Health …

: enormous health care costs and productivity/income losses. Of all global deaths from CVD, 65 percent occur in developing … established CVD is expensive and resource intensive. Unregulated private health systems tend to direct a large proportion of …

The note analyzes overall trends in government health financing and expenditure patterns and discusses some of the … efficiency and equity issues pertaining to current government health spending patterns. The policy note is one of a series of … health financing analyses, complementing earlier policy notes focusing on out-of-pocket spending as well as community …