population density and the extent of tests conducted to fine tune the index. The association between per capita health … expenditure and relative performance indices reveals that there are states where relatively sound health infrastructure has not … ensured better performance in curing patients and those relatively weak have done better. But with a multi-dimensional health …

absolute and relative terms. This change presents wide-ranging and complex health, social, and economic challenges, both … interconnected areas of health, especially the massive challenges of a growing burden of noncommunicable diseases; gender …

. -- poverty ; income ; inequality ; infant mortality ; India ; economic reform ; state health expenditure ; panel data … health and survival. But equal rates of growth often deliver unequal rates of poverty reduction and absolute deprivation is … for education, fertility and state health expenditure, and eliminated once we introduce controls for omitted trends …

health and survival. But equal rates of growth often deliver unequal rates of poverty reduction and absolute deprivation is … for education, fertility and state health expenditure, and eliminated once we introduce controls for omitted trends …

fetuses. This paper examines the impacts of this on girl relative to boy mortality rates after birth, using data from 1973 …-2005. The analysis finds a narrowing of the gender gap in under-5 mortality rates, in line with surviving girls being more …

the economic health and social outcomes of the elderly. Our results found that the elderly in India are highly exposed to … negative impacts due to vulnerability in socio-economic and health spheres of life. Low labor force participation, lack of …, the fiscal challenges include increased income tax and insurance coverage for the elderly, while health challenges imply a …