paper we investigate whether an aggregate health production function can help to explain the annual time-series behavior of … U.S. longevity since 1960. We view longevity as the output of the health production function, and output fluctuations as … U.S. time-series data on life expectancy, health expenditure, and medical innovation. Reliable annual data are available …

consumption. We investigate whether an aggregate health production function can help to explain the substantial fluctuations in … the rate of increase in longevity since 1960. We view longevity as the output of the health production function, and … models using annual U.S. time-series data on life expectancy, health expenditure, and medical innovation. Reliable annual …

maintaining health care services should be developed while planning for rebuilding a better health care system over the next 5 … health needs of the people in the affected areas should be assessed without delay and periodically reassessed, with … undisrupted supply of essential health care services. Reconstruction is often better led and coordinated by a strong national or …

We introduce a measure of population health that is sensitive to dispersion in both agespecific health and lifespan …. The measure generalises health-adjusted life expectancy without requiring more data. A transformation of change in the … measure gives a distributionally sensitive monetary valuation of change in population health and disease burden. Application …

In this paper, we develop a life cycle model in which health and longevity are threatened by infectious and chronic … diseases. The model captures that the susceptibility and severity of infectious diseases depend on the accumulated health … deficits (immunosenescence) and that the life history of infections affects the accumulation of chronic health deficits …

. First, we cover the role of health in driving economic growth and well-being and discuss standard frameworks for assessing … and their macroeconomic repercussions. Fourth, we discuss the health toll and economic impacts of five infectious diseases … human toll and impose a staggering economic burden, early and targeted health and economic policy interventions can often …