Health and Noncommunicable Diseases : Bending the Noncommunicable Diseases Cost Curve in the Pacific

Xiaohui Hou

This is a background paper to the Pacific Possible report. Pacific Island countries suffer from a non-communicable diseases crises, with some of the world's highest rates of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. This report estimates the long-term economic impact if the crisis continues unchecked. Implementation of the NCD roadmap is essential to stemming the crisis

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Year of publication:	2017
Authors:	Hou, Xiaohui
Other Persons:	Hou, Xiaohui (contributor) ; Burton-Mckenzie, Ethan-John (contributor) ; Anderson, Ian (contributor)
Publisher:	2017: Washington, D.C : The World Bank
Subject:	Krankheit \| Disease \| Gesundheitskosten \| Health care costs \| Asiatisch-pazifischer Raum \| Asia-Pacific region

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource
Series:	Other papers World Bank E-Library Archive
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.1596/28136 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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