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Is Beer Safer than Spirits? How the Change in Consumption Shares of Alcoholic Beverage Types Affects Traffic Mortality in Young People
Freeman, Donald G. - In: Journal of International Agricultural Trade and Development 61 (2012) 4
results are not conclusive. Initial state median income is however a strong predictor of lower traffic mortality rates in …
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Health Financing Options for Samoa : Challenges and Opportunities
Anderson, Ian - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013
Samoa currently faces two important public policy challenges in the health sector. One is to stem, and then reverse, the rapid rise of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The second challenge is to put the country on a health-financing path that is effective, efficient, and financially affordable...
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Sustaining Universal Health Coverage in France: A Perpetual Challenge
Barroy, Helene; Or, Zeynep; Kumar, Ankit; Bernstein, David - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
While universal health coverage (UHC) offers a powerful goal for a nation, all countries-irrespective of income are struggling with achieving or sustaining UHC. France is a high-income country where HC is in effect universal. Health-related costs are covered by a mix of mandatory social health...
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Moderate Alcohol Consumption and the Risk of Mortality
Fuller, Theodore - In: Demography 48 (2011) 3, pp. 1105-1125
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Reprioritizing Government Spending on Health: Pushing an Elephant Up the Stairs?
Tandon, Ajay; Fleisher, Lisa; Li, Rong; Yap, Wei Aun - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
Countries vary widely with respect to the share of government spending on health, a metric that can serve as a proxy for the extent to which health is prioritized by governments. World Health Organization (WHO) data estimate that, in 2011, health's share of aggregate government expenditure in...
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Investigating The Volume And Structure Of Alcohol Consumption And Their Impact On Life Expectancy In Russian Regions
Kossova, Tatiana V.; Kossova, Elena V.; Sheluntcova, … - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2014
and mortality from external causes and negative with life expectancy in Russian regions. Results are valid for both male …
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The effects of tobacco taxes on health : an analysis of the effects by income quintile and gender in Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine
Denisova, Irina; Kuznetsova, Polina - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
The main objectives of this paper are to estimate the burden of tobacco-caused mortality as a whole and by main tobacco … Russia, about 70,000 in Ukraine, and 14,300 in Kazakhstan, representing a key factor of mortality among the working … analysis includes an estimation of changes in smoking prevalence, mortality, life expectancy, and public health expenditures by …
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Health in All Policies as a Strategic Policy Response to NCDs
Lin, Vivian; Jones, Catherine; Wang, Shiyong; Barbd, Enis - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
The aim of Health in All Policies (HiAP) is to bring diverse sectors together to find shared solutions; it focuses on identifying 'win-win' or 'cobenefits' such that policy measures contribute not only to improved health outcomes but also to outcomes desired by other sectors, such as education,...
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Höhere Steuern auf Alkohol!
Adams, Michael; Effertz, Tobias - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 62 (2009) 19, pp. 14-19
Die Preise alkoholischer Getränke sind in den vergangenen 40 Jahren in Deutschland relativ zum allgemeinen Preisniveau um rund 30% billiger geworden. Im europäischen Vergleich weist Deutschland besonders niedrige Steuersätze auf Alkohol auf. Michael Adams und Tobias Effertz, Universität...
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The Effect of Income on Health Choices: Physical Activity and Alcohol Use
Hu, Xiaowen; Stowe, C. Jill - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
This paper investigates the relation between household income level and individual alcohol consumption behavior, and the relation between household income level and individual physical activity participation choice. Previous research is inconclusive regarding the relations on these two...
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