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Regulation of Health: Case Studies of Sweden and Switzerland
Av Peter Zweifel, Carl Hampus Lyttkens m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
1690 kr
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Health care arguably is the single most regulated industry in industrial countries, and possibly in newly industrialized and developing countries as well. But what exactly is being regulated, what are the instruments used, and what are the effects and side-effects of such regulation? Regulation of …
Improving Healthcare
A Dose of Competition
Av David Hyman
Inbunden, 2006
1690 kr
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Improving Healthcare: A Dose of Competition systematically examines the American health care system from a competition-oriented perspective. The volume surveys the performance of each major sector of the health care system, and identifies impediments to more effective competition. Improving …
Health Economics Worldwide
Inbunden, 1991
1641 kr
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This volume reflects both the main issues confronting health economics and the state of the art in health economics a decade before the end of the twentieth century. It contains a selection from almost 150 papers presented at the Second World Congress on Health Economics, held at the University of …
Bonus Options in Health Insurance
Inbunden, 1992
1690 kr
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Confronted with the continuing cost expansion in the health care sector, policy makers face a dilemma: limiting moral hazard in medical care requires that consumers participate in the cost, yet copayment is strongly resisted by today's socially insured. Thus, the experiences of three private German …
Hospital Cost Analysis
Av J. R. Butler
Inbunden, 1995
2250 kr
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Hospital Cost Analysis provides an overview of theoretical developments in the economic analysis of production and costs in the multiproduct firm, and discusses these developments. Following a lucid explanation of the concepts of jointness, input/output separability and returns to scale, a detailed …
Theory and Methods of Economic Evaluation of Health Care
Inbunden, 1996
1129 kr
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Most economic evaluations of health care programmes at the moment are cost effectiveness and cost-utility analyses. The problem with these methods is that their theoretical foundations are unclear. This has led to confusion about how to define the costs and health effects and how to interpret the …
Health, the Medical Profession, and Regulation
Inbunden, 1998
1690 kr
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This study presents recent evidence concerning health and the environment, inequality of health in many countries, and the compatibility of different quality of life measurements, along with new solutions to problems of health policy. The book is grouped into three sections. Section One, comprising …
Regulation of Health: Case Studies of Sweden and Switzerland
Av Peter Zweifel, Carl Hampus Lyttkens m. fl.
Inbunden, 1998
1690 kr
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Health care arguably is the single most regulated industry in industrial countries, and possibly in newly industrialized and developing countries as well. But what exactly is being regulated, what are the instruments used, and what are the effects and side-effects of such regulation? This text …
Long-Term Care: Economic Issues and Policy Solutions
Av Roland Eisen, Frank A. Sloan
Inbunden, 1996
2475 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 …
Contingent Valuation Method in Health Care
An Economic Evaluation of Alzheimer’s Disease
Av Sandra Nocera, Harry Telser m. fl.
