Essays about: "Health Economists"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Health Economists.

  1. 1. How has social media affected future economists? : How has social media affected Swedish high school economic students' perception of their attention spans?

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för företagande, innovation och hållbarhet

    Author : Francis Phan; [2023]
    Keywords : Social Media; Attention Span; Students; Mental Health; Distraction; High School; Perception;

    Abstract : This thesis explores how social media affects high school students' perception of their attention spans. This study examines how social media influences high school students' attention spans, both positively and negatively. READ MORE

  3. 2. Restrictions and effects observed during the first year of the Covid-19 Pandemic

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Fredrik Thorsson; Samuel Lee Israeli; [2021]
    Keywords : Covid-19; Stringency index; Excess mortality; Economic implications; Pandemic; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Using the most recent data from various databases we have retrieved economic and health data from OECD member countries and analyzed it in regard to the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker, what we call Stringency index. We examine the effects on different economic variables such as GDP, exports, and unemployment, together with the health outcome variable excess mortality. READ MORE

  4. 3. Ekosystemtjänster i bostadsmiljö : ekosystemtjänster som utgångspunkt för gestaltning av en bostadsgård i Lindängen

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Hanna Lönnqvist; [2014]
    Keywords : ekosystemtjänster; gestaltning; gåtur; bostadsgård; Malmö; Lindängen;

    Abstract : Syftet med detta examensarbete är att undersöka ekosystemtjänsternas potential för att användas i designprocessen av en bostadsgård i Lindängen i Malmö. Frågeställningarna som arbetet utgår från är; Vad innebär konceptet om ekosystemtjänster i den mindre skalan? och Vilka ekosystemtjänster kan integreras i en gestaltning för att få en ekologisk och socialt orienterad bostadsgård? Metoderna som använts är litteraturstudie, samtal, platsstudier, gestaltningsförslag och gåturer. READ MORE

  5. 4. Emigration of Swedish health professionals

    University essay from IHH, Nationalekonomi

    Author : Alfredo Hidalgo Arreola; Julia Källström; [2010]
    Keywords : Health professionals; labor migration; migration incentives;

    Abstract : There seems to be a gap in previous literature where economists and social scientists do not focus on factors driving emigration of health professionals between developed coun-tries. Although, there is a lot of literature that discusses emigration of health profession-als from developing towards developed countries, there are few previous studies of health professional emigration between developed to developed countries. READ MORE

  6. 5. Does cancer drug vintage affect cancer survival?

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Mattias Bernow; [2007]
    Keywords : health economy; drug vintage; cancer; survival;

    Abstract : The effects of modern medicine on longevity is presently debated in the field of Health Economics. Until recently the consensus among health economists and epidemiologists has been that interventions by modern medicine have had an almost negligible effect on survival. READ MORE