This paper examines the relationship between health aid and infant mortality, using data from 118 countries between … 1973 and 2004. Health aid has a statistically significant effect on infant mortality: doubling per capita health aid is … capita health aid by US$1.60 per year is associated with 1.5 fewer infant deaths per thousand births. The estimated effect is …

health sector policy, particularly when they have significant macroeconomic implications. Such issues can also affect equity … state and market in health care financing and provision. It also suggests situations in which macroeconomists should engage … health sector specialists in policy formulation exercises. Finally, it reviews the different health policy issues that …

We review Greek public sector healthcare policies and health-related outcomes since 2010.We find that excess spending … was successfully curtailed, elements of the institutional framework were modernized, and health outcomes have been …

This paper estimates the impact of public spending on the poor''s health status in over 70 countries. It provides … evidence that the poor have significantly worse health status than the rich and that they are more favorably affected by public … spending on health care. An important new result is that the relationship between public spending and the health status of the …

We discuss existing shortfalls and inequalities in the accumulation of human capital-knowledge, skills, and health. We … improve: the quality, and not just the quantity, of education and health care; outcomes for disadvantaged groups; and lifelong …