Health economics Books
University of Texas Press A Right to Health
Book SynopsisThis ethnographic study of a low-income neighborhood in the northeastern state of Ceará analyzes the complicated and compromised realities of Brazil's universal health care system, pointing the way toward more successful planning of future reforms.Trade ReviewThis excellent ethnography . . . will appeal to many audiences and lends itself well to undergraduate teaching. What is particularly attractive about the book is its deft handling of ethnographic evidence: it shows rather than tells. This approach is gratifying because it trusts the scholarly reader to draw suggestive connections to multiple bodies of contemporary theory rather than hammering together an ambitious theoretical armature with a few slender tacks of ethnographic detail. It is inviting to the student reader because it is a lively, funny, touching read – full of memorable, evocative description and incident – that students will readily be able to mine for social theoretical points. . . . Jerome’s analysis offers keen insight into the current political situation in Brazil. * Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies *[A] compelling and timely ethnography…A Right to Health combines a detailed history of Brazilian health care with compelling illness narratives. * Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology *[Jerome's] goal is to explore the relationship between a formal right to health care and the way in which people experience that right...Jerome shows that patronage and dependency have continued to dominate favela life, as reciprocity among family members, friends, and neighbors, and the presence of good or bad bosses dominate the life of its inhabitants...Excellent. * Latin American Research Review *Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Pirambu: Historical and Contemporary Accounts of Citizenship in a Favela Chapter 2. A History of Welfare and the Poor in Ceará Chapter 3. Democratizing Health Care: Health Councils in Pirambu Chapter 4. Prescribing Knowledge: Farmácia Viva and the Rationalization of Traditional Medicine Chapter 5. Favors, Rights, and the Management of Illness Chapter 6. Public and Private Medical Care for a New Generation in Pirambu Conclusion: A Politics of Health Notes References Index
£16.14
University of Toronto Press Oil in Putins Russia
Book SynopsisProviding an in-depth review of Russia's key economic policies, this book is the first systematic study of the political economy of oil windfalls in Putin's Russia.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Understanding Policy-Making in Resource-Rich Countries 2. The Upsurge in Executive Power under President Putin 3. Russia’s Historic Oil Windfalls and the Contest over Who Will Generate the Rents 4. Collecting the Rents: The Contest between the State and the Oil Industry on Dividing the Windfalls 5. The State as a Redistributor of Oil Rents: The Contest over Russia’s Budget and Economic Priorities 6. The State as a Redistributor of Oil Rents: The Battle to Save the Windfalls 7. The Oil Sector as a Redistributor of Rents Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
£56.10
University of Toronto Press Global Migration Gender and Health Professional
Book SynopsisThis edited collection explores how the value of training and skills invested in internationally educated health professionals is transferred, and transformed, and in some cases tarnished, at all stages of the international migration process.Table of ContentsIntroduction Global Migration, Gender and Health Professional Credentials: Transnational Value Transfers and Losses Margaret Walton-Roberts Section 1: Health Worker Migration and Global Value Transfer: New Approaches and Challenges 1. The Study of Global Value Chains: Bringing Services and People In John Ravenhill 2. Circulation of Love: Care Transactions in the Global Healthcare Market of Transnational Medical Travel Heidi Kaspar Section 2: Conceptualizing Workplace Integration and Stratification: Immigration Policy, International Credentials, and Intersectional Disadvantage 3. The Migration of Health Professionals to Canada: Reducing Brain Waste and Improving Labour Market Integration Arthur Sweetman 4. Global Migration and Key Issues in Workforce Integration of Skilled Health Workers Andrea Baumann, Mary Crea-Arsenio and V. Antonipillai 5. Gendering Integration Pathways: Migrating Health Professionals to Canada Ivy Bourgeault, Jelena Atanackovic and Elena Neiterman 6. The Global Intimate Workforce Caitlin Henry Section 3: Transnational Health Mobilities: Networks, Regulation and Intermediaries 7. Networking Through Kafala: Understanding Transnational Networks in the Governance of Skilled Migration in the Gulf Crystal Ennis 8. Migration Intermediaries and the Migration of Health Professionals from the Global South Abel Chikanda 9. Transnational Influence in the Philippines Nursing sector: Producing Hardworking, Subservient Nurses for the World Maddy Thompson Section 4: Domestic Policies in Receiving Countries: Value Transfer, Integration and Regulation 10. Transfer of Professional Qualifications of Foreign-Born Nurses: Gender, Migration, and Geographic Valuations of Skill Micheline Van Riemsdijk 11. Ten Years of Ontario’s Fair Access Law: Has Access to Regulated Professions Improved for Internationally Educated Individuals? Nuzhat Jafri 12. Migrant Care Workers in Australia – A Gathering Crisis? John Connell and Joel Negin 13. Care Worker Migration and Robotics in Japan's Aged Care Sector Hector Goldar Perrote and Margaret Walton-Roberts Section 5: Recasting Brain Drain and Global Circulation 14. Nursing the Nation: The intellectual Labor of Early Migrant Nurses in the U.S. and the Development of University Level Nursing Programs in the Philippines (1935-1965) Christine Peralta 15. From Brain Drain to Brain Retrain – A Case of Nigerian Nurses in Canada Sheri Adekola 16. Peripatetic Physicians: Rewriting the South African Brain Drain Narrative Jonathan Crush 17. Recasting the ‘Brain’ in ‘Brain Drain’: A Case Study From Medical Migration Parvati Raghuram, Joanna Bornat and Leroi Henry
£52.70
University of Toronto Press From Consent to Coercion
Book SynopsisThe new edition of this influential text addresses key issues about the past, present, and future of workers and unions in Canada.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface to the Third Edition Preface to the Fourth Edition Foreword: Beyond Fatalism – Renewing Working-Class Politics by Sam Gindin Acronyms and Initialisms 1 From the Era of Consent to the Era of Coercion 2 The Postwar Era of Free Collective Bargaining 3 Permanent Exceptionalism: The Turn to Coercion 4 Freeing Trade, Coercing Labour 5 Consolidating Neoliberalism 6 Austerity and Authoritarianism 7 From Great Recession to COVID-19 Crisis 8 The Right to Strike: Freedom of Association and the Charter 9 Labour’s Last Gasp or Revival? Rebuilding Working-Class Resistance Notes Glossary Index
£50.15
University of Toronto Press The Multilevel Politics of Trade
Book SynopsisThe Multilevel Politics of Trade presents a timely comparative analysis of eight federations (plus the European Union) to explore why some sub-federal actors have become more active in trade politics in recent years. As the contributing authors find, there is considerable variation in the intensity and modes of sub-federal participation. This they attribute to three key factors: the distinctive institutional features of federal systems; the nature and scope of trade policy and trade agreements; and the extent of social mobilization that accompanies a particular trade policy conversation. As a whole, The Multilevel Politics of Trade argues that sub-federal actors’ interests (jurisdictional, political, and economic) are what motivate them to participate in trade debates. However, institutional configurations, coupled with the influence of civil society actors, political parties, and others determine the nature and scope of that participation. Informed by Table of Contents1. Introduction: The Evolution of Multilevel Trade Politics Jörg Broschek and Patricia Goff Section I. Canada in North America 2. Federalism and Trade Negotiations in Canada: CUSFTA, CETA, and TPP Compared Stéphane Paquin 3. Implementation of Twenty-First-Century Trade Agreements in Canada: CETA and Intergovernmental Cooperation Christian Hederer and Patrick Leblond 4. Reconceptualising Provincial Development: Evolving Public Procurement Practices in Quebec Sophie Schram 5. Multilevel Trade in the United States: Federalism, Internal Markets, and Intergovernmental Relations Michelle Egan 6. Mexican Sub-Federal Governments and the Negotiation and Implementation of Free-Trade Agreements Jorge A. Schiavon and Marcela López-Vallejo 7. Civil Society, Multilevel Governance, and International Trade in North America Christopher Kukucha Section II. Europe and Australia: Multilevel Trade Politics in Comparative Perspective 8. Federalism in Times of Increased Integration: The Participation of Cantons in Swiss Trade Policy Andreas R. Ziegler 9. Parallel Pathways? The Emergence of Multilevel Trade Politics in Austria and Germany Jörg Broschek, Peter Bußjäger, and Christoph Schramek 10. Trade Politics and the Australian States and Territories Annmarie Elijah 11. From Nada to Namur: National Parliaments’ Involvement in EU Trade Politics and the Case of Belgium Yelter Bollen, Ferdi De Ville, and Niels Gheyle Section III. The European Union: A Distinct Federation 12. Multilevel Politics of Trade in the European Union in the Aftermath of the Lisbon Treaty Maria Garcia 13. The Multilevel Politics of Trade: The Case of the Social Democrats in the European Parliament and the German SPD Myriam Gistelinck 14. Municipal Level Trade Contestation: Activists and Local Governments from the MAI to TTIP Gabriel Siles-Brügge and Michael Strange 15. Conclusion Jorg Broschek and Patricia Goff
£73.95
University of Toronto Press Oil in Putins Russia
Book SynopsisNo sector has been as vital as oil to the Russian economy since Vladimir Putin came to power. The longest serving leader since Stalin, Putin has presided during a period of relative economic prosperity driven largely by booming oil windfalls. Oil in Putin’s Russia offers an in-depth examination of the contests over windfalls drawn from the oil sector. Examining how the Russian leadership has guided the process of distributing these windfalls, Adnan Vatansever explores the causes behind key policy continuities and policy reversals during Putin’s tenure. The product of over ten years of research, including interviews with decision-makers and oil industry officials, Oil in Putin’s Russia takes an innovative approach to understanding the contested nature of resource rents and the policy processes that determine how they are allocated. In so doing, it offers a comprehensive and timely account of politics and policy in contemporary Russia, and aTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Understanding Policy-Making in Resource-Rich Countries 2. The Upsurge in Executive Power under President Putin 3. Russia’s Historic Oil Windfalls and the Contest over Who Will Generate the Rents 4. Collecting the Rents: The Contest between the State and the Oil Industry on Dividing the Windfalls 5. The State as a Redistributor of Oil Rents: The Contest over Russia’s Budget and Economic Priorities 6. The State as a Redistributor of Oil Rents: The Battle to Save the Windfalls 7. The Oil Sector as a Redistributor of Rents Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
