... of our economy. It is important to look at economics in health because of several reasons. Health resources are finite. Health impacts are the most important and the ones that should receive the most attention when it comes to shaping a better economy. Given the primary concern with human well-being, this paper will focus on the valuation of health impacts. Because, it is often easier to estimate economic costs of health outcomes; this information is useful in getting the attention of decision makers. II. Health and Poverty In its recent analysis of poverty, the World Bank describes the "multi-dimensional" character of poverty in developing countries. Poverty is determined by income, access to education and health services and exposure to political insecurity. In the dimension of remote health in developing countries, poverty is often experienced as the inability to purchase or access basic health services and public health infrastructure. Persistent low incomes of ...

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