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24 produkter
Insuring Medical Malpractice
Av Frank A. Sloan, Randall A. Bovbjerg m. fl.
Inbunden, 1992
2705 kr
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This book addresses a topic of great concern in the fields of medicine and medical economics. The cost of malpractice insurance to physicians has been increasing rapidly in recent years, and in some areas is not even available. The book describes and analyses, in a non-technical way, the workings …
Insuring Medical Malpractice
Av Penny B. Githens, Randall A. Bovbjerg m. fl.
E-bok, 1991
1511 kr
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The cost of malpractice insurance to physicians has been increasing in recent years, as has the threat to physicians of being sued. This book describes and analyzes the workings of the market for physicians'' liability insurance. The authors use their own data and other sources to study questions …
Suing for Medical Malpractice
Av Frank A. Sloan, Penny B. Githens m. fl.
Inbunden, 1993
587 kr
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Medical malpractice suits today can result in multi-million-dollar settlements, and a practicing physician can pay $100,000 or more annually for malpractice insurance. Some complain that lawyers and plaintiffs are overcompensated by exorbitant judgments that add to the rising cost of health care. …
Drinkers, Drivers, and Bartenders
Balancing Private Choices and Public Accountability
Av Frank A. Sloan, Emily M. Stout m. fl.
Inbunden, 2000
783 kr
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According to the United States Public Health Service, over 100,000 deaths a year are attributable to alcohol, including 20,000 highway fatalities. In response, legislatures have enacted various forms of regulation intended both to reduce alcohol consumption and to curb its harmful effects. This …
Price of Smoking
Av Gabriel Picone, Donald H. Taylor m. fl.
E-bok, 2006
252 kr
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What does a pack of cigarettes cost a smoker, the smoker''s family, and society? This longitudinal study on the private and social costs of smoking calculates that the cost of smoking to a 24-year-old woman smoker is $86,000 over a lifetime; for a 24-year-old male smoker the cost is $183,000. The …
Cancer Control Opportunities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Av Committee on Cancer Control in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, Board on Global Health m. fl.
E-bok, 2007
960 kr
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Cancer is low or absent on the health agendas of low- and middle-income countries (LMCs) despite the fact that more people die from cancer in these countries than from AIDS and malaria combined. International health organizations, bilateral aid agencies, and major foundations—which are instrumental …
Geographic Adjustment in Medicare Payment
Phase I: Improving Accuracy
Av Committee on Geographic Adjustment Factors in Medicare Payment, Board on Health Care Services m. fl.
E-bok, 2012
696 kr
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Medicare is the largest health insurer in the United States, providing coverage for 39 million people aged 65 and older and 8 million people with disabilities, and reaching more than an estimated $500 billion in payments in 2010. Although Medicare is a national program, it adjusts fee-for-service …
Geographic Adjustment in Medicare Payment
Phase II: Implications for Access, Quality, and Efficiency
Av Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Care Services m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
594 kr
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Medicare, the world's single largest health insurance program, covers more than 47 million Americans. Although it is a national program, it adjusts payments to hospitals and health care practitioners according to the geographic location in which they provide service, acknowledging that the cost of …
Geographic Adjustment in Medicare Payment
Phase II: Implications for Access, Quality, and Efficiency
Av Committee on Geographic Adjustment Factors in Medicare Payment, Board on Health Care Services m. fl.
E-bok, 2012
820 kr
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Medicare, the world''s single largest health insurance program, covers more than 47 million Americans. Although it is a national program, it adjusts payments to hospitals and health care practitioners according to the geographic location in which they provide service, acknowledging that the cost of …
Cancer Control Opportunities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Av Committee on Cancer Control in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, Board on Global Health m. fl.
E-bok, 2007
669 kr
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Cancer is low or absent on the health agendas of low- and middle-income countries (LMCs) despite the fact that more people die from cancer in these countries than from AIDS and malaria combined. International health organizations, bilateral aid agencies, and major foundations—which are instrumental …
Valuing Health Care
Costs, Benefits, and Effectiveness of Pharmaceuticals and Other Medical Technologies
Häftad, 1996
770 kr
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As expenditure on health care has increasingly become an area of public debate and concern, public and private health care decision-makers have called for more rigorous use of cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis to guide spending. Concerns have arisen, however, about the overall quality of …
Pharmaceutical Innovation
Incentives, Competition, and Cost-Benefit Analysis in International Perspective
Av Frank A. Sloan, Chee-Ruey Hsieh
Inbunden, 2007
1005 kr
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The pharmaceutical industry worldwide is a rapidly burgeoning industry contributing to growth of gross domestic product and employment. Technological change in this field has been very rapid, with many new products being introduced. For this reason in part, health care budgets throughout the world …
Smoking Puzzle
Information, Risk Perception, and Choice
Av Frank A. Sloan, V. Kerry Smith m. fl.
Inbunden, 2003
1023 kr
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How do smokers evaluate evidence that smoking harms health? Some evidence suggests that smokers overestimate health risks from smoking. This book challenges this conclusion. The authors find that smokers tend to be overly optimistic about their longevity and future health if they quit later in …
Long-Term Care: Economic Issues and Policy Solutions
Av Roland Eisen, Frank A. Sloan
Inbunden, 1996
2478 kr
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Ensuring long-term care (LTC) is one of the most urgent problems in health care today. Demographic trends are expected to lead to a higher proportion of old and very old people in the global population. As a result, an increased proportion of global income will be devoted to LTC services. With this …
Long-Term Care: Economic Issues and Policy Solutions
Av Roland Eisen, Frank A. Sloan
Häftad, 2012
2478 kr
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Ensuring long-term care (LTC) is one of the most urgent problems in health care today. Demographic trends are expected to lead to a higher proportion of old and very old people in the global population. As a result, an increased proportion of global income will be devoted to LTC services. With this …
Long-Term Care: Economic Issues and Policy Solutions
Av Frank A. Sloan, Roland Eisen
E-bok, 2012
3251 kr
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Ensuring long-term care (LTC) is one of the most urgent problems in health care today. Demographic trends are expected to lead to a higher proportion of old and very old people in the global population. As a result, an increased proportion of global income will be devoted to LTC services. With this …
Drinkers, Drivers, and Bartenders
Balancing Private Choices and Public Accountability
Av Frank A. Sloan, Emily M. Stout m. fl.
Häftad, 2000
320 kr
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According to the United States Public Health Service, over 100,000 deaths a year are attributable to alcohol, including 20,000 highway fatalities. In response, legislatures have enacted various forms of regulation intended both to reduce alcohol consumption and to curb its harmful effects. This …
Student Solutions Manual to Accompany Health Economics
Av Frank A. Sloan, Chee-Ruey Hsieh
Häftad, 2017
209 kr
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Incentives and Choice in Health Care
Av Frank A. Sloan, Hirschel Kasper
Häftad, 2008
379 kr
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Organ Transplantation Policy
Av James F. Blumstein, Frank A. Sloan
Inbunden, 1989
819 kr
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Organ transplantation as a high-cost surgical and medical procedure poses an extraordinarily rich and complex set of social, ethical, and policy issues.A June 1988 symposium at Vanderbilt University gathered leaders in a wide variety of fields to synthesize the current state of knowledge concerning …
