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Long-Term Impacts of Growth and Development Monitoring: Evidence from Routine Health Examinations in Early Childhood
Liang, Yinhe; Peng, Xiaobo; Sun, Meiping Aggie - 2024
monitoring through routine health checkups for all young children (0-6 years) in China. Using data on the program's county … provide evidence of several underlying mechanisms, including improved physical and mental health, better educational outcomes …, increased cognitive skills, and sustained use of routine health checkups among adolescents. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014464217
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The economic burden of chronic diseases : estimates and projections for China, Japan and South Korea
Bloom, David E.; Chen, Simiao; Kuhn, Michael; McGovern, … - 2017
costs of chronic health conditions in terms of foregone gross domestic product (GDP). Unlike previously adopted frameworks … China, Japan, and South Korea, and estimate the economic burden of chronic conditions in five domains (cardiovascular … diseases, cancer, respiratory diseases, diabetes, and mental health conditions). Overall, total losses associated with these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011704338
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The Economic Burden of Chronic Diseases : Estimates and Projections for China, Japan and South Korea
Bloom, David E. - 2017
costs of chronic health conditions in terms of foregone gross domestic product (GDP). Unlike previously adopted frameworks … China, Japan, and South Korea, and estimate the economic burden of chronic conditions in five domains (cardiovascular … diseases, cancer, respiratory diseases, diabetes, and mental health conditions). Overall, total losses associated with these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012950906
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The economic burden of chronic diseases : estimates and projections for China, Japan, and South Korea
Bloom, David E.; Chen, Simiao; Kuhn, Michael; McGovern, … - 2017
costs of chronic health conditions in terms of foregone gross domestic product (GDP). Unlike previously adopted frameworks … China, Japan, and South Korea, and estimate the economic burden of chronic conditions in five domains (cardiovascular … diseases, cancer, respiratory diseases, diabetes, and mental health conditions). Overall, total losses associated with these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653537
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Nexus between healthcare financing and output per capita : analysis of countries in ECOWAS sub-region
Anowor, Oluchukwu F.; Ichoku, Hyacinth E.; Onodugo, … - In: Cogent economics & finance 8 (2020) 1, pp. 1-14
. Expenditure on health and education are recognized by experts as key predictors of human capital development. The latter is … theoretically adjudged as a major driver of socio-economic development. This study investigated the relation- ship between health … commitment and allocate more resources towards improved health care in the Sub-region if the cycle of stunted economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013179620
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Fiscal decentralization, economic growth and human resource development in Nigeria : Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) approach
Udoh, Elijah; Afangideh, Udoma J.; Udeaja, Elias A. - In: CBN journal of applied statistics 6 (2015) 1, pp. 69-93
There is a widespread belief that fiscal decentralization is an effective tool for increasing the efficiency of public expenditures. Decentralization is expected to boost accountability and transparency in the provision of public goods for the well-being of the society. However, countervailing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011473707
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Fiscal decentralisation and economic development in selected unitary European countries
Szarowská, Irena - In: European financial and accounting journal : EFAJ 9 (2014) 1, pp. 22-40
The article provides direct empirical evidence on fiscal decentralisation and economic development in selected European countries in a period 1995-2012. The research (based on data taken from OECD Fiscal Decentralisation Database and OECD) is performed on a panel, which contains 17 unitary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011460489
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Reducing regional disparities for inclusive growth in Bulgaria
Hermansen, Mikkel - 2021
health and long-term care. Policy action to integrate the Roma, around one-tenth of the population most of which live in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012630105
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Government Expenditure on Human Capital and Growth in Namibia : A Time Series Analysis
De, U. K. - 2020
An attempt is made in this paper to examine the impacts of government spending on human capital on human development indicators like healthcare outcomes, education achievements and increase in national income in Namibia using time series data from 1980 to 2015. The analysis reveals a significant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014095681
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A Note on Health Insurance and Growth
Bräuninger, Michael - 2003
This paper compares public health care with private health insurance in an overlapping generations endogenous growth … model. It is shown that economic growth is higher when there is a private health insurance. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263394