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 …

Indian population is insured under both private health insurance and government run insurance schemes. To address this issue … focus on Universal Health cover as basic component for social security. Recently Union Budget 2018 came up with Ayushman … Bharat Programme that plans to cover 10 core BPL families under a health Insurance scheme. The paper attempts looking at …

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 …

Since the creation of National Health Insurance (NHI) in 1995, Taiwan’s medical spending has been increasing rapidly … private health insurance; meanwhile, the gap between them in terms of NHI expenditure has remained roughly constant. This … trend can be attributed mainly to a positive income gradient in personal health care expenditure among elderly individuals …

late childhood. We estimate that a one standard deviation reduction in childhood diarrhea mortality rates results in about …

In 2005-06 the Indian government introduced a new cadre of Community Health Workers known as Accredited Social Health … Activists or ASHA workers to improve basic health outcomes through community engagement. The initial roll-out of the program …, between 2005 and 2009, was heavily focused on 18 "high focus Indian states", lagging behind on public health indicators. Using …

to patented vaccines, thus helping to improve health and welfare on a massive scale …

allocation demonstrated inequitable outcomes. On both equity and public health grounds, it is important that more disadvantaged …

costs of chronic health conditions in terms of foregone gross domestic product (GDP). Unlike previously adopted frameworks …, this approach allows us to account for i) variations in human capital for workers in different age groups, ii) mortality … diseases, cancer, respiratory diseases, diabetes, and mental health conditions). Overall, total losses associated with these …

costs of chronic health conditions in terms of foregone gross domestic product (GDP). Unlike previously adopted frameworks …, this approach allows us to account for i) variations in human capital for workers in different age groups, ii) mortality … diseases, cancer, respiratory diseases, diabetes, and mental health conditions). Overall, total losses associated with these …