Mayer-Foulkes David A.; Claudia, Pescetto-Villouta - In: Global Economy Journal 12 (2012) 4, pp. 1-44
This article outlines the economics of non communicable chronic diseases (NCDs), necessary for designing evidence-based health policies to reduce the prevalence of NCDs. The main risk factors of NCDs are manmade: abuse of alcohol, tobacco, junk food, and lack of exercise. Hence we define an...