U.S. regions are expected to follow the national trend towards investment in renewable energy as part of their electricity portfolio. The progress of energy portfolios that typically involves traditional methods, such as centralized nuclear and coal-fired generation, and towards cleanerand renewable-source generation will impact economic growth and public health. Renewable electricity productio...

the grand challenge in global health is the inequality in mortality and life expectancy between countries and within countries. according to global health 2035, the lancet commission celebrating the 20th anniversary of the world development report (wdr) of 1993, the world now has the unique opportunity to achieve a grand convergence in global mortality within a generation. this article comments...

objective: reaching to high economic growth has always been a concern for economic policy makers in developing countries including iran. since labor productivity is one of the most important sources of economic growth, policies are targeted to boost labor productivity in most countries. for realization of this aim, there is a special consideration to health improvement policies because health i...

Transportation decisions have health consequences that are often not incorporated into policy-making processes. Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is a process that can be used to evaluate health effects of transportation policy. We present a rapid HIA, conducted over eight weeks, evaluating health and economic effects of proposed fare increases and service cuts to Boston, Massachusetts' public tra...

in the past, health planning in iran has been carried out in the context of short-range economic plans. although this mechanism has helped a great deal in the achievement of certain health plans however, the said scheme has been short in meeting the health objectives on a comprehensive basis. most often, the heath programs have lost their values to the priority and cost effectiveness of economi...

background national/social health insurance schemes have increasingly been seen in many low- and middle-income countries (lmics) as a vehicle to universal health coverage (uhc) and a viable alternative funding mechanism for the health sector. several countries, including ghana, have thus introduced and implemented mandatory national health insurance schemes (nhis) as part of reform efforts towa...

Interim Reports on work of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis receive only limited review. Views or opinions expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of the Institute, its National Member Organizations, or other organizations supporting the work. Abstract This report is the second part of an investigation of the potential of dynamic microsimulation for modeling ...

The objective of this study was to determine the economic impact of the Hawaii Medical Service Association's health promotion/disease prevention program. A retrospective analysis of health risk, health claims, and cost was performed using a mixed model factorial design for the years 2002-2005 that compared program participants to nonparticipants. All analyses were adjusted for preexisting obser...

Early health technology assessment is increasingly being used to support health economic evidence development during early stages of clinical research. Such early models can be used to inform research and development about the design and management of new medical technologies to mitigate the risks, perceived by industry and the public sector, associated with market access and reimbursement. Ove...