The Economic Costs of Noncommunicable Diseases in the Pacific Islands : A Rapid Stocktake of the Situation in Samoa, Tonga, and Vanuatu

There is increasing recognition that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are an important international and development issue globally, undermining health gains and imposing financial and economic costs on governments and households. NCDs are an impor...

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Main Author: Anderson, Ian
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
AID
HIV
NCD
SEX
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/09/19352113/economic-costs-non-communicable-diseases-pacific-islands-rapid-stock-take-situation-samoa-tonga-vanuatu
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topic ACCESS TO EDUCATION
ADDICTION
ADULT MORTALITY
ADULT POPULATION
AGED
AGING
AGING POPULATIONS
AID
ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY
ANTENATAL CARE
ASTHMA
BOTH SEXES
BREAST CANCER
BRONCHITIS
BURDEN OF DISEASE
CANCERS
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
CAUSES OF DEATH
CHILD HEALTH
CHILDREN PER WOMAN
CHOLESTEROL
CHRONIC DISEASE
CHRONIC DISEASES
CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
CITIZENS
COLON CANCER
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
COMMUNITY ACTION
COMPLICATIONS
CORONARY HEART DISEASE
CURRENT POPULATION
DANGERS
DEATH RATE
DEATH RATES
DEATHS
DEMENTIA
DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION
DENTAL HEALTH
DEPENDENCY RATIO
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DIABETES
DIABETES MELLITUS
DIAGNOSIS
DIARRHEA
DIET
DIETS
DISABILITIES
DISABILITY
DISEASE BURDEN
DISEASE CONTROL
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
DOUBLE BURDEN
DRUGS
EARLY DETECTION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
ECONOMIC RESOURCES
ELDERLY
EMPHYSEMA
EPIDEMIC
EPIDEMICS
ESSENTIAL HEALTH SERVICES
EXCESSIVE CONSUMPTION
EXPENDITURES
EYE DISEASES
FEMALE
FEMALES
FERTILITY RATE
FERTILITY RATES
FEWER PEOPLE
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FOOD INSECURITY
GLOBAL HEALTH
GLUCOSE
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROSS NATIONAL INCOME
GROWTH IN POPULATION
HARM REDUCTION
HEALTH CARE COSTS
HEALTH CARE SPENDING
HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
HEALTH CENTERS
HEALTH ECONOMICS
HEALTH EXPENDITURE
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH FINANCING
HEALTH INDICATORS
HEALTH INFORMATION
HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM
HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS
HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE
HEALTH ORGANIZATION
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH PROMOTION
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SERVICE
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH SPECIALIST
HEALTH SYSTEM
HEALTH SYSTEM FINANCING
HEART ATTACKS
HEART DISEASE
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
HIGH FERTILITY
HIV
HOSPITAL
HOSPITAL COSTS
HOSPITALS
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HYPERTENSION
ILL HEALTH
ILLNESSES
INCOME
INFANT
INFANT MORTALITY
INFANT MORTALITY RATE
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
INFLUENZA
INJURIES
INPATIENT CARE
INTERVENTION
KIDNEY DIALYSIS
KIDNEY FAILURE
LABOR SUPPLY
LACK OF DEVELOPMENT
LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH
LEADING CAUSES
LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LIFESTYLES
LIMITED PROSPECTS
LIVE BIRTHS
LIVER
LONG-TERM CARE
LUNG CANCER
LUNG DISEASE
MALARIA
MATERNAL MORTALITY
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE
MEASLES
MEDICAL CARE
MEDICAL TREATMENT
MEDICINE
MEDICINES
MENTAL HEALTH
MENTAL ILLNESS
METABOLIC DISORDERS
MIDWIVES
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MINISTERS OF HEALTH
MINISTRIES OF HEALTH
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
MOTHER
NATIONAL EFFORTS
NATIONAL POLICY
NATIONAL POPULATION
NATIONAL PRIORITIES
NATIONAL PRIORITY
NATIONAL STRATEGY
NCD
NEONATAL MORTALITY
NEOPLASMS
NEWBORN
NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES
NURSES
NUTRITION
OBESITY
OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
OLD AGE
OUTPATIENT CARE
PATIENT
PATIENTS
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
PHYSICIANS
PNEUMONIA
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POPULATION FACTORS
POPULATION GROWTH
POPULATION GROWTH RATE
POPULATION GROWTH RATES
POPULATION SIZE
POSTERS
PREGNANT WOMEN
PREMATURE DEATH
PREVALENCE
PREVENTION STRATEGIES
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
PROBABILITY
PROGRESS
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH CARE
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS
PUBLIC POLICY
PURCHASING POWER
PURCHASING POWER PARITY
REPRODUCTIVE NEEDS
