This paper surveys the global health economy, with special emphasis on the allocation of resources, the measurement of … industrialized countries and assesses recent and current developments in the German, British and US health systems. …

Using a matched insurant-general practitioner panel data set, we estimated the effect of a general health …-screening program on individuals' health status and health care cost. To account for selection into treatment, we used regional … screening participation substantially increased inpatient and outpatient health care costs for up to two years after treatment …

The public economic burden of shifting trends in population health remains uncertain. Sustained increases in obesity … - but these savings may be offset by worsening functional status, which increases health care spending, reduces labor supply … of shifting trends in population health for medical care costs, labor supply, earnings, wealth, tax revenues, and …

Using a matched insurant-general practitioner panel data set, we estimated the effect of a general health …-screening program on individuals' health status and health care cost. To account for selection into treatment, we used regional … screening participation substantially increased inpatient and outpatient health care costs for up to two years after treatment …

are less healthy. Most previous studies which have claimed that pets confer health benefits were cross-sectional. So they … associated with health. The German data come from the German Socio-Economic Panel in which respondents have been interviewed …

examples in health economics, epidemiology, and population biology. …

Most would agree that priority setting is necessary to avoid a financial collapse in the health sector. It is much … a reason hyprefernce-based methods for evaluations of different health states are not as common and popular as they … summarized in a so-called "Prospect Theory". These biases are quite obvious if one compares data of affected and unaffected …

means of addiction. The central assumption is that unwanted high consumption of health damaging goods leads to an income …

sich nicht simultan erfüllen. Die Darstellung der ökonomischen Ansätze zur Bewertung von Leben und Gesundheit zeigt, daß …

, and depends on three factors: longevity genes, health investment and farsightedness. Provided earnings, farsightedness and …