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primary policy tool of governments in providing effective health. We argue that the effectiveness of spending in reducing … COVID deaths is conditional on the existence of healthcare equity and lower political corruption, because the health sector …-stage least squares (2SLS) estimation, suggest that higher spending targeted at reducing inequitable access to health has reduced …
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rest of the regions were more prepared to health risks compared to Africa. There was a negative trend in the level of …The global health security (GHS) Index assesses countries' level of preparedness to health risks. However, there is no … evidence on how and whether the efects of health systems building blocks and socioeconomic indicators on the level of …
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The World Health Organization and Public Health England have been widely criticised for their response to the Covid-19 … giving the world a false sense of security about the virus in the early stages of the outbreak. Public Health England was …. The institutional failure of public health agencies does not easily lend itself to free-market solutions, but funding does …
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the reduction of mortality rates of COVID-19 in society. Results suggest that a low average fatality rate of COVID-19 is … associated with countries having high level of current health expenditure expressed as a percentage of GDP, high domestic general … government health expenditure per capita and a reduced exposure of population to days exceeding safe levels of particulate matter …
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The world has enjoyed huge improvements in population health during the last half century. But major health problems … deal with noncommunicable diseases. Several classic arguments for public spending on health have buttressed governments …’ efforts to improve health. These efforts have now been further spurred by new economic arguments that better population health …
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Regarding the connection between economic development and public health, the statistically evident correlation between … be identified, whose origins are in part inherent to the special structural characteristics of the market for health but … focus on the demand for health, this paper takes a holistic approach toward modeling the health market, in order to account …
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expenditures in health sector and a lower exposure of population to air pollution, regardless a higher percentage of population …
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Effective health services form the backbone of health interventions. Accessibility, quality, capacity, organization …, availability of human and physical resources and equity in the provision of health services are essential for a healthcare system … to deliver desired health and related sustainable development outcomes. This paper focuses on the impact of health …
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This paper investigates how political incentives affect the government's response during a health epidemic, and the …
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