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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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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
applied to NCD prevention and control from three different entry points: risk factors or conditions, population groups … be seen globally for action on both specific NCD risk factors as well as in a more systemic approach to policy decision …
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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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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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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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Mortality and survivor's consumption
Grimm, Michael - DIAL - 2006
. Few studies have so fare examined the effects of mortality. The major difference between illness and mortality shocks is …
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МАКРОСОЦИАЛЬНЫЕ ДЕТЕРМИНАНТЫ И РИСКИ ЗДОРОВЬЮ НАСЕЛЕНИЯ РЕГИОНОВ РОССИИ
АЛЕКСАНДРОВНА, … - In: Экономические и социальные … (2014) 3, pp. 193-205
В статье представлены результаты комплексного анализа макросоциальных факторов, формирующих медико-демографическую ситуацию на территории России, с...
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