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Population health and its contributions to economic growth: A critical review

The 2nd International Malaysia-Ireland Joint Symposium on Engineering, Science and Business 2012 (IMiEJS2012) jointly organized by Universiti Malaysia Perlis and Athlone Institute of Technology in collaboration with The Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) Malaysia, Education Malaysia and Malaysia Po...

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Main Authors: Tunku Salha, Tunku Ahmad, O'Neill, Ciaran, Prof., Rowan, Neil J
Other Authors: tunku@research.ait.ie
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) 2013
Subjects:
Health
Human capital
Economic growth
Population health
Health indicators and health determinants.
Online Access:http://dspace.unimap.edu.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/30489
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spelling my.unimap-304892013-12-12T07:54:46Z Population health and its contributions to economic growth: A critical review Tunku Salha, Tunku Ahmad O'Neill, Ciaran, Prof. Rowan, Neil J tunku@research.ait.ie ciaran.oneill@nuigalway.ie nrowan@ait.ie Health Human capital Economic growth Population health Health indicators and health determinants. The 2nd International Malaysia-Ireland Joint Symposium on Engineering, Science and Business 2012 (IMiEJS2012) jointly organized by Universiti Malaysia Perlis and Athlone Institute of Technology in collaboration with The Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) Malaysia, Education Malaysia and Malaysia Postgraduates Student Association Ireland (MyPSI), 18th - 19th June 2012 at Putra World Trade Center (PWTC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This conceptual paper explores the role of health in influencing the development of human capital and economic growth of a country. Recognising the importance and impact of health in facilitating a country‟s socio-economic development, more and more countries allocate a large proportion of their national budgets to improve the health status of their populations. Despite the fact that this fiscal investment or allocation is sizable and informs health policies and associated strategic allocation of resources for sustaining or improving a nation‟s health status, there is currently a dearth of published information asserting what specific combination of key factors (or indicators) underpin good health and how these may have a positive repeatable influence on a country‟s economic growth. Despite a growing appreciation that good health contributes to economic growth, limited published information also exists on what specific „surrogate‟ indicators may be universally used to measure and predict the relationship between health and economic growth other than life expectancy, mortality and fertility rates. Further studies exploring or elucidating the role of these and other likely health indicators on economic growth and how these indicators may vary in terms of influence from one country to the next are merited. Identifying the inter-relationship and possibly synergies between relevant health indicators can provide insight and guidance to governments and policy makers in fiscal planning, thus ensuring a positive alignment between good population health and economic growth. 2013-12-12T07:54:46Z 2013-12-12T07:54:46Z 2012-06-18 Working Paper p. 1216 - 1239 978-967-5760-11-2 http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/30489 en Proceedings of the The 2nd International Malaysia-Ireland Joint Symposium on Engineering, Science and Business 2012 (IMiEJS2012); Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
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language English
topic Health
Human capital
Economic growth
Population health
Health indicators and health determinants.
spellingShingle Health
Human capital
Economic growth
Population health
Health indicators and health determinants.
Tunku Salha, Tunku Ahmad
O'Neill, Ciaran, Prof.
Rowan, Neil J
Population health and its contributions to economic growth: A critical review
description The 2nd International Malaysia-Ireland Joint Symposium on Engineering, Science and Business 2012 (IMiEJS2012) jointly organized by Universiti Malaysia Perlis and Athlone Institute of Technology in collaboration with The Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) Malaysia, Education Malaysia and Malaysia Postgraduates Student Association Ireland (MyPSI), 18th - 19th June 2012 at Putra World Trade Center (PWTC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Tunku Salha, Tunku Ahmad
O'Neill, Ciaran, Prof.
Rowan, Neil J
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author Tunku Salha, Tunku Ahmad
O'Neill, Ciaran, Prof.
Rowan, Neil J
author_sort Tunku Salha, Tunku Ahmad
title Population health and its contributions to economic growth: A critical review
title_short Population health and its contributions to economic growth: A critical review
title_full Population health and its contributions to economic growth: A critical review
title_fullStr Population health and its contributions to economic growth: A critical review
title_full_unstemmed Population health and its contributions to economic growth: A critical review
title_sort population health and its contributions to economic growth: a critical review
publisher Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
publishDate 2013
url http://dspace.unimap.edu.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/30489
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