Disease, human health, and regional growth and development in Asia / Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Yoshiro Higano, Peter Nijkamp, editors.
Batabyal, Amitrajeet A., 1965- editor.; Higano, Yōshirō, 1951- editor.; Nijkamp, Peter, editor.
2019
RA395.A52 D57 2019
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Title Disease, human health, and regional growth and development in Asia / Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Yoshiro Higano, Peter Nijkamp, editors.
ISBN 9789811362682 (electronic book)
9811362688 (electronic book)
9789811362675
981136267X
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6268-2
Published Singapore : Springer, [2019]
Language English
Description 1 online resource : illustrations.
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-981-13-6268-2 doi
10.1007/978-981-13-6
Call Number RA395.A52 D57 2019
Dewey Decimal Classification 362.1095
Summary 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, reproductive health, and the development of health systems. The book departs from the existing literature on this subject in three ways. First, it explicitly recognizes that health is essential to the daily lives of human beings. Second, it underscores the fact that good health improves learning, employee productivity, and incomes. Third, the book demonstrates the ways in which an understanding of the preceding two points contributes to our grasp of economic growth and development. Because Asia is now the fastest-growing and most dynamic continent in the world, the respective chapters provide practical guidance concerning two key questions: First, how do we effectively address the health challenges in individual regions of Asia? Second, how do we ensure that the proposed health interventions lead to sustainable economic growth and development? To this end, the book emphasizes modeling and illustrates the role that sound empirical modeling can play in developing measures that sustainably address the health challenges confronting disparate Asian regions. All chapters were written by international experts who are active researchers in their respective fields. Hence, this book is highly recommended to all readers seeking an in-depth and up-to-date perspective on some of the most important issues at the interface of human health and regional growth and development in Asia.
Note Includes index.
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Source of Description Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 26, 2019).
Added Author Batabyal, Amitrajeet A., 1965- editor.
Higano, Yōshirō, 1951- editor.
Nijkamp, Peter, editor.
Series New frontiers in regional science: Asian perspectives ; v. 38.
Available in Other Form Print version 9789811362675
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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.

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