Inbunden, 2003
568 kr
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In the future, as our society becomes older and older, an increasing number of people will be confronted with Alzheimer's disease. Some will suffer from the illness themselves, others will see parents, relatives, their spouse or a close friend afflicted by it. Even now, the psychological and …
Theory and Methods of Economic Evaluation of Health Care
Häftad, 2010
1129 kr
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Most economic evaluations of health care programmes at the moment are cost effectiveness and cost-utility analyses. The problem with these methods is that their theoretical foundations are unclear. This has led to confusion about how to define the costs and health effects and how to interpret the …
Contingent Valuation Method in Health Care
An Economic Evaluation of Alzheimer’s Disease
Av Sandra Nocera, Harry Telser m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
568 kr
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In the future, as our society becomes older and older, an increasing number of people will be confronted with Alzheimer's disease. Some will suffer from the illness themselves, others will see parents, relatives, their spouse or a close friend afflicted by it. Even now, the psychological and …
Long-Term Care: Economic Issues and Policy Solutions
Av Roland Eisen, Frank A. Sloan
Häftad, 2012
2475 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 …
Health, the Medical Profession, and Regulation
Häftad, 2012
1690 kr
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Health, The Medical Profession, and Regulation presents new evidence concerning health and the environment, inequality of health in many countries, and the compatibility of different quality of life measurements, along with new solutions to problems of health policy. The book is grouped into three …
Improving Healthcare
A Dose of Competition
Av David Hyman
Häftad, 2014
1509 kr
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Improving Healthcare: A Dose of Competition systematically examines the American health care system from a competition-oriented perspective. The volume surveys the performance of each major sector of the health care system, and identifies impediments to more effective competition. Improving …
Medical Tourism in Germany
Determinants of International Patients‘ Destination Choice
Inbunden, 2019
1465 kr
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This book examines the drivers of inbound medical tourism in Germany. In light of growing international trade of medical services, it provides a quantitative analysis of the determinants of international patients’ choice of destination. It develops coherent definitions of medical tourism and …
Economics of Long-term Care
The Contribution of Family, State and Market to Elder Care
Inbunden, 2026
780 kr
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As the need for long-term care expands, evaluating the roles of its primary providers—the state, the market, and the family—becomes increasingly essential. This book first examines recent research on the contributions of families and the marketplace to long-term care. Noting the decreasing …
Recreational Drug Consumption
An Economic Perspective
Inbunden, 2013
1129 kr
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Recreational drug policies and regulations are complex issues with many dimensions. This book attempts to answer several questions raised in current drug policy debates. Developing cost-effective drug programs and policies require a sound knowledge of drug users and their characteristics and the …
Health Care Financing and Insurance
Options for Design
Inbunden, 2010
1129 kr
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As a contribution to the search for suitable and sustainable solutions to finance rising medical care expenditures, the book proposes a typology of healthcare financing and insurance schemes, based on the dimensions of basic vs. supplementary services and mandatory vs. voluntary coverage, to …
Health Care Financing and Insurance
Options for Design
Häftad, 2013
1129 kr
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As a contribution to the search for suitable and sustainable solutions to finance rising medical care expenditures, the book proposes a typology of healthcare financing and insurance schemes, based on the dimensions of basic vs. supplementary services and mandatory vs. voluntary coverage, to …
Health Care Provision and Patient Mobility
Health Integration in the European Union
Av Rosella Levaggi, Marcello Montefiori
Inbunden, 2013
1129 kr
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Patient mobility across Europe is markedly increasing and new generations will actively ask to be treated by the health-care system that best meets their needs. At a political level, the EU issued the EU Directive no. 24/2011/CE of 9th March 2011 concerning the application of patients’ rights in …
Health Care Provision and Patient Mobility
Health Integration in the European Union
Av Rosella Levaggi, Marcello Montefiori
Häftad, 2016
1129 kr
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Patient mobility across Europe is markedly increasing and new generations will actively ask to be treated by the health-care system that best meets their needs. At a political level, the EU issued the EU Directive no. 24/2011/CE of 9th March 2011 concerning the application of patients’ rights in …
Hospital Cost Analysis
Av J. R. Butler
Häftad, 2012
2475 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Hospital Cost Analysis provides an overview of theoretical developments in the economic analysis of production and costs in the multiproduct firm, and discusses these developments. Following a lucid explanation of the concepts of jointness, input/output separability and returns to scale, a detailed …
Health Economics Worldwide
Häftad, 2012
1690 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This volume reflects both the main issues confronting health economics and the state of the art in health economics a decade before the end of the twentieth century. It contains a selection from almost 150 papers presented at the Second World Congress on Health Economics, held at the University of …
Bonus Options in Health Insurance
Häftad, 2012
1690 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Confronted with the continuing cost expansion in the health care sector, policy makers face a dilemma: limiting moral hazard in medical care requires that consumers participate in the cost, yet copayment is strongly resisted by today's socially insured. Thus, the experiences of three private German …
Recreational Drug Consumption
An Economic Perspective
Häftad, 2016
1525 kr
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Recreational drug policies and regulations are complex issues with many dimensions. This book attempts to answer several questions raised in current drug policy debates. Developing cost-effective drug programs and policies require a sound knowledge of drug users and their characteristics and the …