£28.80
University of Toronto Press Global Migration Gender and Health Professional
Book SynopsisThis edited collection explores how the value of training and skills invested in internationally educated health professionals is transferred, and transformed, and in some cases tarnished, at all stages of the international migration process.Table of ContentsIntroduction Global Migration, Gender and Health Professional Credentials: Transnational Value Transfers and Losses Margaret Walton-Roberts Section 1: Health Worker Migration and Global Value Transfer: New Approaches and Challenges 1. The Study of Global Value Chains: Bringing Services and People In John Ravenhill 2. Circulation of Love: Care Transactions in the Global Healthcare Market of Transnational Medical Travel Heidi Kaspar Section 2: Conceptualizing Workplace Integration and Stratification: Immigration Policy, International Credentials, and Intersectional Disadvantage 3. The Migration of Health Professionals to Canada: Reducing Brain Waste and Improving Labour Market Integration Arthur Sweetman 4. Global Migration and Key Issues in Workforce Integration of Skilled Health Workers Andrea Baumann, Mary Crea-Arsenio and V. Antonipillai 5. Gendering Integration Pathways: Migrating Health Professionals to Canada Ivy Bourgeault, Jelena Atanackovic and Elena Neiterman 6. The Global Intimate Workforce Caitlin Henry Section 3: Transnational Health Mobilities: Networks, Regulation and Intermediaries 7. Networking Through Kafala: Understanding Transnational Networks in the Governance of Skilled Migration in the Gulf Crystal Ennis 8. Migration Intermediaries and the Migration of Health Professionals from the Global South Abel Chikanda 9. Transnational Influence in the Philippines Nursing sector: Producing Hardworking, Subservient Nurses for the World Maddy Thompson Section 4: Domestic Policies in Receiving Countries: Value Transfer, Integration and Regulation 10. Transfer of Professional Qualifications of Foreign-Born Nurses: Gender, Migration, and Geographic Valuations of Skill Micheline Van Riemsdijk 11. Ten Years of Ontario’s Fair Access Law: Has Access to Regulated Professions Improved for Internationally Educated Individuals? Nuzhat Jafri 12. Migrant Care Workers in Australia – A Gathering Crisis? John Connell and Joel Negin 13. Care Worker Migration and Robotics in Japan's Aged Care Sector Hector Goldar Perrote and Margaret Walton-Roberts Section 5: Recasting Brain Drain and Global Circulation 14. Nursing the Nation: The intellectual Labor of Early Migrant Nurses in the U.S. and the Development of University Level Nursing Programs in the Philippines (1935-1965) Christine Peralta 15. From Brain Drain to Brain Retrain – A Case of Nigerian Nurses in Canada Sheri Adekola 16. Peripatetic Physicians: Rewriting the South African Brain Drain Narrative Jonathan Crush 17. Recasting the ‘Brain’ in ‘Brain Drain’: A Case Study From Medical Migration Parvati Raghuram, Joanna Bornat and Leroi Henry
£26.99
University of Toronto Press From Consent to Coercion
Book SynopsisThe new edition of this influential text addresses key issues about the past, present, and future of workers and unions in Canada.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface to the Third Edition Preface to the Fourth Edition Foreword: Beyond Fatalism – Renewing Working-Class Politics by Sam Gindin Acronyms and Initialisms 1 From the Era of Consent to the Era of Coercion 2 The Postwar Era of Free Collective Bargaining 3 Permanent Exceptionalism: The Turn to Coercion 4 Freeing Trade, Coercing Labour 5 Consolidating Neoliberalism 6 Austerity and Authoritarianism 7 From Great Recession to COVID-19 Crisis 8 The Right to Strike: Freedom of Association and the Charter 9 Labour’s Last Gasp or Revival? Rebuilding Working-Class Resistance Notes Glossary Index
£25.19
University of Toronto Press The Multilevel Politics of Trade
Book SynopsisThe Multilevel Politics of Trade presents a timely comparative analysis of eight federations (plus the European Union) to explore why some sub-federal actors have become more active in trade politics in recent years. As the contributing authors find, there is considerable variation in the intensity and modes of sub-federal participation. This they attribute to three key factors: the distinctive institutional features of federal systems; the nature and scope of trade policy and trade agreements; and the extent of social mobilization that accompanies a particular trade policy conversation. As a whole, The Multilevel Politics of Trade argues that sub-federal actors’ interests (jurisdictional, political, and economic) are what motivate them to participate in trade debates. However, institutional configurations, coupled with the influence of civil society actors, political parties, and others determine the nature and scope of that participation. Informed by Table of Contents1. Introduction: The Evolution of Multilevel Trade Politics Jörg Broschek and Patricia Goff Section I. Canada in North America 2. Federalism and Trade Negotiations in Canada: CUSFTA, CETA, and TPP Compared Stéphane Paquin 3. Implementation of Twenty-First-Century Trade Agreements in Canada: CETA and Intergovernmental Cooperation Christian Hederer and Patrick Leblond 4. Reconceptualising Provincial Development: Evolving Public Procurement Practices in Quebec Sophie Schram 5. Multilevel Trade in the United States: Federalism, Internal Markets, and Intergovernmental Relations Michelle Egan 6. Mexican Sub-Federal Governments and the Negotiation and Implementation of Free-Trade Agreements Jorge A. Schiavon and Marcela López-Vallejo 7. Civil Society, Multilevel Governance, and International Trade in North America Christopher Kukucha Section II. Europe and Australia: Multilevel Trade Politics in Comparative Perspective 8. Federalism in Times of Increased Integration: The Participation of Cantons in Swiss Trade Policy Andreas R. Ziegler 9. Parallel Pathways? The Emergence of Multilevel Trade Politics in Austria and Germany Jörg Broschek, Peter Bußjäger, and Christoph Schramek 10. Trade Politics and the Australian States and Territories Annmarie Elijah 11. From Nada to Namur: National Parliaments’ Involvement in EU Trade Politics and the Case of Belgium Yelter Bollen, Ferdi De Ville, and Niels Gheyle Section III. The European Union: A Distinct Federation 12. Multilevel Politics of Trade in the European Union in the Aftermath of the Lisbon Treaty Maria Garcia 13. The Multilevel Politics of Trade: The Case of the Social Democrats in the European Parliament and the German SPD Myriam Gistelinck 14. Municipal Level Trade Contestation: Activists and Local Governments from the MAI to TTIP Gabriel Siles-Brügge and Michael Strange 15. Conclusion Jorg Broschek and Patricia Goff
£32.40
University of Toronto Press Transparency Power and Influence in the
Book SynopsisTransparency, Power, and Influence in the Pharmaceutical Industry evaluates the progress made in holding the pharmaceutical industry to account through greater transparency.Table of Contents1. Introduction Katherine Fierlbeck, Janice Graham, and Matthew Herder 2. Transparency, Pharmaceuticals, and the Problem of Policy Change Katherine Fierlbeck 3. Data Transparency and Pharmaceutical Regulation in Europe: Road to Damascus, or Room without a View? Courtney Davis, Shai Mulinari, and Tom Jefferson 4. FDA and Health Canada: Similar Origins, yet Divergent Paths and Approaches to Transparency Margaret McCarthy and Joe Ross 5. Clinical Trial Data Transparency in Canada: Mapping the Progress from Laggard to Leader Marc-André Gagnon, Matthew Herder, Janice Graham, Katherine Fierlbeck, and Anna Danyliuk 6. How Clinical Study Information Transparency Can Fail to Serve Its Purpose, and How the Essential Medicines Concept Can Help Nav Persaud 7. Speak No Secrets: (Non)transparency in Health Canada’s Communications about Pharmaceutical Regulation Joel Lexchin 8. Economic Ghost-Management in the Pharmaceutical Sector Marc-Andre Gagnon 9. Balancing the Privacy Rights of Research Participants with the Public Interest in Clinical Drug Trials Data in the Context of Rare Diseases Kanksha Mahadevia Ghimire and Trudo Lemmens 10. The European Registration of the Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Pandemrix: A Case Study of the Consequences of Poor Clinical Data Transparency Tom Jefferson 11. Sharing Data and Ideas for Good Health: How Researchers Can Sustain an Ethical and Transparent Health System Rita Banzi 12. Conclusion Katherine Fierlbeck, Janice Graham, and Matthew Herder
£49.50
Stata Press Health Econometrics Using Stata
Book SynopsisHealth Econometrics Using Stata by Partha Deb, Edward C. Norton, and Willard G. Manning provides an excellent overview of the methods used to analyze data on healthcare expenditure and use. Aimed at researchers, graduate students, and practitioners, this book introduces readers to widely used methods, shows them how to perform these methods in Stata, and illustrates how to interpret the results. Each method is discussed in the context of an example using an extract from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.After the overview chapters, the book provides excellent introductions to a series of topics aimed specifically at those analyzing healthcare expenditure and use data. The basic topics of linear regression, the generalized linear model, and log and Box-Cox models are covered with a tight focus on the problems presented by these data. Using this foundation, the authors cover the more advanced topics of models for continuous outcome with mass points, count models, and models for heterogeneous effects. Finally, they discuss endogeneity and how to address inference questions using data from complex surveys.The authors use their formidable experience to guide readers toward useful methods and away from less recommended ones. Their discussion of "health econometric myths" and the chapter presenting a framework for approaching health econometric estimation problems are especially useful for this aspect.Table of ContentsIntroduction Framework MEPS data The linear regression model: Specification and checks Generalized linear models Log and Box–Cox models Models for continuous outcomes with mass at zero Count models Models for heterogeneous effects Endogeneity Design effects
£53.19
Independent Institute,U.S. Taking a Stand: Reflections on Life, Liberty, and
Book SynopsisIn his academic work, Robert Higgs has dissected the government's shrewd secret excesses that lead to the Welfare State, the Warfare State, and the Administrative State. For several decades he has unstintingly chronicled the federal, state, and local governments' malfeasance in these many areas of life that all levels of government have intruded upon without Constitutional mandate. In this book, however, are essays that show a whimsical, introspective, and personal side of this world renowned scholar. From the myth that the government has derived its powers from the consent of the governed to the role of independent experts in formulating monetary and fiscal policy; from the government's duplicity in announcing the unemployment rate in a given month to how the state entraps us, if you want to see a true polymath at work, these lofty, serious, sad, and illuminating essays will educate you beyond what you had thought possible about life, liberty, and the economy.
