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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 global health, including the creation of metrics such as the disability-adjusted life year (DALY).
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 222-234 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Socialmedicinsk tidskrift |
| Volume | 98 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
Free keywords
- global health
- economy
- history
- World Health Organisation
- metrics
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Irwin, R. (PI), Nilsson, G. (Researcher), Idvall, M. (Researcher), Hansson, K. (PI), Alftberg, Å. (Researcher), Tunlid, A. (Researcher), Lundin, S. (Researcher), Brenthel, A. (Researcher), Liu, R. (Researcher), Liljefors, M. (Researcher), Enevold Duncan, J. (Researcher), Engström, L. (Researcher), Sundin, O. (Researcher), Andersson, C. (Researcher) & Högberg, C. (Researcher)
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