In this study, the causal nexus between child mortality rate, fertility rate, GDP, household final consumption … running from fertility rate, food production index, GDP, and household final consumption expenditure to the mortality rate …. Evidence from the Variance Decomposition Analysis shows that, almost 6% of future fluctuations in mortality rate are due to …

treatment. We relate mortality reduction to the additional costs for this treatment and conclude that PTCA treatment is cost …Medical technological progress has been shown to be the main driver of health care costs. A key policy question is … whether new treatment options are worth the additional costs. In this analysis we assess the causal effect of percutaneous …