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Prevention of chronic diseases : reorienting primary health systems in India
Mehdi, Ali; Chaudhry, Divya; Tomar, Priyanka; Joshi, Pallavi - 2016
premature mortality. In India, 66 percent of all deaths are premature. The burden of premature mortality has shifted from child …-à-vis the former level. Nevertheless, primary health systems continue to focus almost exclusively on child mortality. They need … to make a health system transition and get engaged in the prevention of risk factors, morbidity and mortality related to …
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Medics, Monarchs and Mortality, 1600-1800 : Origins of the Knowledge-Driven Health Transition in Europe
Johansson, S. Ryan - 2010
Medical knowledge – defined broadly to include both its private and public forms – has been the driving force behind the historical transitions that have raised life expectancy in modern Europe. Advances in knowledge, rather than better nutrition (particularly the escape from caloric...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014192248
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The effect of universal health care on the out-of-pocket health expenditures : evidence from a natural experiment
Asali, Muhammad; Pantsulaia, Valida - 2022
In the first two quarters of 2013 the Georgian government introduced and fully implemented a universal health care (UHC) plan covering all those not-yet publicly or privately insured. We estimate the effect of the introduction of the universal healthcare plan on the level of out-of-pocket (OOP)...
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The value of socialized medicine : the impact of universal primary healthcare provision on birth and mortality rates in Turkey
Cesur, Resul; Güneş, Pınar Mine; Tekin, Erdal; … - 2015
measured by age-specific birth and mortality rates, focusing on a nationwide socialized medicine program implemented in Turkey … and over time. Our estimates indicate that the FMP caused large declines in mortality rates across all age groups with … teenagers. Furthermore, the results are suggestive that the program has also contributed towards equalization in the mortality …
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The Fair Deal Universal Health Care Proposals : Historians’ Perspectives from 1970 to 2003
Horvath, George - 2019
Throughout the Truman administration's Fair Deal era, ideas for a national system of publicly financed universal health care were developed, debated, and even proposed in Congress. In spite of public support for health care reform, each legislative proposal that embodied these ideas failed, and...
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Healthcare Policies from the Perspective of the Theory of the Second Best
Park, Sangkyun - 2018
The theory of the second best implies that policymakers should address all relevant issues in a comprehensive manner to improve social welfare. Since most components in the economy are interconnected, a policy focusing narrowly on particular aspects of a broad issue often produces serious side...
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Socio-Economic Disparities in US Healthcare Spending : The Role of Public vs Private Insurance
Capatina, Elena - 2018
In the US healthcare system, patients of different socio-economic status (SES) often receive disparate treatment for similar conditions. Prior work documents this phenomenon for particular treatments/conditions, but we take a system-wide view and examine socioeconomic disparities in spending for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012928051
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Health Care Reform or More Affordable Health Care?
B. P. Gomes, Diego - 2018
This article investigates the impact on the U.S. economy of making health care more affordable. We compare health care cost reductions with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) using a rich life cycle general equilibrium model with heterogeneous agents. We evaluate a wide range...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012932034
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Gendered barriers to formal healthcare utilization : modelling healthcare demand in a lowresource setting
Cavatorta, Elisa; Janssens, Wendy; Mesnard, Alice - 2021
This paper develops a model of healthcare demand to study healthcare choices in resourcelimited settings with poor health indicators, especially for women. Using data from rural Nigeria on individual illnesses and injuries as well as the entire portfolio of locally available providers, we...
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A Public Option for Employer Health Plans
Hoffman, Allison K.; Jackson, Howell E.; Monahan, Amy - 2021
Following the 2020 presidential election, health care reform discussions have centered on two competing proposals: Medicare for All and an individual public option (“Medicare for all who want it”). Interestingly, these two proposals take starkly different approaches to employer-provided...
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