Title:

Economic Consequences of Health Status: A Review of the Evidence

Author(s):

Hamoudi, Amar A.
Sachs, Jeffrey D.

Date:

1999

Type:

Working papers

Department:

Earth Institute

Permanent URL:

http://hdl.handle.net/10022/AC:P:8171

Part Number:

30

Publisher:

Center for International Development at Harvard University

Publisher Location:

Cambridge, Mass.

Abstract:

The correlation between health and economic performance is extremely robust across communities and over time. Many factors exogenous to income play an important role in determining health status, including a number of geographical, environmental, and evolutionary factors. This suggests the existence of simultaneous impacts of health on wealth and wealth on health. Potential health impacts on national economic performance are explored, and some important unanswered questions are identified.

Subject(s):

Economics
Public health

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