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Social Economics of Health Careby John Davis
Routledge 2001; US$ 69.95For too long now, the issue of health care reform has been dominated by the techniques of mainstream economics and the constant application of the tools of cost-benefit analysis to an area that does not suit it. Issues such as privacy, genetic testing and the allocation of organ transplants require a more sensitive approach to the setting of budgets, and so a more socially responsible attitude towards health care economics is emerging. John Davis has gathered together an impressive range of contributors to explore these phenomena. more...
The Best Healthcare for Lessby David Nganele
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2003; US$ 16.95You can afford the care you need. If you're one of the millions who suffer from medical conditions such as cancer, heart disease, or diabetes, you know that these illnesses can, over time, cause extreme financial hardship. In this timely, thorough resource, Dr. David Nganele helps you identify the drugs, programs, hospitals, and strategies that will significantly reduce your out-of-pocket expenses. You'll discover how you can better afford your healthcare without losing out on quality of care. This reassuring guide provides hope and relief from one of the most stressful aspects of dealing with a serious illness. Whether you have health insurance or not, if you have to deal with medical costs, this book will become a significant source of financial... more...
Econometric Analysis of Health Databy Andrew M. Jones; Owen O'Donnell
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2002; US$ 222.00Given extensive use of individual level data in Health Economics, it has become increasingly important to understand the microeconometric techniques available to applied researchers. The purpose of this book is to give readers convenient access to a collection of recent contributions that contain innovative applications of microeconometric methods to data on health and health care. Contributions are selected from papers presented at the European Workshops on Econometrics and Health Economics and published in Health Economics. Topics covered include: * Latent Variables * Unobservable heterogeneity and selection problems * Count data and survival analysis * Flexible and semiparametric estimators for limited dependent variables * Classical and... more...
Market Research in Health and Social Careby Mike Luck; Rob Pocock; Mike Tricker
Routledge 2000; US$ 64.95This text is a comprehensive and rigorous introduction to the relevance, planning and management of market research in the areas of health and social care which have developed in Britain and most other industrialized countries. more...
Individual Decisions for Healthby Bjö Lindgren; rn
Routledge 2002; US$ 200.00This book poses the important question of whether economic theory can be developed to explain why people engage in activities that are obviously a danger to their long-term health. more...
Partnerships Between Health and Local Governmentby Stephanie Snape; Pat Taylor
Frank Cass 2004; US$ 49.95Focusing on the relationships between health services and local government, particularly since New Labour's rise to power in 1997, this collection of essays provides a historical overview of joint working, explores key theoretical issues, and draws more...
Efficiency Measurement in Health and Healthcareby Bruce Hollingsworth; Stuart Peacock
Routledge 2004; US$ 44.95This book leads the reader through the logical links between the economic theory underpinning efficiency measurement and the methods used in its analysis. more...
Who Shall Liveby V R Fuchs
World Scientific 1998; US$ 52.00In this classic book, Professor Victor Fuchs draws on his deep understanding of the strengths and limitations of economics and his intimate knowledge of health care institutions to help readers understand the problems every nation faces in trying to allocate health resources efficiently and equitably. Six complementary papers dealing with national health insurance, poverty and health, and other policy issues, including his 1996 presidential address to the American Economic Association, accompany the original 1974 text. more...
What's Your Life Worth?by David Dranove
Pearson Education 2003; US$ 24.95This is the eBook version of the printed book. Healthcare rationing is coming -- with a vengeance. What's Your Life Worth? previews tomorrow's healthcare system, showing what it'll feel like to be at the mercy of a system that might choose not to cure you. Right now, experts are calculating which diseases are worth curing, which treatments are worth paying for, and which aren't. This book tells you who they are, what they're up to, what they think you're worth -- and what to do about it. more...
Critical Conditionby James B. Steele; Donald L. Barlett
Doubleday Publishing 2004; US$ 13.99Exposing the most controversial, little-known practices of America’s most flawed system, Time magazine’s Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative team pulls back the curtain on the health care industry to explain exactly how things grew so out of control. Dirty examination and operating rooms in doctor’s offices and hospitals . . . Health care executives pulling in millions in bonuses for denying treatment to the sick . . . More than 100 million people with inadequate or no medical coverage . . . This may sound like the predicament of a third-world nation, but this is America’s health care reality today. The U.S. spends more on health care than any other nation , yet our benefits are shrinking and life expectancy... more...









