Advances in Health Economics
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 29. November 2002
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-0-470-84883-8 (ISBN)
Description
"It would be difficult to overstate the standing of the authors. Many HERU alumni are among the most highly esteemed health economists 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 interests and work records. This book addresses many current policy issues which exist in the Scottish (and English) National Health System.
HERU is one of the leading health economic institutes in the UK
Contributors are all distinguished members of the health economics community
Covers a wide range of issues that are relevant to the application of health economics now and into the future.
-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 interests and work records. This book addresses many current policy issues which exist in the Scottish (and English) National Health System.
HERU is one of the leading health economic institutes in the UK
Contributors are all distinguished members of the health economics community
Covers a wide range of issues that are relevant to the application of health economics now and into the future.
Reviews / Votes
"...In this brief review it is not possible to do justice to the wealth of materials presented". (Health Economics, May 2003)More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
526 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-84883-8 (9780470848838)
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Anthony Scott | Alan Maynard | Robert Elliott
Advances in Health Economics
E-Book
12/2005
1st Edition
Wiley
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Persons
Professor Anthony Scott leads the Health Economics Research Program at the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research at The University of Melbourne.
Alan Keith Maynard was a British health economist. Born in Bebington, Maynard studied at the Universities of Newcastle upon Tyne and York. After a stint at the University of Exeter, he was appointed to the University of York in 1971.
Robert Elliott is Director of the Center for the Study of Experiential Psychotherapy at the University of Toledo, Ohio, USA. All three authors have many years' experience of teaching clinical psychology at undergraduate and doctoral level.
Alan Keith Maynard was a British health economist. Born in Bebington, Maynard studied at the Universities of Newcastle upon Tyne and York. After a stint at the University of Exeter, he was appointed to the University of York in 1971.
Robert Elliott is Director of the Center for the Study of Experiential Psychotherapy at the University of Toledo, Ohio, USA. All three authors have many years' experience of teaching clinical psychology at undergraduate and doctoral level.
Content
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: Moving Forward (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 and Uncertainty as they Affect Hospital Reimbursement (A. McGuire and D. Hughes).
Measuring Efficiency in Dental Care (D. Parkin and N. Devlin).
Ageing, Disability and Long-term Care Expenditures (P. McNamee and 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).
Preface.
Workshop Participants.
Acknowledgements.
Willingness to Pay for Health Care (C. Donaldson and P. Shackley).
Using Discrete Choice Experiments in Health Economics: Moving Forward (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 and Uncertainty as they Affect Hospital Reimbursement (A. McGuire and D. Hughes).
Measuring Efficiency in Dental Care (D. Parkin and N. Devlin).
Ageing, Disability and Long-term Care Expenditures (P. McNamee and 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).