Current issues in health economics / edited by Daniel Slottje, Rusty Tchernis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Slottje, Daniel Jonathan, 1957-

Tchernis, Rusty.

Series:

Contributions to economic analysis ; v. 290.

Contributions to economic analysis, 0573-8555 ; v. 290

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

United Kingdom : Emerald, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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, childrens healthcare policies, education and health; and many more.

Contents:

ch. 1. School policies and children's obesity / Particia M. Anderson, Kristin F. Butcher, Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

ch. 2. Alcohol policies and child maltreatment / Sara Markowitz, Michael Grossman, Ryan Conrad

ch. 3. Child care choices and childhood obesity / Resul Cesur, Chris M. Herbst, Erdal Tekin

ch. 4. Individual time preferences and health behaviors, with an application to health insurance / W. David Bradford, James F. Burgess

ch. 5. Disparate effects of CHIP premiums on disenrollment for minorities / James Marton, Cynthia S. Searcy, Jennifer Ghandhi

ch. 6. Health outcomes from head start participation / Carolina C. Felix, David E. Frisvold

ch. 7. Universal helmet laws and motorcycle fatalities : a longitudinal analysis of policy changes / Michael T. French, Gulcin Gumus, Jenny F. Homer

ch. 8. Accounting for racial/ethnic disparities in children's obesity status at 2 years of age / Jason M. Fletcher

ch. 9. Effects of education on adult health in Sweden : results from a natural experiment / Jasmina Spasojevic

ch. 10. A survey on the economics of the U.S. pharmaceutical industry / Ian McCarthy

ch. 11. The indirect impacts of smoking bans in gaming venues / Joseph G. Hirschberg, Jeanette N. Lye.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record

ISBN:

9786612986888

9781282986886

1282986880

9780857241566

0857241567

OCLC:

703137761