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Medical Decision Making : A Health Economic Primer

Felder, Stefan - 2017 - 2nd ed. 2017

This textbook offers a comprehensive analysis of medical decision making under uncertainty by combining Test Information Theory with Expected Utility Theory. The book shows how the parameters of Bayes’ theorem can be combined with a value function of health states to arrive at informed test...

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Making medicines in Africa : the political economy of industrializing for local health

Mackintosh, Maureen (ed.); Banda, Geoffrey (ed.); … - 2016

This book is open access under a CC-BY license. This book is about medicines production in sub-Saharan Africa, an enquiry driven by the vast unmet health needs of the sub-continent. It is a collective endeavour by a group of editors and authors with a strong African and more broadly Southern...

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The Economics of Public Health : Evaluating Public Health Interventions

Brown, Heather - 2018

Non-communicable diseases have surpassed infectious diseases as the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in developed countries. Prevention and treatment of the causes and consequences of lifestyle-related diseases forms an important part of health policy in the twenty-first century. Public...

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Health Economics from Theory to Practice : Optimally Informing Joint Decisions of Research, Reimbursement and Regulation with Health System Budget Constraints and Community Objecti...

Eckermann, Simon - 2017

This book provides a robust set of health economic principles and methods to inform societal decisions in relation to research, reimbursement and regulation (pricing and monitoring of performance in practice). We provide a theoretical and practical framework that navigates to avoid common biases...

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The Economics of Addictive Behaviours Volume III : The Private and Social Costs of the Abuse of Illicit Drugs and Their Remedies

Joshua, John - 2017

This title offers an in-depth analysis of the causes, consequences and treatments of illicit drug abuse. The author examines the effects of existing drug policies and proposes drug use legalisation within a regulated market as a viable alternative. Joshua assesses the factors that make...

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The Economics of Brexit : A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the UK’s Economic Relationship with the EU

Whyman, Philip B. - 2017

This book presents a comprehensive evaluation of the likely economic impact upon the UK economy arising from Brexit. It … of alternative models of future trading relationships that are available to the UK, both in relation to the EU and the …

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A History of British Actuarial Thought

Turnbull, Craig - 2017

In the first book of its kind, Turnbull traces the development and implementation of actuarial ideas, from the conception of Equitable Life in the mid-18th century to the start of the 21stcentury. This book analyses the historical development of British actuarial thought in each of its three...

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The Changing Postal and Delivery Sector : Towards A Renaissance

Brennan, Timothy (ed.); Crew, Michael (ed.); … - 2017

This book addresses some of the major issues facing postal and delivery services throughout the world. Postal operators worldwide have been slow to address the threats from and opportunities created by electronic competition. The European Commission and member states are wrestling with these...

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An Accidental Brexit : New EU and Transatlantic Economic Perspectives

Welfens, Paul J.J. - 2017

the foreseeable consequences are for the UK, Europe, US and world economy. The Brexit decision represents a momentous … and a Fatal Communication Disaster -- Chapter 3. A Sequencing of the Economic Effects of Brexit -- Part II. UK, US and EU … 6. Medium-term UK Macroeconomic Perspectives -- Chapter 7. Brexit from a US Point of View -- Chapter 8. Trump Policies …

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Macroeconomic Policy after the Crash : Issues in Microprudential and Macroprudential Policy

Barwell, Richard - 2017

macroprudential policy -- 4) Unconventional macroprudential instruments -- 5) MP-UK: Macroprudential policy in action in the United … Kingdom -- 6) Macroprudential policy and the UK housing market …

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