Health and prosperity : efficient health systems for thriving nations in the 21st century /: efficient health systems for thriving nations in the 21st century. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Fabrice Murtin.
• Authors: Murtin, Fabrice
• Contents: PART I: THE HEALTH OF NATIONS SINCE THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION -- 1. Global Trends in Life Expectancy 1820-2050 -- 1.1. Trends in life expectancy at birth -- 1.2. Convergence in life expectancy -- 1.3. Convergence in infant mortality -- 2. The Age Structure of Life expectancy -- 2.1. The age-profile of mortality rates -- 2.2. The burden of infant mortality -- 2.3. Trends in mortality by age since the 1960s -- 3. Trends in Morbidity -- 3.1. A long-term perspective on morbidity in the United States -- 3.2. Morbidity trends among OECD countries since 1960 -- 3.3. Global Patterns of Morbidity -- PART II: THE DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH PROGRESS AFTER THE SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION -- 1. A Review of Health Determinants -- 1.1. The case of OECD countries -- 1.2. Technological Progress in Medicine -- 1.3. Income and healthcare expenditures -- 1.4. Risk factors and education -- 2. Historical Determinants of the Health Transition -- 2.1. Health and development in historical perspective -- 2.2. What factors have driven the health transition? -- PART III: THE CONSEQUENCES OF HEALTH IMPROVEMENT -- 1. Theoretical Framework -- 2. What factors explain the spread of mass education since 1870? -- 2.1. The spread of mass education since 1870 -- 2.2. The potential factors at play -- 2.3. What does the data say? -- 3. What factors explain the fertility transition? -- 3.1. Historical Trends in Fertility -- 3.2. The replacement effect and the influence of modernization -- 3.3. Unveiling the correlations -- 3.4. Assessing causal effects -- 4. Fertility and longevity taken together: explaining the dynamics of population growth -- 4.1. The Kuznets curve of population growth -- 4.2. The determinants of population growth -- 5. The other consequences of health improvement -- 5.1. Saving -- 5.2. Total Factor Productivity -- PART IV: HEALTH AND ECONOMIC GROWTH -- 1. The Macroeconomics of Health and Economic Growth -- 1.1. A Growth Accounting Framework -- 1.2. The adverse effect of health improvements in a Malthusian Economy -- 1.3. Health and endogenous growth -- 2. The Empirical Relationship Between Health and Growth -- 2.1. When Lucas meets Nelson-Phelps -- 2.2. Instrumental strategy and robustness tests -- 2.3. The case of OECD countries -- PART V: THE COST OF HEALTH -- 1. Health Systems Among OECD Countries -- 1.1. Health outcomes -- 1.2. Health expenditures -- 1.3. Organizational features -- 2. Towards efficient health systems -- 2.1. The economic determinants of health expenditures -- 2.1. The policy determinants of health expenditures -- 2.3. Institutions and the efficiency of health systems -- 3. France as a case-study -- 3.1. Fighting stark health inequalities -- 3.2. Improving cost-efficiency -- PART VI: HEALTH AND PROSPERITY -- 1. Prosperity Beyond GDP -- 1.1. The value of life -- 1.2. Defining prosperity -- 2. Global Prosperity over Time -- Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Pivot
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 158 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 338.4/73621; Economics; Medical economics; Medical care; Social medicine; Management science; Public finance; Schools of economics; Microeconomics; Macroeconomics; Health economics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General; Medical care; Medical economics; Social medicine; Business & Economics -- Economics -- Theory; Business & Economics -- Economics -- Microeconomics; Business & Economics -- Economics -- Macroeconomics; Business & Economics -- Economics -- General; Economic theory & philosophy; Microeconomics; Macroeconomics; Health economics; Business & Economics -- Public Finance; Public finance; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137577214; 1137577215
• Related ISBNs: 9781349846511; 9781137577207; 1137577207; 9781137577221; 1137577223
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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