India is ranked fairly high amongst the countries in terms of out of pocket expenditure by its citizens on health and … National Rural Health Mission (NHRM) too failed to bring about any significant improvement in health indicators. This paper …

the development of national healthcare markets in the convergence to a single health care market in the EU. The desired … the creation of a mandate to the EU in the health sector. Question is whether and to what extent the state is losing its … influence on public health structures, and what consequences it can have, if the services are not permanently guaranteed by any …

? The Women’s Health Initiative, an innovative public private partnership that drew reference from the UN Global Compact …

investment in human capital. In particular, the human capital investment of households with 1-3 children tends to be more … pronounced than that of households with more than 3 children. Moreover, households with 1-3 children act as an important …

This is an effort at explaining the reasons and rationale behind the rising mortality rate (CDR) in the South Indian … health care and Rajiv Aryogyasri (RAS), a health insurance scheme to cover the catastrophic health expenditure of BPL …

financial hardship on adult health, subject to such recall problems. Studying the effect of childhood hardship on adult health … play in determining health outcome. These factors and processes are often elicited retrospectively. Unfortunately … of childhood financial hardship on adult health status of more than 359,000 European respondents from 23 countries. In …

can be explained in terms of reduction in child mortality due to the immunization program. Kumar (2009) finds that UIP has … a significant and negative eect on infant and under-five mortality. …

the Project "Analysis of trends and patterns of mortality in the ESCAP region". Six countries including Bangladesh, China … should be national compilations of data. This report analyses mortality trends and patterns in Pakistan and is organised in … three parts. The first part consists of country profile, levels and trends of mortality, mortality differentials and …