Open AccessValuing a healthy start to life
Author(s) -
Chris Nixon
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
policy quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2324-1101
pISSN - 2324-1098
DOI - 10.26686/pq.v9i3.4457
Subject(s) - public health , value (mathematics) , intervention (counseling) , prime (order theory) , public economics , business , environmental health , economics , economic growth , gerontology , medicine , nursing , computer science , mathematics , combinatorics , machine learning
How should governments make effective use of research that examines the costs of a ‘less than healthy’ start to life? Are there any ‘free efficiency lunches’ to be had by improving intervention processes in early childhood health and education? On the surface at least, health and education are prime areas for improved efficiency gains because of the large amounts of public money spent and the potential to create substantial public value.