The paper addresses the issue of dynamic relationships between environment, health and growth. Its aim is to show that … variables . The hypothesis is that the state of the “natural†environment at first affects negatively health; later on its … improvement, due to sanitation and health infrastructures, possible because of income growth, leads to a better health, followed …

The aim of this paper is to explain the economic causes and consequences of the sharp decline in Italy’s fertility rate …-earner family in order to pass the threshold for a decent standard of living, especially when there are children. The main … consequence of the decline in fertility in Italy has been a dramatic increase in the proportion of elderly dependent members of …

The release of the World Health Report 2000 has brought to the fore the concept of responsiveness as an indicator of … health system performance. Responsiveness relates to a system's ability to respond to the legitimate expectations of … potential users about non-health enhancing aspects of care (Valentine et al. 2003). A few studies have investigated how standard …

The release of the World Health Report 2000 has brought to the fore the concept of re sponsiveness as an indicat or of … health system performance . Responsiveness relat es to a system’s ability to respond to the legitimate expectations of … potential users about non - health enhancing aspects of care (Valentine et al. 2003). A few studies have investigated how …