Format:
Online Ressource(1126 pages)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9780444535924
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0444535926
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0444535934
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9780444535931
Series Statement:
Handbooks in economics 17
Content:
What new theories, evidence, and policies have shaped health economics in the 21st century? Editors Mark Pauly, Thomas McGuire, and Pedro Pita Barros assemble the expertise of leading authorities in this survey of substantive issues. In 16 chapters they cover recent developments in health economics, from medical spending growth to the demand for health care, the markets for pharmaceutical products, the medical workforce, and equity in health and health care. Its global perspective, including an emphasis on low and middle-income countries, will result in the same high citations that made Volume 1 (2000) a foundational text. Presents coherent summaries of major subjects and methodologies, marking important advances and revisions. Serves as a frequently used non-journal reference. Introduces non-economists to the best research in health economics
Content:
What new theories, evidence, and policies have shaped health economics in the 21st century? Editors Mark Pauly, Thomas McGuire, and Pedro Pita Barros assemble the expertise of leading authorities in this survey of substantive issues. In 16 chapters they cover recent developments in health economics, from medical spending growth to the demand for health care, the markets for pharmaceutical products, the medical workforce, and equity in health and health care. Its global perspective, including an emphasis on low and middle-income countries, will result in the same high citations that made Volume 1 (2000) a foundational text. Presents coherent summaries of major subjects and methodologies, marking important advances and revisions. Serves as a frequently used non-journal reference. Introduces non-economists to the best research in health economics
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Print version cataloged as a monographic set by Library of Congress
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1. Medical Spending Growth2. Geographic Variation in Spending and Outcomes -- 3. Health Behaviors and Prevention -- 4. Health Economics of Economic Development -- 5. Demand for Health Insurance and Health Care -- 6. Demand for Health Care -- 7. Issues in Cost Effectiveness Cost Benefit and Cost Utility Analysis -- 8. Cost Effectiveness and Payment Policy -- 9. Competition in Health Care Supply -- 10. Reporting on and Paying Health Care Providers -- 11. Health Insurance, Health Plans and Risk Variation -- 12. Markets for Pharmaceutical Products -- 13. Intellectual Property, Information Technology, Biomedical Research and Marketing of Patented Products -- 14. Medical Workforce -- 15. Public and Private Sector Interface -- 16. Equity in Health and Health Care -- 17. Health Care Disparities.
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1. Health Care Spending Growth 2. Causes and Consequences of Regional Variations in Health Care 3. The Economics of Risky Health Behaviors 4. Improving Health in Developing Countries: Evidence from Randomized Evaluations 5. Demand for Health Insurance 6. Who Ordered That? The Economics of Treatment Choices in Medical Care 7. Theoretical Issues Relevant to the Economic Evaluation of Health Technologies 8. Cost Effectiveness and Payment Policy 9. Competition in Health Care Markets 10. Health Care Markets, Regulators, and Certifiers 11. Health Care Spending Risk, Health Insurance, and Payment to Health Plans 12. Markets for Pharmaceutical Products 13. Intellectual Property, Information Technology, Biomedical Research, and Marketing of Patented Products 14. Medical Workforce 15. Public and Private Sector Interface 16. Equity in Health and Health Care.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780444535924
Additional Edition:
Print version Handbook of health economics. Volume 2
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Handbook of health economics ; Volume two Amsterdam : North-Holland, an imprint of Elsevier, 2012 ISBN 9780444535924
Language:
English
Subjects:
Economics
Keywords:
Gesundheitsökonomie
URL:
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Author information:
Barros, Pedro Pita 1966-
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