RESPECT
RESPIRATORY DISEASES
RHEUMATIC FEVER
RISK FACTORS
RURAL AREAS
SCREENING
SEPTICAEMIA
SEX
SEXUAL CONTACT
SIZE OF POPULATIONS
SMOKERS
SMOKING
SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
SURGERY
SYMPTOMS
SYNDROME
TOBACCO PRODUCTS
TOLERANCE
TRANSPORTATION
TUBERCULOSIS
UNDER FIVE MORTALITY
UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY
UNEMPLOYMENT
URBAN AREAS
URBAN POPULATION
URBANIZATION
VICIOUS CYCLE
VIOLENCE
VISION
VITAL STATISTICS
VULNERABILITY
WOMAN
WORKFORCE
WORKING-AGE POPULATION
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
YOUNG ADULTS
YOUNG AGES
YOUNG POPULATIONS
spellingShingle ACCESS TO EDUCATION
ADDICTION
ADULT MORTALITY
ADULT POPULATION
AGED
AGING
AGING POPULATIONS
AID
ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY
ANTENATAL CARE
ASTHMA
BOTH SEXES
BREAST CANCER
BRONCHITIS
BURDEN OF DISEASE
CANCERS
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
CAUSES OF DEATH
CHILD HEALTH
CHILDREN PER WOMAN
CHOLESTEROL
CHRONIC DISEASE
CHRONIC DISEASES
CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
CITIZENS
COLON CANCER
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
COMMUNITY ACTION
COMPLICATIONS
CORONARY HEART DISEASE
CURRENT POPULATION
DANGERS
DEATH RATE
DEATH RATES
DEATHS
DEMENTIA
DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION
DENTAL HEALTH
DEPENDENCY RATIO
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DIABETES
DIABETES MELLITUS
DIAGNOSIS
DIARRHEA
DIET
DIETS
DISABILITIES
DISABILITY
DISEASE BURDEN
DISEASE CONTROL
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
DOUBLE BURDEN
DRUGS
EARLY DETECTION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
ECONOMIC RESOURCES
ELDERLY
EMPHYSEMA
EPIDEMIC
EPIDEMICS
ESSENTIAL HEALTH SERVICES
EXCESSIVE CONSUMPTION
EXPENDITURES
EYE DISEASES
FEMALE
FEMALES
FERTILITY RATE
FERTILITY RATES
FEWER PEOPLE
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FOOD INSECURITY
GLOBAL HEALTH
GLUCOSE
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROSS NATIONAL INCOME
GROWTH IN POPULATION
HARM REDUCTION
HEALTH CARE COSTS
HEALTH CARE SPENDING
HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
HEALTH CENTERS
HEALTH ECONOMICS
HEALTH EXPENDITURE
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH FINANCING
HEALTH INDICATORS
HEALTH INFORMATION
HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM
HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS
HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE
HEALTH ORGANIZATION
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH PROMOTION
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SERVICE
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH SPECIALIST
HEALTH SYSTEM
HEALTH SYSTEM FINANCING
HEART ATTACKS
HEART DISEASE
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
HIGH FERTILITY
HIV
HOSPITAL
HOSPITAL COSTS
HOSPITALS
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HYPERTENSION
ILL HEALTH
ILLNESSES
INCOME
INFANT
INFANT MORTALITY
INFANT MORTALITY RATE
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
INFLUENZA
INJURIES
INPATIENT CARE
INTERVENTION
KIDNEY DIALYSIS
KIDNEY FAILURE
LABOR SUPPLY
LACK OF DEVELOPMENT
LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH
LEADING CAUSES
LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LIFESTYLES
LIMITED PROSPECTS
LIVE BIRTHS
LIVER
LONG-TERM CARE
LUNG CANCER
LUNG DISEASE
MALARIA
MATERNAL MORTALITY
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE
MEASLES
MEDICAL CARE
MEDICAL TREATMENT
MEDICINE
MEDICINES
MENTAL HEALTH
MENTAL ILLNESS
METABOLIC DISORDERS
MIDWIVES
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MINISTERS OF HEALTH
MINISTRIES OF HEALTH
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
MOTHER
NATIONAL EFFORTS
NATIONAL POLICY
NATIONAL POPULATION
NATIONAL PRIORITIES
NATIONAL PRIORITY
NATIONAL STRATEGY
NCD
NEONATAL MORTALITY
NEOPLASMS
NEWBORN
NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES
NURSES
NUTRITION
OBESITY
OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
OLD AGE
OUTPATIENT CARE
PATIENT
PATIENTS
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
PHYSICIANS
PNEUMONIA
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POPULATION FACTORS
POPULATION GROWTH
POPULATION GROWTH RATE
POPULATION GROWTH RATES
POPULATION SIZE
POSTERS
PREGNANT WOMEN
PREMATURE DEATH
PREVALENCE
PREVENTION STRATEGIES
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
PROBABILITY
PROGRESS
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH CARE
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS
PUBLIC POLICY
PURCHASING POWER
PURCHASING POWER PARITY
REPRODUCTIVE NEEDS
RESPECT
RESPIRATORY DISEASES
RHEUMATIC FEVER
RISK FACTORS
RURAL AREAS
SCREENING
SEPTICAEMIA
SEX
SEXUAL CONTACT
SIZE OF POPULATIONS
SMOKERS
SMOKING
SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
SURGERY
SYMPTOMS
SYNDROME
TOBACCO PRODUCTS
TOLERANCE
TRANSPORTATION
TUBERCULOSIS
UNDER FIVE MORTALITY
UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY
UNEMPLOYMENT
URBAN AREAS
URBAN POPULATION
URBANIZATION
VICIOUS CYCLE
VIOLENCE
VISION
VITAL STATISTICS
VULNERABILITY
WOMAN
WORKFORCE
WORKING-AGE POPULATION
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
YOUNG ADULTS
YOUNG AGES
YOUNG POPULATIONS
Anderson, Ian
The Economic Costs of Noncommunicable Diseases in the Pacific Islands : A Rapid Stocktake of the Situation in Samoa, Tonga, and Vanuatu
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
Oceania
Samoa
Tonga
Vanuatu
relation Health, Nutrition, and Population (HNP) discussion paper;
description There is increasing recognition that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are an important international and development issue globally, undermining health gains and imposing financial and economic costs on governments and households. NCDs are an important health challenge in the Pacific. First, (NCDs) can impose large but often preventable health, financial, and economic costs on countries. This is particularly important in the Pacific, where government already finances and provides the bulk of health services. Second, risk factors in the Pacific are feeding a pipeline of potentially expensive-to-treat NCDs, including diabetes and heart disease, but governments are already fiscally constrained in how much more they can provide to the health system. Third, from a public health and public finance perspective, many of the NCDs are avoidable or their health and financial costs can at least be postponed through good primary and secondary prevention. This will require a more coherent approach to health system financing and to health system operations, more generally. Improving both allocative efficiency ("doing the right things") and technical efficiency ("doing things right") are critical strategies to improve health outcomes in a financially sustainable way in the resource-constrained Pacific.
format Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author Anderson, Ian
author_facet Anderson, Ian
author_sort Anderson, Ian
title The Economic Costs of Noncommunicable Diseases in the Pacific Islands : A Rapid Stocktake of the Situation in Samoa, Tonga, and Vanuatu
title_short The Economic Costs of Noncommunicable Diseases in the Pacific Islands : A Rapid Stocktake of the Situation in Samoa, Tonga, and Vanuatu
title_full The Economic Costs of Noncommunicable Diseases in the Pacific Islands : A Rapid Stocktake of the Situation in Samoa, Tonga, and Vanuatu
title_fullStr The Economic Costs of Noncommunicable Diseases in the Pacific Islands : A Rapid Stocktake of the Situation in Samoa, Tonga, and Vanuatu
title_full_unstemmed The Economic Costs of Noncommunicable Diseases in the Pacific Islands : A Rapid Stocktake of the Situation in Samoa, Tonga, and Vanuatu
title_sort economic costs of noncommunicable diseases in the pacific islands : a rapid stocktake of the situation in samoa, tonga, and vanuatu
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/09/19352113/economic-costs-non-communicable-diseases-pacific-islands-rapid-stock-take-situation-samoa-tonga-vanuatu
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spelling okr-10986-178512021-04-23T14:03:40Z The Economic Costs of Noncommunicable Diseases in the Pacific Islands : A Rapid Stocktake of the Situation in Samoa, Tonga, and Vanuatu Anderson, Ian ACCESS TO EDUCATION ADDICTION ADULT MORTALITY ADULT POPULATION AGED AGING AGING POPULATIONS AID ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY ANTENATAL CARE ASTHMA BOTH SEXES BREAST CANCER BRONCHITIS BURDEN OF DISEASE CANCERS CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE CAUSES OF DEATH CHILD HEALTH CHILDREN PER WOMAN CHOLESTEROL CHRONIC DISEASE CHRONIC DISEASES CIRCULATORY SYSTEM CITIZENS COLON CANCER COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMMUNITY ACTION COMPLICATIONS CORONARY HEART DISEASE CURRENT POPULATION DANGERS DEATH RATE DEATH RATES DEATHS DEMENTIA DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DENTAL HEALTH DEPENDENCY RATIO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIABETES DIABETES MELLITUS DIAGNOSIS DIARRHEA DIET DIETS DISABILITIES DISABILITY DISEASE BURDEN DISEASE CONTROL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DOUBLE BURDEN DRUGS EARLY DETECTION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS ECONOMIC RESOURCES ELDERLY EMPHYSEMA EPIDEMIC EPIDEMICS ESSENTIAL HEALTH SERVICES EXCESSIVE CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES EYE DISEASES FEMALE FEMALES FERTILITY RATE FERTILITY RATES FEWER PEOPLE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FOOD