adverse health effects of burning coal. Lockwood’s comprehensive treatment examines every aspect of coal, from its complex … chemical makeup to details of mining, transporting, burning, and disposal--each of which generates significant health concerns … will only get worse; explains the impact of global warming on coal-related health problems; and discusses possible policy …

This important series presents timely economic research on health care and health policy issues. Each volume contains … include the effects of health policy reforms, changes in health care organization and management, measurement of health … outcomes, health care output and productivity, the role of health-related behavior, health and aging, health and children, and …

This series presents policy-relevant economic research on health care and health policy issues. The emphasis is on … in the spring in Washington, D.C. Topics covered include the implications of health care policy provisions, health care … organization and management, health outcomes, health care output and productivity, health-related behavior, health and aging, and …

This important series presents timely economic research on health care and health policy issues. Each volume contains … papers from an annual conference held in Washington, D.C. Topics include the effects of health policy reforms, changes in … health care organization and management, measurement of health outcomes, health care output and productivity, the role of …

This series presents economic research on health care and health policy issues. The papers are written primarily for a … covered include the effects of health policy reforms, changes in health care organization and management, measurement of … health outcomes, health care output and productivity, the role of health-related behavior, health and aging, health and …

This important series presents timely economic research on health care and health policy issues. Each volume contains … approximately five papers from an annual conference held in Washington, D.C. Topics covered include the effects of health policy … reforms, changes in health care organization and management, measurement of health outcomes, health care output and …

education, health care, and infrastructure. Complicating the policy challenges of taxation in developing countries are issues …

Health Economics combines economic concepts with empirical evidence to enhance students’ economic understanding of how … health care institutions and markets function. It views the subject in both microeconomic and macroeconomic terms, moving … from the individual and firm level to the market level to a macroeconomic view of the role of health and health care within …

In the battle over health care reform we can try to fashion new policies based on old ideas--or we can acknowledge … today’s demographic and economic realities. In Health Care Turning Point, health policy expert Roger Battistella argues that … the conventional wisdom that dominates health policy debates is out of date. Battistella takes on popular misconceptions …