Scott / Maynard / Elliott Advances in Health Economics

1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-470-85791-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 274 Seiten, E-Book

"It would be difficult to overstate the standing of the authors.Many HERU alumni are among the most highly esteemed healtheconomists in the world."
--Steve Morgan, University of British Columbia
This is a series of essays to mark the 25 anniversary of HERU.Existing and former HERU staff write about their special interestsand work records. This book addresses many current policy issueswhich exist in the Scottish (and English) National HealthSystem.
* HERU is one of the leading health economic institutes in theUK
* Contributors are all distinguished members of the healtheconomics community
* Covers a wide range of issues that are relevant to theapplication of health economics now and into the future.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Scott, Anthony

Maynard, Alan

Elliott, Robert

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Contributors.
About the Authors.
Preface.
Workshop Participants.
Acknowledgements.
Willingness to Pay for Health Care (C. Donaldson and P.Shackley).
Using Discrete Choice Experiments in Health Economics: MovingForward (M. Ryan and K. Gerard).
Methods for Eliciting Time Preferences Over Future Health Events(M. van der Pol and J. Cairns).
Economic Evaluation for Decision-making (A. Gray and L.Vale).
Incentives in Health Care (A. Scott and S. Farrar).
The Nursing Labour Market (R. Elliott, et al.).
The Economics of the Hospital: Issues of Asymmetry andUncertainty as they Affect Hospital Reimbursement (A. McGuire andD. Hughes).
Measuring Efficiency in Dental Care (D. Parkin and N.Devlin).
Ageing, Disability and Long-term Care Expenditures (P. McNameeand S. Stearns).
Economic Challenges in Primary Care (A. Maynard and A.Scott).
Equity in Health Care: The Need for a New Economics Paradigm?(G. Mooney and E. Russell).
Economics of Health and Health Improvement (A. Ludbrook and D.Cohen).