Reassessing the Impact of Globalization on Health : Cross-Country Evidence

Reassessing the Impact of Globalization on Health : Cross-Country Evidence

This study reassesses the impact of globalization on population health using a sample of 76 countries over the period 1970-2008. The empirical evidence supports the positive effect hypotheses that globalization produces favorable influence in health. The main effect of globalization is primarily con...

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Main Author: Pandej Chintrakarn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2015
Subjects:
Globalization
Health
International technology diffusion
Online Access:https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/10501
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spelling th-mahidol.105012023-04-12T15:24:27Z Reassessing the Impact of Globalization on Health : Cross-Country Evidence Pandej Chintrakarn Globalization Health International technology diffusion This study reassesses the impact of globalization on population health using a sample of 76 countries over the period 1970-2008. The empirical evidence supports the positive effect hypotheses that globalization produces favorable influence in health. The main effect of globalization is primarily contributed by social globalization and global medical technology diffusion. To be specific, the most robust finding is that social globalization and imported medical products have significant and negative impact on infant mortality rate, under-5 mortality rate and maternal mortality ratio. 2015-09-07T03:23:33Z 2018-04-05T09:52:15Z 2015-09-07T03:23:33Z 2018-04-05T09:52:15Z 2015 2011 Article European Journal of Scientific Research. Vol.60, No.2 (2011), 280-284 https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/10501 eng Mahidol University EBSCOhost
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topic Globalization
Health
International technology diffusion
spellingShingle Globalization
Health
International technology diffusion
Pandej Chintrakarn
Reassessing the Impact of Globalization on Health : Cross-Country Evidence
description This study reassesses the impact of globalization on population health using a sample of 76 countries over the period 1970-2008. The empirical evidence supports the positive effect hypotheses that globalization produces favorable influence in health. The main effect of globalization is primarily contributed by social globalization and global medical technology diffusion. To be specific, the most robust finding is that social globalization and imported medical products have significant and negative impact on infant mortality rate, under-5 mortality rate and maternal mortality ratio.
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title_short Reassessing the Impact of Globalization on Health : Cross-Country Evidence
title_full Reassessing the Impact of Globalization on Health : Cross-Country Evidence
title_fullStr Reassessing the Impact of Globalization on Health : Cross-Country Evidence
title_full_unstemmed Reassessing the Impact of Globalization on Health : Cross-Country Evidence
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