Current issues in health economics
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Current issues in health economics
(Contributions to economic analysis, 290)
Emerald, 2010
- : hbk
Available at 30 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Across the globe every nation wrestles with how it will pay for, provide, regulate and administer its healthcare system. Health economics is the field of economics that deals with every one of those issues and the difficult issue of allocating resources where the allocation can literally mean life or death, alleviating suffering or not. A key issue that is always mentioned, but little acted on, is the role that preventive measures play in the battle against disease and using limited healthcare resources more efficaciously. This book brings together leading researchers in the healthcare economics field presenting new research on some of these key issues such as the impact of obesity on health, children's' healthcare policies, education and health; and many more.
Table of Contents
List of Contributors.
Introduction.
Chapter 1 School Policies and Children's Obesity.
Chapter 2 Alcohol Policies and Child Maltreatment.
Chapter 3 Child Care Choices and Childhood Obesity.
Chapter 4 Individual Time Preferences and Health Behaviors, with an Application to Health Insurance.
Chapter 5 Disparate Effects of CHIP Premiums on Disenrollment for Minorities.
Chapter 6 Health Outcomes from Head Start Participation.
Chapter 7 Universal Helmet Laws and Motorcycle Fatalities: A Longitudinal Analysis of Policy Changes.
Chapter 8 Accounting for Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Children's Obesity Status at 2 Years of Age.
Chapter 9 Effects of Education on Adult Health in Sweden: Results from a Natural Experiment.
Chapter 10 A Survey on the Economics of the U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry.
Chapter 11 The Indirect Impacts of Smoking Bans in Gaming Venues.
Contributions to Economic Analysis.
Current Issues in Health Economics.
Copyright page.
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