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A Comparison of Alternate Vaccination Regimes for Measles in Well-vaccinated Population.
Pabst, H.F.; Boothe, P.M.; Carson, M.M.; Spady, D.W. - School of Economics and Finance, Tasmanian School of … - 1996
The study compares the economic costs and medical benefits to the current vaccination regime to one which is spacially …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005776759
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Income variation, endogenous population growth and health subsidy
Gómez, Manuel A.; Currais, Luis C. - In: Estudios de Economia 28, 2 Year 2001, pp. 165-181
This paper presents a fertility choice model in which the mortality rate is also endogenously determined and health … expenditure provides utility to individuals as well as affects the mortality rate. The analysis shows that the model predictions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005687646
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Political Factors and Health Outcomes: Insight from Argentina's Provinces
McGuire, James W. - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2010
significant and substantively strong association with lower infant mortality. Most other political factors are found to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008673313
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MODELLING THE HEALTH SECTOR POLICY REFORMS FOR NIGERIA:A PHASED PROJECT STUDY
NWAOBI, DR. GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2005
Good health is a crucial part of well-being but spending on health can be justified on economic grounds. The goal of reducing poverty provides a different but equally powerful case for health investments. However, if policymakers are to accelerate the substantial health gains of recent decades,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556956
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Análisis de la eficiencia hospitalaria por Comunidad Autónoma en el ámbito del Sistema Nacional de Salud
Cabello Granado, Pablo Antonio; Hidalgo Vega, Álvaro - In: INVESTIGACIONES REGIONALES - Journal of REGIONAL RESEARCH (2014) 28, pp. 147-158
El objetivo principal de esta investigación es el de realizar un estudio de la eficiencia en los hospitales del Sistema Nacional de Salud por Comunidad Autónoma (CCAA). El estudio se realiza sobre los hospitales gestionados por cada Servicio de Salud Autonómico con más de 500 camas sobre la...
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Health Spending Growth at Zero: Which Countries, Which Sectors Are Most Affected?
Morgan, David; Astolfi, Roberto - Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs … - 2013
Health spending slowed markedly or fell in many OECD countries recently after years of continuous growth, according to OECD Health Data 2012. As a result of the global economic crisis which began in 2008, a zero rate of growth in health expenditure was recorded on average in 2010, and...
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Health Spending Continues to Stagnate in Many OECD Countries
Morgan, David; Astolfi, Roberto - Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs … - 2014
The global economic crisis which began in 2008 has had a dramatic effect on health spending across OECD countries. Estimates of expenditure on health released back in 2012 showed that, for the first time, health spending had slowed markedly or fallen across many OECD countries after years of...
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Hospital expenditures and the red herring hypothesis: Evidence from a complete national registry
Gregersen, Fredrik Alexander; Godager, Geir - Helseøkonomisk Forskningsprogram (HERO), Universitetet … - 2013
, there is no self-selection into the data. Mortality related hospital expenditures were identified by creating gender …-cohort specific panels for each of the 430 Norwegian municipalities. We separated the impact of mortality on current hospital … aggregation methods on a complete registry of inpatient hospital admissions. <p>We apply model estimates to quantify the mortality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011019073
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Every Breath You Take - Every Dollar You'll Make: The Long-Term Consequences of the Clean Air Act of 1970
Isen, Adam; Rossin-Slater, Maya; Walker, W. Reed - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
This paper examines the long-term impacts of in-utero and early childhood exposure to ambient air pollution on adult labor market outcomes. We take advantage of a new administrative data set that is uniquely suited for addressing this question because it combines information on individuals'...
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When Should Governments Subsidize Health? The Case of Mass Deworming
Kremer, Michael; Miguel, Edward Andrew; Ahuja, Amrita; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015
We discuss how evidence and theory can be combined to provide insight on the appropriate subsidy level for health products, focusing on the specific case of deworming. Although intestinal worm infections can be treated using safe, low-cost drugs, some have challenged the view that mass...
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