Learning from Economic Downturns : How to Better Assess, Track, and Mitigate the Impact on the Health Sector

Learning from Economic Downturns : How to Better Assess, Track, and Mitigate the Impact on the Health Sector

Many countries around the world are moving toward universal health coverage, while navigating through periods of economic crisis. The impact of the economic downturn of 2008-09 on the health care sector has renewed efforts to make health systems more resilient during and after economic downturns. He...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hou, Xiaohui, Velényi, Edit V., Yazbeck, Abdo S., Iunes, Roberto F., Smith, Owen
Format: Publication
Language:en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
Subjects:
child nutrition
community health
decision making
disasters
families
health care
health outcomes
health policy
health services
life expectancy
mental health
mortality
nutrition
nutritional status
pregnant women
public health
social research
suicide
unemployment
weight
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16054

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