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Economic Crisis Implications on Paediatric Population’s Health
Economic Crisis Implications on Paediatric Population’s Health

Author(s): Alina-Costina Luca, Corina Anamaria Ioan, Florin-Alexandru Luca
Subject(s): Supranational / Global Economy, Health and medicine and law, Demography and human biology, Economic development, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Fundatia Română pentru Inteligenta Afacerii
Keywords: Economic Crisis; Paediatric population; Health;

Summary/Abstract: Once the global economic crisis occurred, shortly after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, trillions of dollars were lost on the stock exchange, hundreds of banks and investment funds in the US went bankrupt and thousands of companies were forced to declare bankruptcy. Its effects were felt then, in very short time also in Romania, following that in 2009, Romania went officially in recession. Beyond the financial implications the crisis has on the whole activity, regardless of the field, the economic and financial effects of the crisis on health and health policies can have very long term consequences.

  • Issue Year: III/2015
  • Issue No: 07
  • Page Range: 317-320
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: English