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Trade in health products : reducing trade barriers for better health
Helble, Matthias; Shepherd, Benjamin - 2017
-related products such as vaccines which, in turn, would boost usage. In the last part of the paper, we study the price differences for … insulin across countries. We observe that the price of insulin has various determinants, one of them being open trade: the … higher the level of competition between manufacturers, the lower the price of insulin. In summary, lowering trade barriers on …
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The international provision of pharmaceuticals: a comparison of two alternative theoretical strategies for global ethics
Pies, Ingo; Hielscher, Stefan - 2007
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011757929
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The effect of Medicaid physician fees on take-up of public health insurance among children in poverty among children in poverty
Hahn, Youjin - 2012
I investigate how changes in fees paid to Medicaid physicians affect take-up among children in low-income families. The existing literature suggests that the low level of Medicaid fee payments to physicians reduces their willingness to see Medicaid patients, thus creating an access-to-care...
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Rapidly Attaining Global Health Mandates in Africa : A Case for Innovative Private Partnership Approaches with International Agencies
Oluwajebe, Olusegun - 2023
The extent of premature death and ill health in the developing world is staggering. Death and ill health on such a scale are matters of concern in their own right. They also foster a brake on economic development. It was these twin concerns that led the international community to put health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014357934
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Spillover of COVID-19 : Impact on the Global Economy
Ozili, Peterson K - 2020
and the closing, opening, lowest and highest stock price of major stock market indices. In contrast, the imposed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012838535
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A Review of COVID-19 and Its Waterfall Effect on the Changed World
Kapur, Manoj - 2020
2019 novel coronavirus has affected over 19.3 million people and caused over 718 thousand deaths globally (as at 7 August 2020). The disease was named as “Covid19” and the virus that causes it was Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus -2 (SARS-COV-2). On the eve of 2020, when the...
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What Should Macroeconomists Know About Health Care Policy?
Heller, Peter - 2007
This primer aims to provide IMF macroeconomists with the essential information they need to address issues concerning health sector policy, particularly when they have significant macroeconomic implications. Such issues can also affect equity and growth and are fundamental to any strategy of...
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Financing Vaccines for Global Health Security
Vu, Jonathan - 2020
the financing deficit for this portfolio and propose several potential solutions, including price increases, enhanced …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012834687
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Primum Non-Nocere : How to Fight the ‘Pandemic’ of Healthcare Corruption
Bîzoi, Alexandra-Codruța; Bîzoi, Gabriel - 2022
During these times, the resilience of humankind is put to the test by the ravages of COVID-19. Besides the virus, endemic corruption becomes pandemic since some individuals seek unethical gains and peril others' lives, engaging in corrupt, fraudulent behaviors. The East European countries have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014078233
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Physician Credentialing in a Consumer-Centric World
van Amerongen, Derek - 2002
As managed care responds to the rising tide of consumerism in medicine, it is necessary to reexamine the functions that health plans have performed. Chief among the activities that demand resources but return minimal value is the process of physician credentialing. As consumers are asked to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014108039