£22.36
Independent Institute,U.S. Taking a Stand: Reflections on Life, Liberty, and
Book SynopsisIn his academic work, Robert Higgs has dissected the government's shrewd secret excesses that lead to the Welfare State, the Warfare State, and the Administrative State. For several decades he has unstintingly chronicled the federal, state, and local governments' malfeasance in these many areas of life that all levels of government have intruded upon without Constitutional mandate. In this book, however, are essays that show a whimsical, introspective, and personal side of this world renowned scholar. From the myth that the government has derived its powers from the consent of the governed to the role of independent experts in formulating monetary and fiscal policy; from the government's duplicity in announcing the unemployment rate in a given month to how the state entraps us, if you want to see a true polymath at work, these lofty, serious, sad, and illuminating essays will educate you beyond what you had thought possible about life, liberty, and the economy.
£18.66
Chelsea Green Publishing Co Curable: How an Unlikely Group of Radical
Book SynopsisSmart metrics, slow thinking, off-label drugs, and a “Moneyball” prescription for fixing modern medicine--by the author of Tripping Over the Truth The United States is fast becoming the sickest nation in the Western world. Cancer rates continue to rise. There is an epidemic of chronic disease in children. Even with all the money and modern innovations in science, the country’s health care system is beyond broken. Clearly there is a glitch in the system. But what if the solution has been here all along, and we’ve just been too blind to see it? In Curable journalist and health care advocate Travis Christofferson looks at medicine through a magnifying glass and asks an important question: What if the roots of the current US health care crisis are psychological and systemic, perpetuated not just by corporate influence and the powers that be, but by you and me? It is now known that human perception is based on deeply entrenched patterns of irrational thought, which we attach ourselves to religiously. So how does this implicate the very scientific research and data that doctors rely on to successfully treat their patients? A page-turning inquiry into a “moneyball approach to medicine,” Curable explores the links between revolutionary baseball analytics; Nobel Prize–winning psychological research on confirmation bias; wildly successful maverick economic philosophy; the history of the radical mastectomy and the rise of the clinical trial; cutting edge treatments routinely overlooked by regulatory bodies; and outdated medical models that prioritize profit over prevention. As stark as things are, Christofferson asks us to see health care not as a toppling house of cards, but as a badly organized system that is inherently fixable. How do we fix it? First we must reframe the conflict between doctors’ intuition and statistical data. Then we must design better systems that can support doctors who are increasingly overwhelmed with the complexity of modern medicine. Curable outlines the future of medicine, detailing brilliant examples of new health care systems that prove we can do better. It turns out we have more control over our health (and happiness) than we think.Trade Review“Travis Christofferson seamlessly weaves together psychology, medicine, history, and insight in this page-turning book, providing a compelling case for improving the quality of life of patients in efficient and effective ways. Christofferson has an exceptional ability to synthesize the work of others, and in Curable he brings it all together in a gripping narrative that’s both informative and entertaining.”—Bob Kaplan, MS, MBA, medical research analyst “Travis Christofferson elegantly details why and how Western medicine is failing us and, more importantly, gives us a road map for recovery. We already have the tools of the trade to change direction, we simply need a new driver to effect those changes. Curable helps to properly inform those that wish to take control of their health to identify interventions that are biologically plausible and which have a proper scientific basis. These are time-tested therapies with minimal side effects and maximal outcomes that can give us all the power to change direction. As Lao Tzu said, ‘If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.’ Read this book and steer yourself back to good health.”—Dr. Sarah Myhill, author of Sustainable Medicine and Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Myalgic Encephalitis“Curable is exceptionally well written, captivating, and convincing. It’s true that the existing problem with health care is psychological and systemic, and there are numerous examples and stories to support this. Travis Christofferson advances the idea of repurposing drugs in innovative ways, which has the potential to revolutionize a profit-driven and incompetent health care system. The off-label use of generic drugs can be highly efficacious and an adjuvant to augment existing therapies. For examples, see the recent studies on the use of metformin for cancer or the use of ketamine for drug-resistant depression. There are many ideas presented in this book that are incredibly important for researchers, health care professionals, and educators to understand and disseminate. Curable is incredibly informative, and I will be sure to recommend it to all my colleagues and students.”—Dominic D’Agostino, PhD, associate professor, USF Morsani College of Medicine“Travis Christofferson’s highly anticipated new book does not disappoint. Our current medical system (I find it difficult to call it ‘health’ care) is defective, and Curable goes into great detail as to why and offers an intelligent approach to the future of medicine. A growing number of doctors are finding ways to support their patient outcomes by repurposing drugs as well as changing their thinking in order to approach the challenge of chronic illness with entirely new methods. However, with the average clinical study costing millions of dollars and taking 17 years to go from bench to bedside, patients often don’t have the luxury of time nor the financial resources to utilize these expensive treatments. Christofferson encourages us to look beyond the dogma and leads us down an entirely new path. I anticipate this book will be an important wake up call for physicians, patients, and biotechnicians to come together and return ‘health’ to health care.”—Dr. Nasha Winters, coauthor of The Metabolic Approach to Cancer“We cannot expect the health care industry to change on its own. We have to take ownership of our own choices, look at the research with a critical eye, and compel the change that we so desperately need. Nobody provides the evidence-based rallying cry like Travis Christofferson, and Curable is a perfect blueprint for some of the ways we can start to make real improvements to the health of our nation, now.”—Aubrey Marcus, CEO, Onnit; New York Times best-selling author of Own the Day, Own Your Life“Travis Christofferson provides a compelling strategy for curing our broken health care system based on ‘moneyball’ logic, common sense, and validated science. Why is the logic and science supporting this strategy ignored? Every member of our society should address the questions posed in Curable, especially those in the health care industry and in the US congress.”—Thomas N. Seyfried, PhD, author of Cancer as a Metabolic Disease
£18.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Major Health Insurance Issues & Proposals
Book SynopsisConcerns about the number of people who lack health insurance and about the high and rising costs of health insurance and health care have led to proposals that would substantially modify the health insurance system in this country. Medicare already provides nearly universal coverage to the elderly, those proposals generally focus on options for providing coverage to and reducing costs for the non-elderly population. They could, for example, provide new federal subsidies to pay some portion of health insurance premiums; impose mandates for individuals to purchase coverage or for employers to offer it and others. This book describes some of the key assumptions that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) would use in estimating the effects of key elements of such proposals on federal costs, insurance coverage, and other outcomes.
£129.74
Nova Science Publishers Inc Uninsured in the United States
Book SynopsisThe total U.S. civilian non-institutionalized population in 2009 was estimated to be slightly more than 301 million, of whom 15.1% or 45.5 million, were estimated by the American Community Survey to be without health insurance or uninsured. The uninsured are far more likely than those with health insurance to report problems getting needed medical care, less likely to follow recommended treatments because of costs, have less access to care, receive less preventive care, and are more likely to be hospitalized for avoidable health problems. Moreover, it is widely believed that the uninsured, when they need care, are less able to pay for their care since they do not have health insurance. Therefore, it also can be further assumed that other payers take on the financial burden of their care through higher prices. This book examines the plight of the uninsured in the United States today, by State and Congressional District.
£182.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Globalization: Trade Agreements, Global Health &
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£146.24
Nova Science Publishers Inc New Zealand & Australia in Focus: Economics, the
Book SynopsisRelations between Australia and New Zealand, also sometimes referred to as Trans-Tasman relations due to the countries being on opposite sides of the Tasman Sea, are extremely close with both sharing British colonial heritage and being part of the Anglosphere. In this book, the authors gather and present current research in the study of the economics, environmental, and health care issues in both New Zealand and Australia. Topics included in this compilation include pharmaceutical contaminants in the New Zealand environment; environmental sustainability in Australia; the electricity distribution industry in New Zealand; specialist medical care issues in New Zealand; fisheries management agencies in Australia; climate change and child health in Australia; and coal-bed natural gas development and environmental implications in both Australia and New Zealand.
