https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180604160447.htm > The results, published in the June issue of Health Affairs, showed that eight million such "amenable deaths" occurred worldwide in 2015, costing $6 trillion in lost economic welfare. This measure, broader than GDP losses, captures the inherent value that individuals place on their own good health. > While past studies have shown already that healthy populations are key to economic growth, this is believed to be the first global estimate of the economic cost of loss of life stemming from insufficient access to quality health care.