When Social and Economic Goals Meet: The Double Dividend of Improving Farmers’ Health Capital in Uganda
研究了乌干达农民健康与农业生产力关系，通过微观模拟一般均衡模型发现，调整医疗费用减免策略可同时促进增长、减贫和健康改善，但效果受公共设施效率影响。
Focusing on the relationship between farmers’ health and agricultural productivity, we explore the potential effects of improving the current health care fee policy in Uganda. Using a microsimulated general equilibrium model, we show that alternative health fee reduction strategies might increase the chances of achieving simultaneous growth, poverty reduction and improved access to health for households while maximising the public spending effectiveness. However, these results seem very sensitive to the potential disruptive effects on public facilities that such a policy might generate so they must be contextualised within a broader perspective on the health system’s efficiency.