£149.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Integrative Medicine: Its Role for Our Future
Book SynopsisComplementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is a diverse group of health care systems, practices, and products that are not presently considered a part of conventional Western medicine (CWM). CAM mainly includes mind-body therapies (meditation, Yoga, Tai-chi, Qi-gong, and music therapy, etc) and manual therapies (chiropractic, massage, acupuncture, and touch therapy, etc.). The beneficial effects of CAM are mainly due to a reduction of stress responses and pain pathways. Mind-body therapies promote these effects by stimulating brain activity throughout its network (top-down pathway). Manual therapies promote these effects through the stimulation of peripheral sensory nerves (bottom-up pathway). Both pathways activate various neuropeptides in the brain, such as opioid and oxytocin, which mediate anti-stress and analgesic effects. Public interest in CAM has dramatically increased over the past decade, and a great deal of research is backing up that trend with evidence supporting the benefits of CAM therapies. A national health survey in 2007 revealed that more than $34 billion was spent on CAM annually in the US. As CAM therapies are proven to be safe and effective, CAM is destined to claim an important role in conventional health care.
£146.24
Nova Science Publishers Inc Health Insurance Exchanges & the Assistance Role
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£52.49
Health Administration Press Economics for Healthcare Managers
Book SynopsisEconomics for Healthcare Managers provides the practical guide that healthcare managers need to simplify and strengthen the decision-making process for everyday issues. Written for those with little or no background in economics, the book is designed to engage readers in today’s policy and management challenges. The author references classic studies while also drawing on current research and emphasizing contemporary analyses. This extensively revised edition presents the latest information on topics such as: Overviews of the US healthcare system and healthcare financing systemRisk evaluation and managementCosts and PricingPopulation healthForecastingSupply and demand analysisEconomic analysis of clinical and managerial interventionsProfits, market structure, and market powerGovernment intervention in healthcare marketsBehavioral economics The book’s 37 case studies offer real-world examples of the concepts and strategies provided throughout the book.
£78.00
Nova Science Publishers Inc Novel Perspectives in Economics of Personalized
Book SynopsisThis book represents a valuable interdisciplinary contribution created to fill an existing gap in the field of health economics and healthcare systems. The book brings the latest insights from the growing field of health economics and healthcare systems. It deals with various economic, technological, sociological, ethical, legal and philosophical implications and questions arising from the development and implementation of personalised medicine. It is unprecedented in combining practical guidelines for the use of economic tools and techniques with an analysis of the current process of decision-making in the health service sector. The book also provides several insights into the factors that determine human health, the socioeconomic aspects of population aging and the social implications of the evolving burden of disease. Some contributions are highly innovative and cover extremely relevant branches of medicine such as oncology, neurology and endocrinology. In addition, in a brave, yet professional and sovereign manner, the book covers the issue of biological predictors of health outcomes; though they are currently mainly used as global analytical methods, they are yet to be applied or have only recently been applied in clinical medicine. Further, it provides an example from traditional Korean medicine, a proven and valuable tool for personalised medical healthcare. This edition is unique in the sense that 30 chapters were written by 41 authors, all of them experts in their respective fields of research. The authors hail from Croatia, Hungary, South Korea and the United States. The volume is intended to serve as valuable teaching material for university students, as well as a reference book for research scholars, policymakers, business executives, health managers, physicians and freelance readers.
£219.99
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Dictionary of Health Economics, Third Edition
Book SynopsisIn his Foreword Tony Culyer says, quoting the Fat Controller from Thomas the Tank Engine, that he wants his book to be 'a really useful engine'. Well, he's succeeded; it's really useful, and, for me at least, it'' a true engine of discovery.'- Julian Le Grand, Richard Titmuss Professor of Social Policy, London School of Economics, UK'For anyone who thinks health economics is just economic evaluation and in particular cost-effectiveness analysis, this Dictionary will open their eyes to the breadth of health economics. The Dictionary takes a laudably inclusive approach, covering not just core economics terms but also terms within medicine, epidemiology, and the health sector that economists working in health need to understand. It also includes terms, and useful references, for those working as health economists in low and middle income countries. Any student or teacher should have this at their elbow.'- Anne Mills, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UKThis third edition of Anthony Culyer's authoritative The Dictionary of Health Economics brings the material right up to date as well as adding plentiful amounts of new information, with a number of revised definitions. There are now nearly 3,000 entries in this comprehensive work. This third edition includes 250 new references as sources for definitions and examples of practice and the bibliography comprises roughly 1,400 items. Anthony Culyer has refined and made the system of cross-references and internet links even more comprehensive than in previous editions. This Dictionary is as complete a statement as exists anywhere of what it is that every health economist ought to know.Trade ReviewAcclaim for the second edition:In the second edition of this Dictionary, Culyer, a well-known and highly respected health economist, attempts to define many of the complex health care terms used not only in the field of medicine, but also in the fields of allied health sciences, nursing, public health, and economics. The Dictionary's main strength is its comprehensiveness. It features 2,310 terms used by various national health care systems including those of the US, Australia, Canada, and the UK. The Dictionary clearly identifies and concisely defines each term, and cites current literature that uses the term. . . this Dictionary is an extraordinary work, and Culyer should be commended for his effort. --- R.M. Mullner, ChoiceTable of ContentsContents: Preface to the third edition Preface to the second edition Preface to the first edition Acknowledgements Conventions The Dictionary of Health Economics Bibliography
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Economics of Health Law
Book SynopsisRonen Avraham, David Hyman and Charles Silver, leading authorities in their fields, discuss the effects of economic and legal constraints and regulation on healthcare. They examine the impact of access to healthcare on mortality and clinical outcomes and investigate healthcare financing, including payment to providers, expanding costs, health insurance and the provision of long-term care. The distribution of spending and the expansion of provision are also investigated. The regulatory aspect includes discussions on the regulation of healthcare practice, medical malpractice and liability, and public health and ethical issues.Table of ContentsContents: Volume I Introduction Ronen Avraham, David A. Hyman and Charles M. Silver PART I ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE: HEALTHCARE, MORTALITY AND OTHER CLINICAL OUTCOMES 1. Andrew P. Wilper, Steffie Woolhandler, Karen E. Lasser, Danny McCormick, David H. Bor and David U. Himmelstein (2009), ‘Health Insurance and Mortality in US Adults’, American Journal of Public Health, 99 (12), December, 2289–95 2. Richard Kronick (2009), ‘Health Insurance Coverage and Mortality Revisited’, HSR: Health Services Research, 44 (4), August, 1211–31 3. Katherine Baicker, Sarah L. Taubman, Heidi L. Allen, Mira Bernstein, Jonathan H. Gruber, Joseph P. Newhouse, Eric C. Schneider, Bill J. Wright, Alan M. Zaslavsky and Amy N. Finkelstein (2013), ‘The Oregon Experiment – Effects of Medicaid on Clinical Outcomes’, New England Journal of Medicine, 368 (18), May 2, 1713–22 PART II FINANCING HEALTH CARE A Payment Structure and Incentives 4. Ching-to Albert Ma and Thomas G. McGuire (1997), ‘Optimal Health Insurance and Provider Payment’, American Economic Review, 87 (4), September, 685–704 5. Sherry Glied and Joshua Graff Zivin (2002), ‘How Do Doctors Behave When Some (But Not All) of Their Patients are in Managed Care?’, Journal of Health Economics, 21 (2), March, 337–53 6. Thomas L. Greaney (2009), ‘Economic Regulation of Physicians: A Behavioral Economics Perspective’, Saint Louis University Law Journal, 53, 1189–209 7. Austin B. Frakt (2011), ‘How Much Do Hospitals Cost Shift? A Review of the Evidence’, Milbank Quarterly, 89 (1), March, 90–130 B Cost Drivers 8. Joseph P. Newhouse (1992), ‘Medical Care Costs: How Much Welfare Loss?’, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 6 (3), Summer, 3–21 9. Burton A. Weisbrod (1991), ‘The Health Care Quadrilemma: An Essay on Technological Change, Insurance, Quality of Care, and Cost Containment’, Journal of Economic Literature, XXIX (2), June, 523–52 10. Einer Elhauge (1997), ‘The Limited Regulatory Potential of Medical Technology Assessment’, Virginia Law Review, 82, 1525–617 C Health Insurance 11. Kenneth J. Arrow (1963), ‘Uncertainty and the Welfare Economics of Medical Care’, American Economic Review, LIII (5), December, 941–73 12. Mark V. Pauly (1968), ‘The Economics of Moral Hazard’, American Economic Review, 58 (3), Part I, June, 531–7 13. Kenneth J. Arrow (1968), ‘The Economics of Moral Hazard: Further Comment’, American Economic Review, 58 (3), Part 1, June, 537–9 14. Katherine Baicker and Amitabh Chandra (2008), ‘Myths and Misconceptions about U.S. Health Insurance’, Health Affairs, 27 (6), October, w533–w543, content.healthaffairs.org, accessed 13 August 2013 15. Sherry A. Glied (2005), ‘The Employer-Based Health Insurance System: Mistake or Cornerstone?’, in David Mechanic, Lynn B. Rogut, David C. Colby and James R. Knickman (eds), Policy Challenges in Modern Health Care, Chapter 3, Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 37–52 D Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection 16. John A. Nyman (2004), ‘Is “Moral Hazard” Inefficient? The Policy Implications of a New Theory’, Health Affairs, 23 (5), September–October, 194–9 17. David M. Cutler and Sarah J. Reber (1998), ‘Paying for Health Insurance: The Trade-off between Competition and Adverse Selection’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 113 (2), May, 433–66 E Long-Term Care 18. Mark V. Pauly (1990), ‘The Rational Nonpurchase of Long-Term-Care Insurance’, Journal of Political Economy, 98 (1), February, 153–68 19. Jeffrey R. Brown and Amy Finkelstein (2011), ‘Insuring Long-Term Care in the United States’, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 25 (4), Fall, 119–41 and ‘Appendix: Calculating Loads and Comprehensiveness’, http://www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/jep.25.4.119. Accessed 25.02.2014, 1-13 PART III DISTRIBTUTION OF SPENDING AND CROWD-OUT 20. Katherine Baicker, Amitabh Chandra and Jonathan S. Skinner (2005), ‘Geographic Variation in Health Care and the Problem of Measuring Racial Disparities’, Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 48 (1), Supplement, Winter, S42–S53 21. Tomas J. Philipson, Seth A. Seabury, Lee M. Lockwood, Dana P. Goldman and Darius N. Lakdawalla (2010), ‘Geographic Variation in Health Care: The Role of Private Markets’ and ‘Comment and Discussion’, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Spring, 325–55, 56–61 22. David M. Cutler and Jonathan Gruber (1996), ‘Does Public Insurance Crowd out Private Insurance?’