[EQ] Developing a Canadian Economic Case for Financing the Social Determinants of Health

Developing a Canadian Economic Case for Financing the Social Determinants of Health

 

David Hay March 2008

Canadian Policy Research Networks Inc.  CPRN

This research initiative was commissioned by the Public Health Agency of Canada

 

 Available online as PDF file [68p.] at: http://www.cprn.org/documents/49485_EN.pdf

 

“…..Do investments in the social determinants of health (such as early childhood development, educational opportunities, the quality of jobs, safe communities, family income) have economic consequences? 
If so, what particular investments have the strongest relationships with economic outcomes?  In April 2007, CPRN, on behalf of the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), convened a roundtable of national and international experts to explore the economic case for financing the social determinants of health…”

 

 

Contents

Overview of the Report

The Determinants of Health

The Determinants of Economic Performance

Policy Perspectives for Understanding Health and Well-Being

Determinants of Health, Health and the Economy

Summary and Conclusions

References

Appendix 1. Annotated Bibliography

 

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