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U.S. Healthcare: A Story of Rising Market Power, Barriers to

WEBHealthcare in the United States is the most expensive in the world, with real per capita spending growth averaging 4 percent since 1980. This paper examines the …

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CHAPTER 5: Conceptual Framework for Classifying Health Systems

WEBAbstract Like other socioeconomic systems, a health system is structured by state action or inaction to serve certain social purposes. A state makes conscious decisions in …

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CHAPTER 11: Challenges in Reforming the Japanese Health Care …

WEBAbstract Countries around the world are anxiously searching for better health care systems. The development of health care systems has followed a different route in each country, …

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CHAPTER 4: Health Policy Challenges and Issues Confronting …

WEBPopulation aging, combined with a changing epidemiological pattern, will pose two other challenges: pressures for a change in the health care delivery system and the likelihood …

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Regional Disparities, Growth, and Inclusiveness

WEBFigure 1. 90 th percentile / 10 th percentile of regional real GDP per capita, average across advanced economies, 1950–2016 (top panel), and emerging markets, …

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Development Focus: Education and Health Care in the Caribbean

WEBSocial indicators. Most education and health indicators place the Caribbean countries well above the average for developing countries with similar income levels …

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Healthcare Reform in Greece: Progress and Reform Priorities

WEBWe review Greek public sector healthcare policies and health-related outcomes since 2010.We find that excess spending was successfully curtailed, elements …

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8 The Effectiveness of Government Spending on Education and

WEBAbstract Policy makers are interested in the composition of public spending.1 This attention stems in part from the belief that government spending on education and health care …

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Jordan: Health Spending Efficiency: Issues and Reform Directions

WEBBackground. Jordan aims to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030. Rising health care costs, and an ageing population with prevalent chronic …

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Rationalizing Pharmaceutical Spending in: IMF Working Papers …

WEBPharmaceutical spending accounts for a large share of health spending worldwide. While pharmaceuticals are an indispensable component of effective modern …

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10. Impact of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic on the Health Sectors of …

WEBAbstract Any discussion of the impact of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) on health care systems must distinguish between treatment of the opportunistic illnesses …

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CHAPTER 16: Evidence-Based Health Financing Reform in Thailand

WEBAbstract Thailand is a lower-middle-income country in Southeast Asia with a GDP per capita of $4,720 in 2010. Complete geographical coverage of the health care infrastructure …

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Links Between Growth, Inequality, and Poverty: A Survey1

WEBIs there a tradeoff between raising growth and reducing inequality and poverty? This paper reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on the complex links …

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The Effectiveness of Government Spending on Education and …

WEB1. Introduction. Policy makers are interested in the composition of public spending.1 This attention stems in part from the belief that government spending on education and …

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Private vs. Public: In many countries the debate should not be …

WEBFor the latest thinking about the international financial system, monetary policy, economic development, poverty reduction, and other critical issues, subscribe to …

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Climate Change and Chronic Food Insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa

WEBClimate change is intensifying food insecurity across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with lasting adverse macroeconomic effects, especially on economic growth and …

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Republic of Madagascar: Selected Issues

WEBEducation, health, and social assistance spending in Madagascar is among the lowest worldwide and social outcomes such as education quality, malnutrition, basic …

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Safe Motherhood —from Advocacy to Action

WEBSafe Motherhood —from Advocacy to Action Women's health is a critical factor in development. Some early progress, but the major challenge still lies ahead

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