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 111 (2), May, 391–430 PART IV COMPETITION AND FRAGMENTATION IN THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY 23. David Hyman (2010), ‘Health Care Fragmentation: We Get What We Pay For’, in Einer Elhauge (ed.), Fragmentation of U.S. Health Care: Causes and Solutions, Chapter 2, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 23–36 24. Thomas (Tim) Greaney (2009), ‘Competition Policy and Organizational Fragmentation in Health Care’, University of Pittsburgh Law Review, 71 (2), 217–39 Index Volume II Contents: An introduction to both volumes by the editors appears in Volume I PART I REGULATION OF HEALTH CARE PRACTICE A Drugs and Devices 1. Anup Malani and Tomas Philipson (2012), ‘The Regulation of Medical Products’, in Patricia Danzon and Sean Nicholson (eds), Oxford Handbook of the Economics of the Biopharmaceutical Industry, Chapter 5, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 100–42 2. Michelle M. Mello, Sara Abiola and James Colgrove (2012), ‘Pharmaceutical Companies’ Role in State Vaccination Policymaking: The Case of Huyman Papillomavirus Vaccination’, American Journal of Public Health, 102 (5), May, 893–8 B Licensure and Guidelines 3. Ronen Avraham (2011), ‘Clinical Practice Guidelines – The Warped Incentives in the U.S. Healthcare System?’, American Journal of Law and Medicine, 37 (1), Spring, 7–40 4. Shirley Svorny (1993), ‘Advances in Economic Theories of Medical Licensure’, Federation Bulletin: The Journal of Medical Licensure and Discipline, 80 (1), Spring, 27–32 C Provider Rankings 5. Peter K. Lindenauer, Denise Remus, Sheila Roman, Michael B. Rothberg, Evan M. Benjamin, Allen Ma and Dale W. Bratzler (2007), ‘Public Reporting and Pay for Performance in Hospital Quality Improvement’, New England Journal of Medicine, 356 (5), February, 486–96 6. David Dranove, Daniel Kessler, Mark McClellan and Mark Satterthwaite (2003), ‘Is More Information Better? The Effects of “Report Cards” on Health Care Providers’, Journal of Political Economy, 111 (3), June, 555–88 PART II MEDICAL MALPRACTICE AND LIABILITY 7. Richard A. Epstein (1976), ‘Medical Malpractice: The Case for Contract’, American Bar Foundation Research Journal, 1 (1), 87–149 8. Jennifer Arlen (2013), ‘Economic Analysis of Medical Malpractice Liability and Its Reform’, in Jennifer Arlen (ed.), Research Handbook on the Economics of Tort, Chapter 2, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 33–69 9. Kenneth S. Abraham and Paul C. Weiler (1994), ‘Enterprise Medical Liability and the Evolution of the American Health Care System’, Harvard Law Review, 108 (2), December, 381–436 10. Kathryn Zeiler, Bernard S. Black, Charles Silver, David A. Hyman and William M. Sage (2008), ‘Physicians’ Insurance Limits and Malpractice Payments: Evidence from Texas Closed Claims, 1990-2003’, Journal of Legal Studies, 36 (S2), June, S9–S45 11. David M. Studdert, Michelle M. Mello, Atul A. Gawande, Tejal K. Gandhi, Allen Kachalia, Catherine Yoon, Ann Louise Puopolo and Trojen A. Brennan (2006), ‘Claims, Errors, and Compensation Payments in Medical Malpractice Litigation’, New England Journal of Medicine, 354 (19), May, 2024–33 12. Daniel Kessler and Mark McClellan (1996), ‘Do Doctors Practice Defensive Medicine?’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 111 (2), May, 353–90 13. Daniel P. Kessler (2011), ‘Evaluating the Medical Malpractice System and Options for Reform’, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 25 (2), Spring, 93–110 14. Ronen Avraham, Leemore S. Dafny and Max M. Schanzenbach (2012), ‘The Impact of Tort Reform on Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Premiums’, Journal of Law Economics and Organization, 28 (4), October, 657–86 15. Janet Currie and W. Bentley MacLeod (2008), ‘First Do No Harm? Tort Reform and Birth Outcomes’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 123 (2), May, 795–830 PART III PUBLIC HEALTH A Infections and Antibiotic Resistance 16. Ramanan Laxminarayan and Anup Malani (2011), ‘Economics of Infectious Diseases’, in Sherry Glied and Peter C. Smith (eds), Oxford Handbook of Health Economics, Chapter 9, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 189–205 17. William M. Sage and David A. Hyman (2010), ‘Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance: Regulatory Strategies and Institutional Capacity’, Tulane Law Review, 84 (4), March, 781–840 B Obesity 18. Ronen Avraham and K.A.D. Camara (2007), ‘The Tragedy of Human Commons’, Cardozo Law Review, 29 (2), November, 479–511 [33] 19. Tomas Philipson (2001), ‘The World-Wide Growth in Obesity: An Economic Research Agenda’, Health Economics, 10, 1–7 20. Tomas J. Philipson and Richard A. Posner (2008), 'Is the Obesity Epidemic a Public Health Problem? A Review of Zoltan J. Acs and Alan Lyles's Obesity, Business and Public Policy', Journal of Economic Literature, 46 (4), December, 974–82 PART IV ETHICAL ISSUES 21. Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Margaret P. Battin (1998), ‘What are the Potential Cost Savings from Legalizing Physician-Assisted Suicide?’, New England Journal of Medicine, 339 (3), July, 167–72 22. Judd B. Kessler and Alvin E. Roth (2012), ‘Organ Allocation Policy and the Decision to Donate’, American Economic Review, 102 (5), August, 2018–47 23. Jason Snyder (2010), ‘Gaming the Liver Transplant Market’, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 26 (3), December, 546–68 Index
£534.85
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The LSE Companion to Health Policy
Book SynopsisThe LSE Companion to Health Policy covers a wide range of conceptual and practical issues from a number of different perspectives introducing the reader to, and summarising, the vast literature that analyzes the complexities of health policy. The Companion also assesses the current state of the art. Health policy is a wide-ranging subject covering many academic disciplines, but what most studies in health policy have in common is an interest in applying theory to improve practice. This Companion brings academic rigor to bear evidence on a range of central areas within health policy. It covers key issues on the quality, access and inequalities in health and health care; supply and health markets; insurance and expenditures; pharmaceuticals and new technologies; ageing and long-term care; and behavior and health production. This unique Companion on health policy contains the most important features for health system reform at a time of funding constraints and will therefore hold great appeal for policy analysts and makers, students, academics and management professionals. Contributors: S. Allin, R.G. Bevan, R. Butterfield, C. Campbell, A. Comas-Herrera, Z. Cooper, J. Costa-Font, M. Di Cesare, H.A. Elgazzar, J.-L. Fernandez, A. Gibbs, C. Henderson, C. Hernandez-Quevedo, L. Kossarova, C. Masseria, A. McGuire, P. Mladovsky, A. Morton, M. Murphy, I. Papanicolas, M. Raikou, C. Rudisill, V. Serra-Sastre, C. Stavropoulou, N. Varol, J.M. Wiener, R. Wittenberg, V. ZiganteTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Alistair McGuire and Joan Costa-Font PART I: QUALITY, ACCESS AND INEQUALITIES 1. Inequalities in Health: Why Do We Care? How Do We Care? What Can We Do About Them? Cristina Hernández-Quevedo and Joan Costa-Font 2. Strengthening Community Participation in Primary Health Care: Experiences from South Africa Andrew Gibbs and Catherine Campbell 3. Socioeconomic Status and Access to Health Care: The Quandary of Transition Economies Heba A. Elgazzar 4. Quality of Ambulatory Care: Hospitalisations for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions Lucia Kossarova PART II: SUPPLY AND HEALTH CARE MARKETS 5. Choice in Health Care: Drivers and Consequences Valentina Zigante, Joan Costa-Font and Zack Cooper 6. A Million Years of Waiting: Competing Accounts and Comparative Experiences of Hospital Waiting-time Policy Alec Morton and R. Gwyn Bevan 7. Measuring Access to Health Care in Europe Sara Allin and Cristina Masseria PART III: INSURANCE AND EXPENDITURES 8. How are Rising Health Care Expenditures Explained? Alistair McGuire, Victoria Serra-Sastre and Maria Raikou 9. Providing Financial Incentives for Improved Quality and Efficiency: A Literature Review of the Effects of Payment for Performance (P4P) Policies Irene Papanicolas 10. Social Health Protection: Policy Options for Low- and Middle-income Countries Philipa Mladovsky PART IV: PHARMACEUTICALS AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES 11. Technology Diffusion in Health Care: Conceptual Aspects and Evidence Victoria Serra-Sastre and Alistair McGuire 12. Do International Launch Strategies of Pharmaceutical Corporations Respond to Changes in the Regulatory Environment? Nebibe Varol, Joan Costa-Font and Alistair McGuire PART V: AGEING AND LONG-TERM CARE 13. Proximity to Death and Health Care Costs Michael Murphy 14. The Health and Social Care Divide in the United Kingdom Catherine Henderson 15. Barriers to and Opportunities for Private Long-term Care Insurance in England: What Can We Learn from Other Countries? Adelina Comas-Herrera, Rebecca Butterfield, José-Luis Fernández, Raphael Wittenberg and Joshua M. Wiener PART VI: BEHAVIOUR AND HEALTH PRODUCTION 16. Historical Trends of Mortality and its Implications for Health Policies in England and Wales: The Cause-of-Death Approach Mariachiara Di Cesare and Michael Murphy 17. Risk Research and Health-related Behaviours Caroline Rudisill 18. The Doctor–Patient Relationship: A Review of the Theory and Policy Implications Charitini Stavropoulou Index
