This paper investigates the relationships between social circumstances, individual behaviours, and ill-health later in …' smoking and health outcomes (lifespan and time-to-cancer) is jointly estimated, using the 1984/5 British Health and Lifestyle … behaviours as well as health outcomes. Results from this discrete latent factor model are found to be substantially different to …

This paper surveys health reform in the former Soviet countries of Central Asia. Reform efforts are evaluated in the … context of achieving the goals of improving people's health status, maintaining acces and equity, improving efficiency …

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, especially for the poor in African countries such as Nigeria, the …

The issue of whether faith-inspired providers are able to reach the poor depends in part on the cost of the health … assess to what extent the cost of healthcare is a major reason for not being satisfied with health services and whether …

The Christian Health Association of Ghana is the largest federation of faith-inspired provider of health services in … data from the Ministry of Health. Using poverty mapping techniques and simple regression analysis, this paper aims to …

While previous studies have shown that recessions are associated with better health outcomes and behaviors, the focus … previously established counter-cyclical pattern in health and heath behaviors is held during the Great Recession. Using data from … capturing health and health behaviors, we show that the association between economic deterioration and these outcomes has …

This paper takes stock of the current status of health sectors in MENA. From the narrow perspective of national … aggregate indicators, as with most middle income countries, the region has seen significant achievements. Yet, health sectors … face systemic challenges, and suffer from significant and persistent inequities in health outcomes, access, delivery, and …

the trends in educational and health infrastructure availability in the region; trends in educational attainments and … health standards of the people; trends in people’s access to social infrastructure and their affordability – especially among …

Faith-inspired institutions (FIIs) commonly have as their stated mission a desire to provide quality health services to … services more affordable. However, it suggests that in current African health contexts, FIIs may no longer be that different …

predict a range of health-related behaviors and outcomes. What can be said about patient satisfaction with faith … satisfaction of patients with FII-health services in Africa today. Second, we present new evidence from household surveys in six …