Disease, Human Health, and Regional Growth and Development in Asia

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Batabyal, Amitrajeet A. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Higano, Yoshiro (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Nijkamp, Peter (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives, 38
• Subjects: Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Asia-Economic conditions.; Health economics.; Development economics.; Economic growth.; Regional/Spatial Science.; Asian Economics.; Health Economics.; Development Economics.; Economic Growth.

This book brings together new studies on regional disparities in the provision and maintenance of health in Asia. Specifically, the individual chapters shed light on the various health challenges that Asian regions face with regard to environmental health, communicable and non-communicable diseases,...

Table of Contents:

• Part I. Introduction
• Chapter 1. Introduction to "Disease, Human Health, and Regional Growth and Development in Asia"
• Part II. South Asia
• Chapter 2. Food Consumption, Calorie Intake, and Undernourishment in India: The Recent Evidence on the Role of Welfare Schemes
• Chapter 3. The Geography of Excess Weight in Urban India: Regional Patterns and Labor Market and Dietary Correlates
• Chapter 4. Health System and Health Expenditure Productivity Changes in Indian States: Has it changed for the Better in the Post Reform Period?
• Chapter 5. Gender Perspectives in Health Related Situation in Rural Bangladesh: A Micro Level Study
• Chapter 6. Assessing Health-related Situation of the Rural Elderly in Bangladesh: A Micro-level Study
• Part III. Southeast Asia
• Chapter 7. Do Trade Reforms Promote Nutritional Status? Evidence from Indonesia
• Chapter 8. Health Inequity in the Philippines
• Part IV. East Asia
• Chapter 9. An Investigation of Medical Expenditures in Hospitals and Clinics Using Propensity Scores
• Part V. Oceania
• Chapter 10. Health and Distance to Health Care in Papua New Guinea. .