Health economics

How can a smartwatch help patients with diabetes manage their disease?

Controlling costs in health care is rarely something that can be tackled in isolation.

Controlling costs in health care is rarely something that can be tackled in isolation.

The on-going transition to a market economy in China is having a profound effect on health services.

The on-going transition to a market economy in China is having a profound effect on health services.

During the last five years, clinical research and development costs have risen exponentially without a proportionate increase in the number of new medications.

During the last five years, clinical research and development costs have risen exponentially without a proportionate increase in the number of new medications.

The competition for limited health care resources is intensifying.

The competition for limited health care resources is intensifying.

The field of social inequalities in health continues its vigorous growth in the early years of the 21st century.

The field of social inequalities in health continues its vigorous growth in the early years of the 21st century.

Most of the current literature on healthcare operations management is focused on importing principles and methods from manufacturing.

Most of the current literature on healthcare operations management is focused on importing principles and methods from manufacturing.

Healthcare in the U.

Healthcare in the U.

In this book, Phelps and Parente explore the US health care system and set out the case for its reform.

In this book, Phelps and Parente explore the US health care system and set out the case for its reform.

Part I of this book explores the economists debate over the relative costs of the two health care systems.

Part I of this book explores the economists debate over the relative costs of the two health care systems.

This book shows how the insurance industry and the medical industrial complex are the major influences in the health policy of the United States.

This book shows how the insurance industry and the medical industrial complex are the major influences in the health policy of the United States.

Providing human service through markets is inherently problematic.

Providing human service through markets is inherently problematic.

This title was first published in 2003.

This title was first published in 2002.

This title was first published in 2002.

Healthcare economics is a topic of increasing importance due to the substantial changes that are expected to radically alter the way Americans obtain and finance healthcare.

Healthcare economics is a topic of increasing importance due to the substantial changes that are expected to radically alter the way Americans obtain and finance healthcare.

Cost-effectiveness analysis is becoming an increasingly important tool for decision making in the health systems.

Cost-effectiveness analysis is becoming an increasingly important tool for decision making in the health systems.

This title was first published in 2001.

This title was first published in 2001.

Although China's new healthcare reform, launched in 2009, has achieved remarkable results in improving China's medical and healthcare system, it is recognised that there is still room for further improvement.

Although China's new healthcare reform, launched in 2009, has achieved remarkable results in improving China's medical and healthcare system, it is recognised that there is still room for further improvement.

This book explores why, despite increased government spending on income-support, health and education, the costs of public goods are rising and their quality is declining.

This book explores why, despite increased government spending on income-support, health and education, the costs of public goods are rising and their quality is declining.

Health Economics: An International Perspective is the only textbook to provide a truly international, comparative treatment of health economics.

Health Economics: An International Perspective is the only textbook to provide a truly international, comparative treatment of health economics.

This 25th Anniversary edition completely updates the powerful insights and policy recommendations of Not What the Doctor Ordered, first published in 1993 by renowned healthcare futurist and medical economist the author.

This 25th Anniversary edition completely updates the powerful insights and policy recommendations of Not What the Doctor Ordered, first published in 1993 by renowned healthcare futurist and medical economist the author.

Clinical Trial Optimization Using R explores a unified and broadly applicable framework for optimizing decision making and strategy selection in clinical development, through a series of examples and case studies.

This book uses a revised version of Kingdon's multiple-streams framework to examine health financing reforms in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the Republic of Korea (ROK) as well as long-term care insurance (LTCI) reforms in Japan and Singapore.

This book uses a revised version of Kingdon's multiple-streams framework to examine health financing reforms in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the Republic of Korea (ROK) as well as long-term care insurance (LTCI) reforms in Japan and Singapore.

Unity in Diversity and the Standardisation of Clinical Pharmacy Services represents the proceedings of the 17th Asian Conference on Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP 2017), held 28-30 July 2017 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Unity in Diversity and the Standardisation of Clinical Pharmacy Services represents the proceedings of the 17th Asian Conference on Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP 2017), held 28-30 July 2017 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Drug-related morbidity and mortality is rampant in contemporary industrial society, despite or perhaps because, government has assumed a critical role in the process by which drugs are developed and approved.

Drug-related morbidity and mortality is rampant in contemporary industrial society, despite or perhaps because, government has assumed a critical role in the process by which drugs are developed and approved.

Public discussion of global healthcare issues is dominated by those who believe that top-down, government-driven interventions are the solution to the myriad health problems suffered by people in less developed countries.

Public discussion of global healthcare issues is dominated by those who believe that top-down, government-driven interventions are the solution to the myriad health problems suffered by people in less developed countries.