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ReviewPublication 2015Provider Costs for Cardiovascular Disease in Low-And Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review
The burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and related conditions is increasing in low- and middle-income countries. Policy …
The burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and related conditions is increasing in low- and middle-income countries. Policy makers need an understanding of the magnitude and drivers of the costs of cardiovascular disease related conditions to make decisions on how to allocate limited health resources. This systematic review of the published literature documents provider-incurred costs of treatment for cardiovascular diseases and risk conditions in low- and middle-income countries. Total costs of treatment were inflated to 2012 US dollars for comparability…
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Health/Medicine | Asia & Pacific | Health Systems | Costing Methods | Chronic Disease/Risk | Economics/Finance | Sub-Saharan Africa | Middle East & North Africa | Latin America & Caribbean -
ArticlePublication 2015Thirty Years of Vaccination in Vietnam: Impact and Cost-Effectiveness
Countries like Vietnam transitioning to middle-income status increasingly bear the cost of both existing and …
Countries like Vietnam transitioning to middle-income status increasingly bear the cost of both existing and new vaccines. However, the impact and cost-effectiveness of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) as a whole has never been assessed on a country level. Data on vaccine-preventable disease incidence and mortality from Vietnam's national surveillance was analyzed to estimate the likely impact that vaccination in 1980–2010 may have had. The same data were separately analyzed using the Lives Saved Tool…
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Health/Medicine | Asia & Pacific | Health Systems | Infectious Diseases | Economics/Finance -
ArticlePublication 2014Economic Implications of Population Ageing in China & India: Introduction to the Special Issue
In this special issue of The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, we focus on economic …
In this special issue of The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, we focus on economic aspects of population ageing in the world’s two population superpowers: China and India. China and India have been the subject of comparison for many years. Observations about their relative political and economic development abound (see for example Sen, 2013), but little analysis is currently available of their comparative demographic trajectories and the possible economic consequences of the population ageing that they are both undergoing. These demographic…
Health Outcomes | Health/Medicine | Asia & Pacific | Health Systems | Costing Methods | Chronic Disease/Risk | Policy/Regulation | Economics/Finance | Government/Law -
ArticlePublication 2014Effect of Health-Facility Admission and Skilled Birth Attendant Coverage on Maternal Survival in India
Research in areas of low skilled attendant coverage found that maternal mortality is paradoxically higher …
Research in areas of low skilled attendant coverage found that maternal mortality is paradoxically higher in women who seek obstetric care. Using unmatched population-based case-control analysis of national datasets, the authors compared the effect of health-facility admission at any time (antenatal, intrapartum, postpartum) on maternal deaths (cases) to women reporting pregnancies (controls). Probability of maternal death decreased with increasing skilled attendant coverage, among both women who were and were not admitted to a health-facility; however,…
Health Outcomes | Health/Medicine | Asia & Pacific | Health Systems | Evidence Synthesis | Maternal/Reproductive Health