relies on the link between pollution, health and the survival probability, in an overlapping generations model à la Blanchard … effect on growth in the steady-state when the detrimental impact of pollution on health and lifetime is taken into account … of environmental taxes) when public expenditures in health and/or the impact of pollution on health are important …

health and healthcare interventions, as previously defined in the literature. Based on analysis of mortality data, by cause … economy and population while overcoming previous underinvestment in the health system by the central and local governments. We … study the evolution of Shanghai’s healthcare system by analyzing “Avoidable Mortality” (AM) – deaths amenable to public …

: health improvements as measured by avoidable mortality since 2000” has spurred this commentary. We discuss controversial … issues surrounding the concept of avoidable mortality in health service research in general and Gusmano’s study in particular …. The impact of overall social development on mortality may be under-appreciated in Gusmano’s report; the innovative efforts …

role and capacity on health improvements and well-being promotion. The commentator agrees with authors’ assessments about … Shanghai’s substantial progress on health services and health system reform, however, we should pay much attention to the … significant inequality of health services between central city and outskirt, and between local residents and non …

Longevity expectations (LE) are subjective assessments of future health status that can influence a number of … individual health protective decisions. This is especially true during a pandemic such as COVID-19, as the risk of ill health … on protective health behaviours and a number of decisions around access to health care, using data from the Survey of …

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 …

consequential effects on maternal and newborn health in Mexico for 2008-2015. It models how changes in the obesity level of … increases a woman's probability of having a CS. Also, delivery-related birth outcomes improve: maternal mortality, birth …

been paid to the effect of population health, to the extent that, some countries may be willing to compromise their health … population health on net FDI inflows in Africa. The study employs data from 1997 to 2017 on a sample of 35 African countries …. Life expectancy and death rate are used to proxy population health whiles the Instrumental Variable Fixed Effects (IVFE …