Health and Noncommunicable Diseases : Bending the Noncommunicable Diseases Cost Curve in the Pacific

Health and Noncommunicable Diseases : Bending the Noncommunicable Diseases Cost Curve in the Pacific

This is a background paper to the Pacific Possible report. Pacific Island countries suffer from a non-communicable diseases crises, with some of the world's highest rates of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. This report estimates the long-...

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Main Authors: Hou, Xiaohui, Anderson, Ian, Burton-Mckenzie, Ethan-John
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:
HEALTHCARE
NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES
WORKER PRODUCTIVITY
DISEASE CONTROL
ABSENTEEISM
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/991041503690161370/Health-and-noncommunicable-diseases
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28136
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spelling okr-10986-281362021-05-25T09:03:36Z Health and Noncommunicable Diseases : Bending the Noncommunicable Diseases Cost Curve in the Pacific Hou, Xiaohui Anderson, Ian Burton-Mckenzie, Ethan-John HEALTHCARE NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES WORKER PRODUCTIVITY DISEASE CONTROL ABSENTEEISM This is a background paper to the Pacific Possible report. Pacific Island countries suffer from a non-communicable diseases crises, with some of the world's highest rates of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. This report estimates the long-term economic impact if the crisis continues unchecked. Implementation of the NCD roadmap is essential to stemming the crisis. 2017-09-06T22:05:20Z 2017-09-06T22:05:20Z 2017-08-01 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/991041503690161370/Health-and-noncommunicable-diseases http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28136 English en_US Pacific Possible Background Paper;No. 5 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper East Asia and Pacific Oceania Papua New Guinea
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topic HEALTHCARE
NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES
WORKER PRODUCTIVITY
DISEASE CONTROL
ABSENTEEISM
spellingShingle HEALTHCARE
NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES
WORKER PRODUCTIVITY
DISEASE CONTROL
ABSENTEEISM
Hou, Xiaohui
Anderson, Ian
Burton-Mckenzie, Ethan-John
Health and Noncommunicable Diseases : Bending the Noncommunicable Diseases Cost Curve in the Pacific
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
Oceania
Papua New Guinea
relation Pacific Possible Background Paper;No. 5
description This is a background paper to the Pacific Possible report. Pacific Island countries suffer from a non-communicable diseases crises, with some of the world's highest rates of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. This report estimates the long-term economic impact if the crisis continues unchecked. Implementation of the NCD roadmap is essential to stemming the crisis.
format Working Paper
author Hou, Xiaohui
Anderson, Ian
Burton-Mckenzie, Ethan-John
author_facet Hou, Xiaohui
Anderson, Ian
Burton-Mckenzie, Ethan-John
author_sort Hou, Xiaohui
title Health and Noncommunicable Diseases : Bending the Noncommunicable Diseases Cost Curve in the Pacific
title_short Health and Noncommunicable Diseases : Bending the Noncommunicable Diseases Cost Curve in the Pacific
title_full Health and Noncommunicable Diseases : Bending the Noncommunicable Diseases Cost Curve in the Pacific
title_fullStr Health and Noncommunicable Diseases : Bending the Noncommunicable Diseases Cost Curve in the Pacific
title_full_unstemmed Health and Noncommunicable Diseases : Bending the Noncommunicable Diseases Cost Curve in the Pacific
title_sort health and noncommunicable diseases : bending the noncommunicable diseases cost curve in the pacific
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/991041503690161370/Health-and-noncommunicable-diseases
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28136
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