£156.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Cost–Benefit Analysis and Health Care
Book SynopsisCost-benefit analysis is the only method of economic evaluation that can effectively indicate whether a health care treatment or intervention is worthwhile. In this thoroughly updated and revised second edition, Robert Brent expands the scope of the field by including the latest concepts and applications throughout all regions of the world. This book attempts to strengthen the link between cost-benefit analysis and the mainstream health care evaluation field, which is dominated by non-economists. The need to build a bridge between the two is more important than ever before, as the general understanding of cost-benefit analysis appears to have regressed.Case studies are used throughout to explain and illustrate the various methodologies being examined. In addition, the author now covers more of the statistical requirements that are necessary to understand and carry out health care evaluations, and follows an applied economics approach. Ultimately, he resolves a number of disputes and makes some new, but subtle, contributions by reinterpreting, correcting and extending existing work. The book covers the topic in an accessible manner, from the foundations to the frontiers of the field, and clearly explains all the necessary economic principles along the way.Cost-Benefit Analysis and Health Care Evaluations, Second Edition will be invaluable to students and researchers of health economics, public policy and health care policy, as well as policymakers and health care practitioners. It can also be used as a comprehensive introductory text by anyone with an interest in cost-benefit analysis. From this perspective, the new additional final chapter is particularly useful as it supplies a summary of CBA that highlights the main conclusions of the text in a single chapter.Contents: 1. Introduction to Health Care Evaluation 2. Cost Minimization and the Definition of 'Cost' 3. Types of Costs and their Measurement 4. External Costs 5. Social Cost of Taxation 6. Fundamentals of Cost-effectiveness Aanalysis 7. Further Issues of Cost-effectiveness Analysis 8. Fundamentals of Cost utility Analysis 9. Measuring Utilities in Cost utility Analysis 10. Cost-utility Analysis and Equity 11. Cost-benefit Analysis and the Human Capital Approach 12. Cost-benefit Analysis and Willingness to Pay 13. Cost-benefit Analysis and Equity 14. Methods for Measuring the Benefits of HIV/AIDS Interventions IndexTrade ReviewAcclaim for the first edition:‘Professor Brent’s book is a superb and much-needed text in the field of health care evaluation. The economic approaches for appraisal of health care programs are presented with greater clarity than any other available text. A comprehensive review of cost-minimization, cost-effectiveness analysis, cost–utility analysis, and cost–benefit analysis is given in a simple and yet very insightful manner that pointedly demonstrates their fundamental principles, methodological requirements, and common linkages for evaluation research. The book skilfully merges theory and application of the economic analyses of health care, combining the latest literature with adroit illustrations of required methodologies and easily understandable examples that inform the reader of how empirical evaluation research should be conducted. Major evaluation concerns about the appropriateness of discounting health benefits, the appropriate discount (interest) rate, and intangible benefits and costs are critically appraised. Not only is the criterion of economic efficiency of health care programs explored directly and with lucidity, but the important social question of the equity of health interventions is also assessed straightforwardly. Students of health care as well as health policy analysts and administrators are provided with a considerable solid foundation for undertaking evaluation of complex health care issues. In short, Professor Brent has even made the economics of health care evaluation accessible to non-economists in the health care field.’ -- Paul L. Solano, University of Delaware, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to Health Care Evaluation 2. Cost Minimization and the Definition of ‘Cost’ 3. Types of Costs and their Measurement 4. External Costs 5. Social Cost of Taxation 6. Fundamentals of Cost-effectiveness Aanalysis 7. Further Issues of Cost-effectiveness Analysis 8. Fundamentals of Cost–utility Analysis 9. Measuring Utilities in Cost–utility Analysis 10. Cost–utility Analysis and Equity 11. Cost–benefit Analysis and the Human Capital Approach 12. Cost–benefit Analysis and Willingness to Pay 13. Cost–benefit Analysis and Equity 14. Methods for Measuring the Benefits of HIV/AIDS Interventions Index
£144.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The LSE Companion to Health Policy
Book SynopsisThe LSE Companion to Health Policy covers a wide range of conceptual and practical issues from a number of different perspectives introducing the reader to, and summarising, the vast literature that analyzes the complexities of health policy. The Companion also assesses the current state of the art. Health policy is a wide-ranging subject covering many academic disciplines, but what most studies in health policy have in common is an interest in applying theory to improve practice. This Companion brings academic rigor to bear evidence on a range of central areas within health policy. It covers key issues on the quality, access and inequalities in health and health care; supply and health markets; insurance and expenditures; pharmaceuticals and new technologies; ageing and long-term care; and behavior and health production. This unique Companion on health policy contains the most important features for health system reform at a time of funding constraints and will therefore hold great appeal for policy analysts and makers, students, academics and management professionals. Contributors: S. Allin, R.G. Bevan, R. Butterfield, C. Campbell, A. Comas-Herrera, Z. Cooper, J. Costa-Font, M. Di Cesare, H.A. Elgazzar, J.-L. Fernandez, A. Gibbs, C. Henderson, C. Hernandez-Quevedo, L. Kossarova, C. Masseria, A. McGuire, P. Mladovsky, A. Morton, M. Murphy, I. Papanicolas, M. Raikou, C. Rudisill, V. Serra-Sastre, C. Stavropoulou, N. Varol, J.M. Wiener, R. Wittenberg, V. ZiganteTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Alistair McGuire and Joan Costa-Font PART I: QUALITY, ACCESS AND INEQUALITIES 1. Inequalities in Health: Why Do We Care? How Do We Care? What Can We Do About Them? Cristina Hernández-Quevedo and Joan Costa-Font 2. Strengthening Community Participation in Primary Health Care: Experiences from South Africa Andrew Gibbs and Catherine Campbell 3. Socioeconomic Status and Access to Health Care: The Quandary of Transition Economies Heba A. Elgazzar 4. Quality of Ambulatory Care: Hospitalisations for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions Lucia Kossarova PART II: SUPPLY AND HEALTH CARE MARKETS 5. Choice in Health Care: Drivers and Consequences Valentina Zigante, Joan Costa-Font and Zack Cooper 6. A Million Years of Waiting: Competing Accounts and Comparative Experiences of Hospital Waiting-time Policy Alec Morton and R. Gwyn Bevan 7. Measuring Access to Health Care in Europe Sara Allin and Cristina Masseria PART III: INSURANCE AND EXPENDITURES 8. How are Rising Health Care Expenditures Explained? Alistair McGuire, Victoria Serra-Sastre and Maria Raikou 9. Providing Financial Incentives for Improved Quality and Efficiency: A Literature Review of the Effects of Payment for Performance (P4P) Policies Irene Papanicolas 10. Social Health Protection: Policy Options for Low- and Middle-income Countries Philipa Mladovsky PART IV: PHARMACEUTICALS AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES 11. Technology Diffusion in Health Care: Conceptual Aspects and Evidence Victoria Serra-Sastre and Alistair McGuire 12. Do International Launch Strategies of Pharmaceutical Corporations Respond to Changes in the Regulatory Environment? Nebibe Varol, Joan Costa-Font and Alistair McGuire PART V: AGEING AND LONG-TERM CARE 13. Proximity to Death and Health Care Costs Michael Murphy 14. The Health and Social Care Divide in the United Kingdom Catherine Henderson 15. Barriers to and Opportunities for Private Long-term Care Insurance in England: What Can We Learn from Other Countries? Adelina Comas-Herrera, Rebecca Butterfield, José-Luis Fernández, Raphael Wittenberg and Joshua M. Wiener PART VI: BEHAVIOUR AND HEALTH PRODUCTION 16. Historical Trends of Mortality and its Implications for Health Policies in England and Wales: The Cause-of-Death Approach Mariachiara Di Cesare and Michael Murphy 17. Risk Research and Health-related Behaviours Caroline Rudisill 18. The Doctor–Patient Relationship: A Review of the Theory and Policy Implications Charitini Stavropoulou Index
£38.90
Emerald Publishing Limited The Economics of Medical Technology
Book SynopsisMedical technology broadly defined to include all aspects of the process of treating disease (e.g., pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and surgical procedures) is profoundly important for individual health and, consequently, also for general welfare. Advances in medical technology convey the prospect of both improved population health and increased general welfare. However, because of the extensive regulation of the markets for healthcare goods and services, the development and application of medical technologies differs fundamentally from non-medical technological advances. In this volume of the "Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research" series we present several papers that provide theoretical and empirical evidence about the market for medical technology.Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Overview. Aspects of Research and Development Contract Terms in the Bio/Pharmaceutical Sector. Effects of Regulation on Drug Launch and Pricing in Interdependent Markets. The Effect of Pharmaceutical Innovation on the Functional Limitations of Elderly Americans: Evidence from the 2004 National Nursing Home Survey. Comparative Effectiveness Research, Technological Abandonment, and Health Care Spending. How do Initial Signals of Quality Influence the Diffusion of New Medical Products? The Case of New Cancer Drug Treatments. Technology Diffusion and Substitution of Medical Innovations. Health Insurance and Hospital Technology Adoption. The Economics of Medical Technology. Advances in health economics and health services research. Advances in health economics and health services research. Copyright page.
