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The 2019 update of the Health Equity and Financial Protection Indicators Database : an overview

Wagstaff, Adam; Eozenou, Patrick; Neelsen, Sven; Smitz, Marc - 2019

This paper outlines changes that have been made in the 2019 version of the Health Equity and Financial Protection … refinements to the estimation of out-of-pocket expenditures. On the health equity side, the 2019 database includes 198 more data …

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Long-run effects of temporary incentives on medical care productivity

Celhay, Pablo A.; Gertler, Paul J.; Giovagnoli, Paula Inés - 2015

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Inequality aversion, health inequalities, and health achievement

Wagstaff, Adam - 2002

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Health investments and economic growth : macroeconomic evidence and microeconomic foundations

Jack, William; Lewis, Maureen A. - 2009

causal links. The evidence on the micro linkages from health investments to productivity and income are robust. Progress in …"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 …

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Does patient demand contribute to the overuse of prescription drugs?

López, Carolina; Sautmann, Anja; Schaner, Simone - 2020

This study conducted an experiment in Mali to test whether patients pressure doctors to prescribe medical treatment they do not necessarily need. The experiment varied patients' information about a discount for antimalarial tablets and measured demand for both tablets and costlier antimalarial...

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