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Price Elasticity Estimates for Tobacco and Other Addictive Goods in India
John, Rijo - eSocialSciences - 2005
The tax base of tobacco in India is found to be heavily depended on about fteen per cent of the tobacco users who … represent cigarettes smokers. Non-cigarette tobacco products used by the majority of tobacco users are largely out of the tax … net. Analysis of the price elasticity of various tobacco products would bring out the potential of tax as an instrument to …
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Tobacco Control in Schools in India (India Global Youth Tobacco Survey & Global School Personnel Survey, 2006)
SInha, Dhirendra Narain - eSocialSciences - 2008
India Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) 2006 and Global School Personnel Survey (GSPS) 2006 were undertaken region … of tobacco control measures for monitoring and evaluation of process measures achieved on different provisions of Tobacco … Control Act, 2003 and relevant Articles in the World Health Organization, Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC …
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Estimating Standard Error of Inflation in Pakistan: A Stochastic Approach
Iqbal, Javed; Hanif, Muhammad Nadim - eSocialSciences - 2012
Standard errors (S.Es.) of month on month and year on year inflation in Pakistan are estimated based on data for the period of July 2001 to June 2010 using stochastic approach as well as extended stochastic approach to index numbers. A mechanism is developed to estimate S.E. of period average...
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Tobacco Substitutes: Harm Reduction or Smokescreen?
Medicine, PLoS - eSocialSciences - 2007
Do papers on smokeless tobacco serve a legitimate public health interest? The editors are seeking opinions from the …
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An Analysis of Household's Tobacco Consumption Decisions: Evidence from India
John, Rijo M - eSocialSciences - 2009
The consumption patterns, socio-economic distribution and the household choice of a variety of tobacco products across … and which tobacco products to consume analyzed. Household level data from National Sample Survey in India for the year …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005003751
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Prevalence, Distribution, and Impact of Mild Cognitive Impairment in Latin America, China, and India: A 10/66 Population-Based Study
Sosa, Ana Luisa; Albanese, Emiliano - eSocialSciences - 2012
Rapid demographic ageing is a growing public health issue in many low- and middle-income countries (LAMICs). Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a construct frequently used to define groups of people who may be at risk of developing dementia, crucial for targeting preventative interventions....
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Dual Practice by Public Health Providers in Shandong and Sichuan Provinces, China
Meng, Qingyue; Jan, Stephen; Bian, Ying; Sun, Qiang; … - eSocialSciences - 2009
Private practice in the health sector was re-introduced from 1980, when China began its economic reform from a planned economy to a market economy. But today the total number of private sector providers is quite few, because the government does not encourage the growth of private sector...
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National Health Accounts, 2001-02
eSocialSciences; National Health Acounts Cell NHA Cell - 2007
National Health Accounts (NHA) is a tried and tested tool for summarizing, describing, and analyzing the financing of national health systems. The estimates prepared provide clues regarding the essential steps to be taken for better use of health financing to improve health system performance. A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699056
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The Effects of Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation on Diarrhoeal Diseases Among Children in Rural Orissa
Panda, Pradeep Kumar - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper investigates the effects of safe drinking water and sanitation on diarrhoeal diseases among children in rural Orissa. [Working Paer No. 278]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008690938
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Union Budget 2014: Budgetary Resources for Public Goods
Salve, Aarti - eSocialSciences - 2014
India’s health policy has focused on primary health centers and hospitals. The numbers of hospital beds, doctors, and nurses per 1000 persons have often been treated less as inputs and more as measures of success of the health policy. Health outcomes such as a reduction in cases of...
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