£92.99
Emerald Publishing Limited Health and Inequality
Book SynopsisEconomists are increasingly turning their attention to the measurement and causes of health inequality. This is in response to widespread concern that health disparities reflect social injustices but is also part of the trend away from the narrow focus on inequality in income to the more encompassing analysis of inequality in wellbeing. Researchers interested in the extent and causes of variation in wellbeing cannot but turn their analytical gaze on health inequalities. This volume contains methodological and empirical contributions from leading experts in health economics and economic inequality that add further momentum to a thriving field of research. The focus is on methods for the measurement of health inequalities (income related, multidimensional and inequalities of opportunity) as well as the analysis of their causes. The collection is essential reading for researchers already working on health inequality and provides an immediate reconnaissance of the frontiers for those entering this exciting field.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Lost in Translation: Rethinking the Inequality Equivalence Criteria for Bounded Health Variables. Measuring the Inequality of Bounded Distributions: A Joint Analysis of Attainments and Shortfalls. Measuring Health Inequality with Categorical Data: Some Regional Patterns. Inequality and Bi-Polarization in Socioeconomic Status and Health: Ordinal Approaches. On the Measurement of the (Multidimensional) Inequality of Health Distributions. Equity in Health and Equivalent Incomes. Reference Value Sensitivity of Measures of Unfair Health Inequality. Accounting for Population Change in the Longitudinal Analysis of Income-Related Health Inequalities. Regression-Based Decompositions of Rank-Dependent Indicators of Socioeconomic Inequality of Health. Health Inequalities through the Lens of Health-Capital Theory: Issues, Solutions, and Future Directions. The Contribution of Occupation to Health Inequality. Inequality of Opportunities in Health and the Principle of Natural Reward: Evidence from European Countries. Ex-ante and Ex-post Measurement of Inequality of Opportunity in Health: Evidence from Israel. Early Life Conditions and Later Life Inequality in Health. Wealth, Health, and the Measurement of Multidimensional Inequality: Evidence from the Middle East and North Africa. Income Inequality, Health and Development – in Search of a Pattern. Equity in Health Care Delivery: Some thoughts and an Example. Measuring Health Inequality in the Context of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. The Developmental Origins of Health Inequality. List of Contributors. Health and Inequality. Research on Economic Inequality. Health and Inequality. Copyright page.
£142.99
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Improving Health Services: Background, Method and
Book SynopsisThis is a thought-provoking, original and incredibly informative study of how health services research can improve both service practice and policy rather than yet another catalogue of disjointed case studies and initiatives. An absolutely essential read for experts and novices alike.'- Elias Mossialos, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK'Reflecting on more than 50 years of personal experience at the interface of epidemiology and health services research, Professor Walter Holland has written a book full of candid and - often - critical observations. He always succeeds in seeing the wood through the trees, and this book convincingly demonstrates the value of research in improving health service practice and policy.'- Johan Mackenbach, Erasmus MC, The Netherlands'In his latest opus, Improving Health Services, Professor Walter Holland, a distinguished health services researcher with a long career in recommending health policy on the basis of evidence, takes on the task of defining the key elements of effective health policy research, Its essential multidisciplinary requirements and its optimal but realistic relationship to health policy formulation, implementation and analysis. Few scholars are more qualified to present the history of health services research in the United Kingdom and the United States, the essential elements of sound health services research and to discuss its role in the future of health services in the United Kingdom. It is, therefore, essential reading for scholars in the field and those wishing to pursue a career in the field.'- Roger Detels, UCLA Schools of Public Health and Medicine, USThis insightful book describes how Health Services Research (HSR) can be developed and used to evaluate, advance and improve all aspects of health services. It demonstrates the need for good HSR to avoid the continuation or development of ineffective or cost-inefficient services.Drawing on his extensive personal experience in the development of HSR, Walter Holland provides examples from the US and the UK to illustrate important lessons for the future improvement of health services. Taking a distinctive approach to describing the purposes and activities of HSR, the book focuses on the significance of close collaboration with those responsible for the delivery and decisions of health policy. The major message is the importance of heeding the findings of HSR so as to develop evidence-based health policy, and to understand and influence the actions of health professionals, managers and politicians. Holland strongly advocates greater use of HSR and emphasizes its ability to provide vital evidence on how to improve health services.This highly informative and detailed book will strongly appeal to health service researchers, public health practitioners, clinicians, health-service managers, administrators and health policymakers.Contents: Preface 1. Health Services Research: A General Perspective 2. Health Services Research in the United States 3. Health and Health Services Research in the United Kingdom: A Historical Review 4. Personal Reflections 5. Organisational and Funding Issues 6. Health Services Research in Practice 7. Priorities in Medical Research: The House of Lords Select Committee 8. Key Questions 9. Conclusions Postscript Appendix: Department of Health Reports on Health Services Research IndexTrade Review‘For five decades Professor Holland has observed the evolution of Health Services Research in the United Kingdom and internationally from a unique vantage point. The unit he created in St Thomas’s Hospital led its development and gave him a platform to influence policy at the highest level. In this enthralling and insightful book he takes us on a grand historical tour, charting the progress that has been made in Health Services Research but, as important, pointing out the lessons from the many missed opportunities along the way.’ -- Martin McKee CBE, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK‘This is a thought-provoking, original and incredibly informative study of how health services research can improve both service practice and policy rather than yet another catalogue of disjointed case studies and initiatives. An absolutely essential read for experts and novices alike.’ -- Elias Mossialos, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK‘No-one is better placed to tell the story of health services research over the past 50 years than Walter Holland, a major contributor and advocate. He reveals the cast of characters involved in the scientific struggles for acceptance and the political intrigue required. Unusually for someone who knows where the bodies are buried, he is prepared to share his insights and to exhort today’s researchers never to forget that “HSR and its results are a highly emotive political subject”.’ -- Nick Black, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK‘Reflecting on more than 50 years of personal experience at the interface of epidemiology and health services research, Professor Walter Holland has written a book full of candid and – often – critical observations. He always succeeds in seeing the wood through the trees, and this book convincingly demonstrates the value of research in improving health service practice and policy.’ -- Johan Mackenbach, Erasmus MC, The Netherlands‘In his latest opus, Improving Health Services, Professor Walter Holland, a distinguished health services researcher with a long career in recommending health policy on the basis of evidence, takes on the task of defining the key elements of effective health policy research, Its essential multidisciplinary requirements and its optimal but realistic relationship to health policy formulation, implementation and analysis. Few scholars are more qualified to present the history of health services research in the United Kingdom and the United States, the essential elements of sound health services research and to discuss its role in the future of health services in the United Kingdom. It is, therefore, essential reading for scholars in the field and those wishing to pursue a career in the field.’ -- Roger Detels, UCLA Schools of Public Health and Medicine, U‘This book should be regarded as required reading for all those involved in or contemplating careers in this area.’ -- Jim McEwen, International Journal of Epidemiology‘Prof Holland's unrivalled experience as a health service researcher and government adviser. It deserves a place in any library serious about supporting the study of health services from a population perspective.’ -- Alan Maryon-Davis, Public Health TodayTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Health Services Research: A General Perspective 2. Health Services Research in the United States 3. Health and Health Services Research in the United Kingdom: A Historical Review 4. Personal Reflections 5. Organisational and Funding Issues 6. Health Services Research in Practice 7. Priorities in Medical Research: The House of Lords Select Committee 8. Key Questions 9. Conclusions Postscript Appendix: Department of Health Reports on Health Services Research Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook on Medical Tourism and Patient Mobility
