Learning from economic downturns : how to better assess, track, and mitigate the impact on the health sector / / Xiaohui Hou, Edit V. Velenyi, Abdo S. Yazbeck, Roberto F. Iunes, and Owen Smith

• Autore: Hou Xiaohui
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : , : The World Bank, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (pages cm)
• Disciplina: 362.1
• Soggetto topico: Health Care Sector - Economics; Economic development
• Altri autori: HouXiaohui
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: A framework for health sector resilience -- Assessing vulnerability of the health sector to economic downturns -- Tracking the impact on households and institutions : the Europe and Central Asia story -- Mitigating the effects of economic downturns -- Lessons from the European Union.
• Sommario/riassunto: Health and economic development are interconnected. Over the past decades, the health sector has become an increasingly important component of the global economy, evidenced by the growing trend of health expenditures as a share of GDP. The interconnectivity of health and economic development and the cyclical nature of economic performance have emphasized the critical need to build health sector resilience to prepare for inevitable economic downturns. The objective of the book is to raise awareness of the challenges that health systems, in both developing and developed countries, face in times
• Titolo autorizzato: Learning from economic downturns
• ISBN: 1-4648-0061-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819226203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Directions in development (Washington, D.C.); World Bank e-Library.