Short but not Sweet : New Evidence on Short Duration Morbidities from India

Short but not Sweet : New Evidence on Short Duration Morbidities from India

India spends 6 percent of its GDP on health-three times the amount spent by Indonesia and twice that of China-and spending on non-chronic morbidities is three times that of chronic illnesses. It is normally assumed that the high spending on non-chr...

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Main Authors: Das, Jishnu, Sánchez-Páramo, Carolina
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC SPENDING; MORBIDITY; CHRONICALLY ILL CARE; FATALITIES; DISABILITY LEVEL; DATA COLLECTING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS; DISEASE BURDEN; MEDICAL CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE COST CONTROL; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ALLERGIES
ANXIETY
CHRONIC MORBIDITY
DEMOGRAPHICS
DIABETES
DISPENSARIES
DOCTORS
ECONOMICS
ECONOMICS OF HEALTH
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EMPLOYMENT
EXPENDITURES
FAMILIES
GENDER
HEALTH BEHAVIOR
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
HEALTH COSTS
HEALTH EXPENDITURE
HEALTH EXPENDITURES
HEALTH INSURANCE
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH STATUS
HOMES
HOSPITAL CARE
HOSPITALS
HOUSEHOLDS
INCOME
INCOME LEVELS
INFORMAL SECTOR
INJURIES
LABOR FORCE
LABOR SUPPLY
LEPROSY
LIVING CONDITIONS
LIVING STANDARDS
LOW INCOME
MALARIA
MEDICAL CARE
MEDICINES
MORBIDITY
NEIGHBORHOODS
OUTPATIENT CARE
PHARMACIES
PHARMACY
POLICY RESEARCH
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LEVELS
PRIMARY CARE
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROBABILITY
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC SECTOR
QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE
RESEARCH AGENDA
SCALE ECONOMIES
SCHOOLS
WALKING
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/02/2156912/short-not-sweet-new-evidence-short-duration-morbidities-india
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19121

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/02/2156912/short-not-sweet-new-evidence-short-duration-morbidities-india
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19121

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