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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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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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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 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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Reforming healthcare systems

Marmor, Theodore - 2011

. Zugangsregulierung und Inanspruchnahme fachärztlicher Leistungen in Europa', Das Gesundheitswesen, 72 (8/09), 447-54. -- Rothgang, H., M …: Containing Costs and Attempting Reform', Health Affairs, 23 (3), May-June, 26-36 -- Ronald Dworkin (2000), 'Justice and the High …), 'Equity and Distributive Justice in European Health Care Reform', International Journal of Health Services, 27 (3), 443 …

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Inequality and economic development : the modern perspective

Galor, Oded (contributor) - 2009

Recommended readings (Machine generated): A.B. Atkinson (1997), 'Bringing Income Distribution in from the Cold', Economic Journal, 107, March, 297-321 -- Oded Galor and Joseph Zeira (1993), 'Income Distribution and Macroeconomics', Review of Economic Studies, 60 (1), January, 35-52 -- Abhijit V....

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Aggregate demand, inequality and instability

Ferri, Piero - 2016

1. Introduction -- Part I: basic concepts -- 2. Piketty's contribution -- 3. Measurement -- 4. Inequality and aggregate demand -- Part II: endogenous dynamics and instability -- 5. Aggregate demand, growth and instability -- 6. Wealth, public debt and instability -- 7. Recursive workhorses --...

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The dictionary of health economics

Culyer, Anthony J. - 2010 - 2nd ed

This second edition of Culyer's authoritative Dictionary of Health Economics brings the material up to date and adds large amounts of new information. Some definitions have been revised. There are over 700 new entries. The Dictionary now also contains extensive references to the literature to...

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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 health economics and closely related fields including epidemiology, pharmacoeconomics, demography, medical sociology, medical statistics and bio-statistics, health policy,...

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