enquiry driven by the vast unmet health needs of the sub-continent. It is a collective endeavour by a group of editors and …, investment and industrial growth in pharmaceuticals to improve access to essential good quality medicines, as part of moving … towards universal access to competent health care. We aim to shift the emphasis in international debate to give much more …

Health is increasingly a critical concern in the context of development. This book examines the function of health … systems, particularly the key factors: finance, human resources, pharmaceuticals, public facilities and stresses the … importance of improving access to health services in developing countries …

overcoming the challenges faced by healthcare systems. With contributions from experts world-wide, an array of healthcare …-based models as well as state-of-the-art empirical studies. As total healthcare spending (both total expenditures on health as a … percentage of GDP and average spending on per capita) increases across most of the world’s economies, healthcare systems continue …

worldwide. Todd Sandler (2001a) Health concerns are ?rmly embedded in the developing world. Conditions of poverty like …, affect the well-being of people globally. Of all the health crises originating from the developing world the HIV …The Challenge: A Transnational Response to HIV/AIDS -- Profiling the Provision Status of Health-Promoting Public Goods …

Angehörige der Heilberufe sowie an Entscheidungsträger im Gesundheitswesen. "Für Studierende der Medizin und Gesundheitsökonomie …Medizinökonomie ist die Anwendung ökonomischer Methoden auf die Medizin, insbesondere auf die medizinische Versorgung …. Ziel ist die Verbesserung der medizinischen Behandlung, denn die erfolgreiche Behandlung gilt in der Medizin wie in der …

Organizational Culture and Occupational Health -- The Importance of Leadership for Occupational Health -- Public and … Private Policies Promoting Occupational Health -- Evidence-Based Studies and Interventions Promoting Occupational Health. … it brings together a wide range of empirical and theoretical contributions from occupational health, management …

The European Patent System is facing major challenges resulting from an extension of patentable subject matter leading … to an increasing number of patent applications. The European Patent Office has responded with admirable flexibility, but … opposition figures and changing behaviour of patent applicants. Stefan M. Wagner analyses problems associated with institutional …