Many health improving interventions in low-income countries are extremely good value for money. So why has it often proven difficult to obtain political backing for highly cost-effective interventions such as vaccinations, treatments against diarrhoeal disease in children, and preventive policies such as improved access to clean water, or policies curtailing tobacco consumption? We use economic...

This paper compares the implementation of the two economic evaluation methods Cost-Effectiveness/Utility (CEA/CUA) and Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) as tools for allocation of national public funds in the health and transport sector in Sweden, respectively. We compare the recommended values for important economic parameters such as the social discount rate, the marginal cost of public funds, and ...

We use an OLG model with heterogenous agents where agents can choose between a low deductibleand a high deductible health insurance. In addition, they can save tax free in a health savings account (HSA) if they choose the high deductible insurance. We study the effect of transitioning from a system with private health insurance for young agents and Medicare for old agents to a system with HSAs ...

abstract considering the role of health in human life, economic growth and social development, we can express that; human source is both means and aim of economic growth. in prior studies about human capital and economic growth, the main emphasis was on educational capital and the role of health capital was not considered seriously. the present study tries to investigate the relationship betwee...

The issue of social development has attracted global attention especially in countries that have huge resources without commensurate reflection on welfare. Some developed levy heavy taxes their citizens' income but provide adequate facilities to drive the economy. African oil-producing ones, long relied crude oil revenue recently realize need improve tax collection. In view fact constitutes lar...

Son yıllarda hizmet ihracatında artış yaşanan sektörlerinden birisi de sağlık turizmi olmuştur. Sağlık turisti sayısı ve turizm geliri artışında kuşkusuz küreselleşmenin, iletişim teknolojilerinin ulaşım imkanlarının gelişmesi, gelişmiş ülkelerde bekleme sürelerinin uzaması hizmetinde artan maliyet baskıları en önemli etken Ülkemizde politikalarının konularından haline gelen turizmi, ekonomik a...