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Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2020 Introduction: Institutional delivery in Nepal is increasing in the past decades and has been the priority program of the government of Nepal. However, due to the hidden costs related to institutional deliveries, the financial burden remains unacceptably ...
Puja Gartaula +3 more
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The Impact of Health Expenditures on Health Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa
Journal of Developing Societies, 2019 This article investigates the core macroeconomic and social determinants of health expenditures as well as the effect of health expenditures on select critical health outcomes (life expectancy, under-five mortality and maternal mortality) in recent years
E. Nketiah-Amponsah
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Rāhburdhā-yi Mudīriyyat dar Niẓām-i Salāmat, 2020 Background: The rate of substitution for private and public health expenditures is one of the factors that can explain the different effects of public and private health expenditures on health and life expectancy. Therefore, the purpose of this study was
mahdi shahraki, simin ghaderi
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Public Health Expenditures and Health Outcomes: New Evidence from Ghana
Economies, 2018 The effect of government spending on population’s health has received attention over the past decades. This study re-examines the link between government health expenditures and health outcomes to establish whether government intervention in the health ...
M. K. Boachie, K. Ramu, T. Põlajeva
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Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2019 Background: Environmental pollution seriously damages not only the ecosystem but also the well-being of residents. There is an association between air pollution and residential health expenditures.
Yuhui DAI +3 more
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Health Expenditures, Institutional Quality and Economic Growth
Empirical Economic Review, 2019 The study aims to determine the effect of health expenditures on economic growth while taking into account the quality of health institutions, keeping in view the fact that it’s not just the level, rather quality of expenditures or institutions that ...
Syeda Anam Fatima Rizvi
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Body mass index and health care utilization in diabetic and nondiabetic individuals. [PDF]
, 2015 BackgroundAlthough controversial, most studies examining the relationship of body mass index (BMI) with mortality in diabetes suggest a paradox: the lowest risk category is above normal weight, versus normal weight in nondiabetic persons.
Bertakis, Klea D +2 more
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Population Ecology, EarlyView.This study examines the demographic dynamics of two seabird populations on Tromelin Island, 15 years after the eradication of brown rats. The results indicate that these populations are in good health and are expected to continue growing until breeding sites are saturated in about a century.
Merlène Saunier +6 more
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The Effect of Obesity on State Health Care Expenditures: An Empirical Analysis [PDF]
, 2009 The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of obesity rates on per capita state health care expenditures. A two-stage least square regression model is used. In the first stage of the estimation, factors influencing obesity rates are determined.
Collins, Kristen
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Convergence and determinants of health expenditures in OECD countries
Health Economics Review, 2017 This study examines the trend and determinants of health expenditures in OECD countries over the 1975-2004 period. Based on recent developments in the economic growth literature we propose and test the hypothesis that health care expenditures in ...
S. Nghiem, L. Connelly
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