INSECURITY GLOBAL HEALTH GLUCOSE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS NATIONAL INCOME GROWTH IN POPULATION HARM REDUCTION HEALTH CARE COSTS HEALTH CARE SPENDING HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH ECONOMICS HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH INFORMATION HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PROMOTION HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SPECIALIST HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEM FINANCING HEART ATTACKS HEART DISEASE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE HIGH FERTILITY HIV HOSPITAL HOSPITAL COSTS HOSPITALS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HYPERTENSION ILL HEALTH ILLNESSES INCOME INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFECTIOUS DISEASES INFLUENZA INJURIES INPATIENT CARE INTERVENTION KIDNEY DIALYSIS KIDNEY FAILURE LABOR SUPPLY LACK OF DEVELOPMENT LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH LEADING CAUSES LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFESTYLES LIMITED PROSPECTS LIVE BIRTHS LIVER LONG-TERM CARE LUNG CANCER LUNG DISEASE MALARIA MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE MEASLES MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL TREATMENT MEDICINE MEDICINES MENTAL HEALTH MENTAL ILLNESS METABOLIC DISORDERS MIDWIVES MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTERS OF HEALTH MINISTRIES OF HEALTH MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORBIDITY MORTALITY MOTHER NATIONAL EFFORTS NATIONAL POLICY NATIONAL POPULATION NATIONAL PRIORITIES NATIONAL PRIORITY NATIONAL STRATEGY NCD NEONATAL MORTALITY NEOPLASMS NEWBORN NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES NURSES NUTRITION OBESITY OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE OLD AGE OUTPATIENT CARE PATIENT PATIENTS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT PHYSICIANS PNEUMONIA POLICY IMPLICATIONS POPULATION FACTORS POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATE POPULATION GROWTH RATES POPULATION SIZE POSTERS PREGNANT WOMEN PREMATURE DEATH PREVALENCE PREVENTION STRATEGIES PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROBABILITY PROGRESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH CARE PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS PUBLIC POLICY PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY REPRODUCTIVE NEEDS RESPECT RESPIRATORY DISEASES RHEUMATIC FEVER RISK FACTORS RURAL AREAS SCREENING SEPTICAEMIA SEX SEXUAL CONTACT SIZE OF POPULATIONS SMOKERS SMOKING SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SUBSTANCE ABUSE SURGERY SYMPTOMS SYNDROME TOBACCO PRODUCTS TOLERANCE TRANSPORTATION TUBERCULOSIS UNDER FIVE MORTALITY UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION URBANIZATION VICIOUS CYCLE VIOLENCE VISION VITAL STATISTICS VULNERABILITY WOMAN WORKFORCE WORKING-AGE POPULATION WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG ADULTS YOUNG AGES YOUNG POPULATIONS There is increasing recognition that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are an important international and development issue globally, undermining health gains and imposing financial and economic costs on governments and households. NCDs are an important health challenge in the Pacific. First, (NCDs) can impose large but often preventable health, financial, and economic costs on countries. This is particularly important in the Pacific, where government already finances and provides the bulk of health services. Second, risk factors in the Pacific are feeding a pipeline of potentially expensive-to-treat NCDs, including diabetes and heart disease, but governments are already fiscally constrained in how much more they can provide to the health system. Third, from a public health and public finance perspective, many of the NCDs are avoidable or their health and financial costs can at least be postponed through good primary and secondary prevention. This will require a more coherent approach to health system financing and to health system operations, more generally. Improving both allocative efficiency ("doing the right things") and technical efficiency ("doing things right") are critical strategies to improve health outcomes in a financially sustainable way in the resource-constrained Pacific. 2014-04-16T18:10:56Z 2014-04-16T18:10:56Z 2013-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/09/19352113/economic-costs-non-communicable-diseases-pacific-islands-rapid-stock-take-situation-samoa-tonga-vanuatu http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17851 English en_US Health, Nutrition, and Population (HNP) discussion paper; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Oceania Samoa Tonga Vanuatu