The economic costs of ILL health in the European Region

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The Economic Costs of Ill health in the European Region
This summary examines the potential impact of better health on wealth in the
WHO European Region. It takes forward the work of the WHO Commission on
Macroeconomics and Health and the European Commission’s Directorate-
General for Health and Consumer Protection to assess the costs of ill health
for the European Region. It marshals existing evidence on micro and macro
economic costs and makes the case for welfare costs to be factored into
economic evaluation of health improvements. It presents a compelling
case for governments to invest in the health of their populations.

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Document Outline

• Front Cover
• Title page
• Copyright & Keywords
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Key messages
• Executive summary
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Broad perspective: social welfare costs
• 3. Limited perspective: micro- and macroeconomic costs
  • 3.1 Microeconomic costs
  • 3.2 Macroeconomic costs
• 4. Very limited perspective: health-care costs
• 5. Concluding remarks
• References
• Back Cover