The economic burden of chronic diseases: estimates and projections for China, Japan, and South Korea

We propose a novel framework to analyse the macroeconomic impact of noncommunicable diseases. We incorporate measures of disease prevalence into a human capital augmented production function, which enables us to determine the economic costs of chronic health conditions in terms of foregone gross dom...

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Main Authors: Bloom, David E. (Author) , Chen, Simiao (Author) , Kuhn, Michael (Author) , McGovern, Mark E. (Author) , Oxley, Les (Author) , Prettner, Klaus (Author)
Format: Book/Monograph Working Paper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass National Bureau of Economic Research July 2017
Series:NBER working paper series no. w23601
In: NBER working paper series on historical factors in long run growth (no. w23601)

DOI:10.3386/w23601
Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei: http://www.nber.org/papers/w23601
Verlag, kostenfrei: http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w23601
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Author Notes:David E. Bloom, Simiao Chen, Michael Kuhn, Mark E. McGovern, Les Oxley, Klaus Prettner
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