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Jones, Andrew M. (contributor) - 2006

The aim of The Elgar Companion to Health Economics is to take an audience of advanced undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers to the frontier of research in health economics, by providing them with short and easily readable introductions to key topics. The volume brings together 50...

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Cost-benefit analysis and health care evaluations

Brent, Robert J. - 2003

Cost-benefit analysis is the only method of economic evaluation which can effectively indicate whether a health care treatment or intervention is worthwhile. This book attempts to build a bridge between cost-benefit analysis, as developed by economists, and the health care evaluation literature...

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The economics of health care in Asia-Pacific countries

Hu, Teh-wei (ed.); Hsieh, Chee-Ruey (ed.) - 2002

In order to control ever-increasing health care expenditure, Western and Asian countries are seeking to develop more efficient health care models. Studies on health care that focus specifically on Asian countries are rare, rendering this a unique and welcome addition to the literature. This book...

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The dictionary of health economics

Culyer, Anthony J. - 2005

From Abscissa, through to the World Health Organization, this expansive Dictionary comprehensively covers the field of …

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The public financing of pharmaceuticals : an economic approach

Puig-Junoy, Jaume (contributor) - 2005

This book provides a complete approach to the economics of financing medicines and policy implications for the efficiency and equity of health systems. In all health systems with majority public financing, pharmaceutical reimbursement is one of the key factors in policies of change and...

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The economics of health behaviours

Kenkel, Donald Scott (contributor); … - 2008

This three-volume set brings together the most important and interesting papers on the economics of health behaviours such as smoking, drinking, drug use, and risky sex. Volume I explores the theoretical foundations; it also includes empirical papers on the household production of health and the...

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Reforming healthcare systems

Marmor, Theodore - 2011

Industrialized World', Health Affairs, 24, 903-14. -- Beckfield, J. and N. Krieger (2009), 'Epi + demos + cracy: Linking Political … Quality of Life in the Contemporary World, Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 311-31. … Reality of Managerialism', in Fads, Fallacies and Foolishness in Medical Care Management and Policy, Singapore: World …

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Setting priorities for HIV/AIDS interventions : a cost-benefit approach

Brent, Robert J. - 2010

HIV/AIDS is much too complex a phenomenon to be understood only by reference to common sense and ethical codes. This book presents the cost-benefit analysis (CBA) framework in a well-researched and accessible manner to ensure that the most important considerations are recognized and incorporated

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Pharmaceutical economics

Comanor, William S. - 2013

. R. (2012). Shortages of Medicines: A Complex Global Challenge, Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 90, 158-158A …

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The political economy of HIV/AIDS in developing countries : TRIPS, public health systems, and free access

Coriat, Benjamin (contributor) - 2008

The book is based on original data and field studies from Brazil, Thailand, India and Sub-Saharan Africa. Focusing on the issue of universal and free access to treatment (a goal now taken to heart by the international community), it assesses the progress made and presents a rigorous diagnosis of...

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