UID:
almahu_9949117677602882
Format:
1 online resource (3 volumes (1517 pages)) :
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illustrations (some color)
ISBN:
1-78402-739-1
Series Statement:
Gale eBooks
Content:
The Encyclopedia of Health Economics offers students, researchers and policymakers objective and detailed empirical analysis and clear reviews of current theories and polices. It helps practitioners such as health care managers and planners by providing accessible overviews into the broad field of health economics, including the economics of designing health service finance and delivery and the economics of public and population health. This encyclopedia provides an organized overview of this diverse field, providing one trusted source for up-to-date research and analysis of this highly
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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e9780123756787v1; Front Cover; ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HEALTH ECONOMICS; EDITORIAL BOARD; CONTRIBUTORS TO VOLUME1; GUIDE TO USING THE ENCYCLOPEDIA; SUBJECT CLASSIFICATION; PREFACE; CONTENTS OF ALL VOLUMES; Introduction; Conceptual Link between Abortion and Health; Abortion: Data and Demographics; Data; Demographics; Overview of Studies on Health; Early Studies of Abortion and Health; Abortion Policy and Fertility in the 1990s; Post-Roe Policies; Medicaid; Parental involvement laws; Mandatory delay and counseling; Back to the Future: Roe versus Wade as an Instrument; Abortion and crime; Summary
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See alsoReferences; Relevant Websites; Further Reading; Introduction; Health Insurance Increases Utilization; Interpreting the Causal Effect of Insurance: Moral Hazard or Access?; Effect of Insurance on the Subjective Assessment of Unmet Need by Survey Respondents; Insurance and Utilization of Medically Necessary Care; Care That is Needed in Life-Threatening Situations or When Quality of Life Would Be Greatly Affected without Treatment; Differences in Utilization of Clinically Recommended Care; Effect of Insurance on Health Outcomes: Adverse Events and General Health and Mortality
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Policy ImplicationsSee also; Reference; Further Reading; Addiction; Introduction; Perfectly Rational Addiction; Imperfectly Rational Models of Addiction; Irrational Models of Addiction; Empirical Evidence; Policy Implications of Addiction Perspectives; Taxation; Bans; Information and Insurance; Summary; Acknowledgment; See also; References; Further Reading; Introduction; Normative Economic Evaluation; A National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence Case Study; The Problem; Empirical Work; Barriers to the Use of Economic Evaluation; Prescriptions for Improvement
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Further National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence ReflectionsThe Research-Practice Divide; A More 'Positive' Approach?; Conclusions; See also; References; Further Reading; Relevant Websites; Advertising as a Determinant of Health in the USA; Overview; Conceptual Framework; Advertising in Health Markets; Advertising of Tobacco; Advertising of Alcohol; Advertising of Food and Soft Drinks; Advertising of Weight Loss Products; Advertising of Prescription Drugs; New Directions; Online Advertising; Neuroeconomic Framework; Summary; See also; References; Further Reading; Introduction
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The Economics of AdvertisingInformative versus Persuasive Advertising; Effects of Advertising; Advertising of Health Care Providers; Why Do Health Care Providers Advertise?; Is Heath Care Advertising Informative or Persuasive?; Direct-to-Consumer Advertising and the Role of Physicians; Is Health Care Advertising Socially Wasteful?; Advertising of Prescription Drugs; Direct-to-Consumer Drug Advertising; DTCA versus Physician Detailing; Drug Advertising and Generic Competition; See also; FurtherReading; Introduction; Causal Effects of Early-Life Conditions
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Empirical Approaches and Empirical Findings
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-375678-2
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-375679-0
Language:
English
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