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This chapter discusses the relationship between macroeconomic and health in the context of population ageing as well as the socio-economic determinants of health.

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Iparraguirre, J.L. (2018). Macroeconomics and Health. In: Economics and Ageing. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93357-3_4

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