Health and Economic Development in South-eastern Europe :
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[Book]
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EURO Nonserial Publication.
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Geneva :
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World Health Organization,
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2006.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (145 pages)
CONTENTS NOTE
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Preliminaries; Contents; Introduction; 1 Demographic and economic trends in south eastern Europe; 2 Health in south eastern Europe recent trends patterns and socioeconomic inequalities in health; 3 Health systems and policies in south eastern Europe; 4 Health as a driver of economic development conceptual framework and related evidence for south eastern Europe; 5 Concluding remarks and recommendations; Annex 1 Notes on Country Specific Information on Poverty and Health; Annex 2 Notes on Country Specific Information on Roma Health; Annex 3 Notes on Econometric Data.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Health is increasingly seen as a robust predictor of economic growth. In the present report the contribution of health to economic development is examined in the context of south-eastern Europe, where the dynamics of health cooperation gained momentum following the Second Ministerial Health Forum co-organized by the Council of Europe Development Bank, the Council of Europe and the WHO Regional Office for Europe, with the special participation of ministers of finance. The report presents the socioeconomic context and the evolution of the health sector. It examines the trends and patterns observ.