Health and Prosperity: Efficient Health Systems for Thriving Nations in the 21st Century

• Main Author: Murtin, Fabrice (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Subjects: Schools of economics.; Microeconomics.; Macroeconomics.; Public finance.; Health economics.; Medical economics.; Economics.; Public Economics.; Heterodox Economics.; Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.; Health Economics.

Murtin examines the long-term causes of health improvements over the last two centuries. Focusing on the relative importance of income and education, Murtin finds that education alone accounts for the bulk of health improvements since 1870, and explains the strong correlation between longevity and i...