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Millions of people in the developing world lack access to curative drugs. Thomas Pogge identifies the cause for this problem in a lack of redistribution across borders. By contrast, this article shows that institutional shortcomings within developing countries are the main issue. The different...
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Two geographers specializing in China analyze that country’s health care inequality from 1990 to 2008, for the purpose …, globalization, and urbanization in China have interactively contributed to health care inequality and mortality … of: (1) examining spatial-temporal variations of health care inequality at multiple scales (the regional, provincial, and …
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that COVID-19 has spread to well over 200 countries and the economic cost may last longer than the health effect. The …
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Setting up a new business may be really tough. Let's assume you want to produce and market DVD-players. You can not ignore the fact that the DVD technology is protected with patents. More than 850 patents owned by some 10 patent holders around the world, such as Philips, Sony, Toshiba, Hitachi,...
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This paper analyzes the relationship between three dimensions (economic, social, and political) of globalization and life expectancy using a panel of 92 countries covering the 1970-2005 period. Using different estimation techniques and sample groupings, we find that economic globalization has a...
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The last two decades of the twentieth century recorded a slowdown in health gains and widespread increases in health …. To do so, it regresses IMR/LEB on 15 determinants of health. The results underscore the negative health effects of the … trends observed between 1980-2000, such as rising inequality, greater income volatility, declining health expenditure …
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This study considers the effects of globalization, in its economic and social dimensions, on obesity and caloric intake. In assessing these effects using longitudinal analysis, this study adopts an extensive list of controls to account for compositional changes and effects, as well as different...
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The 21st century global health landscape requires effective global action in the face of globalization of trade, travel …, information, human rights, ideas, and disease. The new global health era is more plural, comprising a number of key actors, and … requiring more coordination of effort, priorities and investments. The World Health Organization (WHO) plays an essential role …
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Decisions on investing in health as well as other policies require deciding how to best allocate available resources … benefit-cost analysis is its emphasis on explicitly accounting for all significant outcomes (both health and non-health) and …
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Background: A positive assessment of the role of globalization as a driver of a good public health performance has been … resulted in increasing inequality, which in turn negatively affects global health performance. This conclusion is valid on a … public health performance differently. The absence of restrictions (direct effects on the availability of pharmaceuticals …
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