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Economic thinking in global health : a historical overview

Irwin, Rachel LU (2021) In Socialmedicinsk tidskrift 98(2). p.222-234
Abstract
Economic thinking in global health refers to how framings, metaphors and concepts from economics are used in describing the health of a population and in designing interventions. In this article, I briefly examine the history of economic thinking in global health. I then review discussions over the economic aspects of health at the 5th World Health Assembly in 1952, based in part on an exchange between Charles-Edward Amory Winslow and Gunnar Myrdal. These discussions offer an insight into economic thinking at a time of transformation in international health, reflecting contemporary debates in the emergence of national health systems, welfare states and development aid. The discussions also anticipated later developments in... (More)
Economic thinking in global health refers to how framings, metaphors and concepts from economics are used in describing the health of a population and in designing interventions. In this article, I briefly examine the history of economic thinking in global health. I then review discussions over the economic aspects of health at the 5th World Health Assembly in 1952, based in part on an exchange between Charles-Edward Amory Winslow and Gunnar Myrdal. These discussions offer an insight into economic thinking at a time of transformation in international health, reflecting contemporary debates in the emergence of national health systems, welfare states and development aid. The discussions also anticipated later developments in global health, including the creation of metrics such as the disability-adjusted life year (DALY). (Less)
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global health, economy, history, World Health Organisation, metrics, global hälsa, ekonomi, historia, Världshälsoorganisationen, mått
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Socialmedicinsk tidskrift
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98
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2
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13 pages
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Stiftelsen Socialmedicinsk tidskrift
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0037-833X
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Medical humanities research node
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English
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  series       = {{Socialmedicinsk tidskrift}},
  title        = {{Economic thinking in global health : a historical overview}},
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