The Economic Consequences of Health Shocks

While there is a great deal of anecdotal evidence on the economic effects of adverse health shocks, there is relatively little hard empirical evidence. The author builds on recent empirical work to explore in the context of postreform Vietnam two related issues: (1) how far household income and medi...

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Main Author:	Wagstaff, Adam
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT CONSUMPTION GROWTH CONSUMPTION INSURANCE CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIC THEORY EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL WORK EXPENDITURES GROWTH EQUATIONS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE COSTS HEALTH FINANCE HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH STATUS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME EFFECT INCOME EQUATION INCOME RISK INCOME SHOCKS INCOME-POVERTY INCOMES INEQUALITY INSURANCE LABOR MARKET LABOR SUPPLY LEGISLATION LIVING STANDARDS MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL CARE COSTS MEDICAL COSTS MEDICAL EXPENSES MORTALITY NEGATIVE COEFFICIENT NEGATIVE GROWTH NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS PACIFIC REGION PARTIAL INSURANCE PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVITY RISK SHARING SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES SIGNIFICANT EFFECT TARGETING USE VALUE WAGES
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