Book SynopsisThe authors take a comprehensive multidisciplinary approach to examine key issues of the cross border movement of patients. State-of-the-art analysis is underpinned by extensive country studies. An essential read for policy makers, regulators, practitioners and students who want to understand, influence and shape this key dimension of the globalisation of health.'- Nick Drager, Honorary Professor LSHTM, Professor of Practice McGill University, Canada'Lunt, Horsfall and Hanefield have brought together the world's leading scholars in the field for this Handbook. Collectively, they chart the course for medical tourism research in covering an exhaustive range of topics. This book is rich in both the breadth and depth of information offered in a time where medical tourism is of increasing importance to the global and domestic health policy and service provision landscape. The editors have done a superb job of steering the contributors and piecing together the various sections of the book to produce a coherent and, what is likely to become, definitive work. It will be essential reading for anyone with interests in the subject.'- Robin Gauld, University of Otago, New ZealandThe growth of international travel for purposes of medical treatment has been accompanied by increased academic research and analysis. This Handbook explores the emergence of medical travel and patient mobility and the implications for patients and health systems.Bringing together leading scholars and analysts from across the globe, this unprecedented Handbook examines the regional and national experiences of medical tourism, including coverage of the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. The chapters explore topics on issues of risk, law and ethics; and include treatment-focused discussions which highlight patient decision-making, patient experience and treatment outcomes for cosmetic, transplantation, dental, fertility and bariatric treatment.Students, practitioners and researchers of global health policy, health and globalization, international business, travel medicine and health ethics will find the subjects discussed to be of considerable interest.Contributors: P.P. Barros, D. Bell, A. Bochaton, A.V. Bustamante, M. Calnan, V. Calovski, V. Casey, R. Chanda, A. Chandu, O.N.Y. Cheung, A. Chikanda, I.G. Cohen, J. Connell, V.A. Crooks, J. Crush, L. Culley, H. Endo, M. Exworthy, J.R. Frederick, W. Friesen, L.L. Gan, A.N. Garman, M.W. Hadler, C.M. Hall, C. Hamlyn-Williams, L.N. Handlos, J. Hanefeld, A.J. He, R. Holliday, D. Horsfall, N. Hudson, S.S. Jervelund, K.N. Jin, T.J. Johnson, R. Johnston, S. Karsavuran, S. Kaya, R.A. Kearns, N.M. Kronfol, M. Lakhanpaul, J. Yeonjae Lee, H. Legido-Quigley, N. Lunt, T. Mainil, L. Manikam, B. Maswikwa, M. Mckee, D. Morgan, T. Noree, S. Okamura, M. Ormond, S. Peckham, G. Pennings, L. Puczkó, D. Reisman, D. Sanders, C.D. Shaw, M. Smith, R. Smith, J. Snyder, E.J. Sobo, I. Sziva, M. Toya, M. Walton-Roberts, R. Whitmore, A. Whittaker, A. Y ld zTrade Review‘The authors take a comprehensive multidisciplinary approach to examine key issues of the cross border movement of patients. State-of-the-art analysis is underpinned by extensive country studies. An essential read for policy makers, regulators, practitioners and students who want to understand, influence and shape this key dimension of the globalisation of health.’ -- Nick Drager, Honorary Professor LSHTM, Professor of Practice, McGill University, Canada‘Lunt, Horsfall and Hanefield have brought together the world’s leading scholars in the field for this Handbook. Collectively, they chart the course for medical tourism research in covering an exhaustive range of topics. This book is rich in both the breadth and depth of information offered in a time where medical tourism is of increasing importance to the global and domestic health policy and service provision landscape. The editors have done a superb job of steering the contributors and piecing together the various sections of the book to produce a coherent and, what is likely to become, definitive work. It will be essential reading for anyone with interests in the subject.’ -- Robin Gauld, University of Otago, New ZealandTable of ContentsContents: Introduction PART I INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT 1. The Shaping of Contemporary Medical Tourism and Patient Mobility Neil Lunt, Daniel Horsfall and Johanna Hanefeld 2. Medical Tourism – Concepts and Definitions John Connell 3. Medical Tourism by Numbers Daniel Horsfall and Neil Lunt 4. Globalization and Trade in Health Services Johanna Hanefeld and Richard Smith 5. Patients’ Willingness to Travel Mark Exworthy and Stephen Peckham 6. Travelling for Value: Global Drivers of Change in the Tertiary and Quarternary Markets Tricia J. Johnson and Andrew N. Garman PART II MACRO-LEVEL CONSIDERATIONS 7. Health Systems and Medical Tourism Pedro P. Barros 8. The Economics of Health and Medical Tourism David Reisman 9. OECD Accounting for Trade in Healthcare David Morgan 10. Financing Mechanisms Johanna Hanefeld and Richard Smith 11. The Implications of Medical Travel upon Equity in Lower and Middle Income Countries Andrea Whittaker 12. What’s Where? Why There? And Why Care? A Geography of Responsibility in Medical Tourism Meghann Ormond PART III UNDERSTANDING ORGANISATIONS AND ACTIVITIES 13. A Review of Small-Scale Niche Treatment Providers Olive N.Y. Cheung 14. Regional Differences: Scope and Trust Among Medical Tourism Facilitators Lydia L. Gan and James R. Frederick 15. Government and Governance Strategies in Medical Tourism Meghann Ormond and Tomas Mainil 16. Marketing Medical Tourism in Korea Ki Nam Jin 17. Medical Tourism and the Internet Daniel Horsfall and Neil Lunt 18. Networks and Supply Chains: The Nature of Medical Tourism Markets Neil Lunt 19. The Coming Perfect Storm: Medical Tourism as a Biosecurity Issue C. Michael Hall PART IV REGIONAL DIMENSIONS OF MEDICAL TOURISM 20. Diasporic Medical Return: Korean Immigrants’ Use of Homeland Medical Services Jane Yeonjae Lee, Robin A. Kearns and Wardlow Friesen 21. Culture and Medical Travel Elisa J. Sobo 22. Use of Cross-Border Healthcare among Immigrants Signe Smith Jervelund and Line Neerup Handlos 23. Migration: The Mobility of Patients and Health Professionals Margaret Walton-Roberts 24. United States (US)-Mexico Bi-National Insurance Efforts and the Prospective Impacts of Health Care Reforms in the US and Mexico Arturo Vargas Bustamante 25. European Retirement Migration: Access to Health Care and Policy Implications Helena Legido-Quigley and Martin Mckee 26. Medical Tourism: A Case Study of Thailand Thinnakorn Noree 27. International Medical Travel Developments within Thailand and South-East Asia Audrey Bochaton 28. The National Context of Medical Travel within Japan Hiroyoshi Endo, Serina Okamura and Masafumi Toya 29. Medical Tourism and Outward FDI in Health Services: India in South Asia Rupa Chanda 30. Medical Tourism Developments within the Middle-East Nabil M. Kronfol 31. Migration and Patient Mobility in Latin America Max William Hadler 32. The Rise of Medical Tourism to South Africa Jonathan Crush, Abel Chikanda, David Sanders and Belinda Maswikwa 33. Medical Tourism Developments within Turkey Sıdıka Kaya, Seda Karsavuran and Ahmet Yıldız PART V ETHICAL, LEGAL AND REGULATORY 34. Ethics of Medical Tourism Guido Pennings 35. Medical Tourism for Services Illegal in Patients’ Home Country I. Glenn Cohen 36. Child Medical Tourism: A New Phenomenon Charlotte Hamlyn-Williams, Monica Lakhanpaul and Logan Manikam 37. Hospital Accreditation and Medical Tourism Charles D. Shaw 38. Medical Tourism and Trust: Towards an Agenda for Research Michael Calnan and Vid Calovski PART VI MOTIVATION, CLINICAL EXPERIENCE AND OUTCOMES 39. Putting the Thermal Back into Medical Tourism Melanie Smith, László Puczkó and Ivett Sziva 40. Dental Tourism Arun Chandu 41. Transplantation Tourism in Asia: Snapshot, Consequences and the Imperative for Policy Changes Alex Jingwei He 42. Cosmetic Surgery Tourism Ruth Holliday and David Bell 43. Journey Without End: Travelling Overseas for Bariatric Surgery: A Qualitative Study of UK Patients Travelling for Bariatric Surgery Johanna Hanefeld and Daniel Horsfall 44. Cross-Border Reproductive Travel Nicky Hudson and Lorraine Culley 45. ‘They Go the Extra Mile, the Extra Ten Miles…’: Examining Canadian Medical Tourists’ Interactions with Health Care Workers Abroad Valorie A. Crooks, Victoria Casey, Rebecca Whitmore, Rory Johnston and Jeremy Snyder 46. Outcomes and Medical Tourism Neil Lunt and Daniel Horsfall Index
£180.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd International Handbook on Ageing and Public
Book SynopsisWith the collective knowledge of expert contributors in the field, The International Handbook on Ageing and Public Policy explores the challenges arising from the ageing of populations across the globe.With an expansive look at the topic, this comprehensive Handbook examines various national state approaches to welfare provisions for older people and highlights alternatives based around the voluntary and third-party sector, families and private initiatives. Each of these issues are broken down further and split into six comprehensive sections:- Context- Pensions- Health- Welfare- Case Studies- Policy Innovation and Civil SocietyAcademics interested in policy challenges for mature societies will find this Handbook a highly relevant reference tool. It also offers an important message for policy makers and practitioners in the field of public policy.Contributors include: J. Atanackovic, D.E. Bloom, I. Bode, A. Börsch-Supan, I.L. Bourgeault, R. Canning, B.A. Carnes, L. Carter-Edwards, T. Chen, E. Collom, R. Edlin, A. Elissen, M. Eloundou-Enyegue, M. Erlinghagen, J. Field, V. Galasso, R. Gauld, K. Hank, S. Harper, J. Hoffman, R. Holzmann, K. Howse, J.H. Johnson Jr., M. Kaplan, M. Kautto, H.G. Koenig, D. Lain, R. Lee, G.W. Leeson, E. Le , Z. Li, P. Lloyd-Sherlock, B.L. Lowell, A. Lusardi, A. Mason, R. McKinnon, A.M. Parnell, P. Profeta, N. Redondo, M. Sánchez, C. Saraceno, K. Spencer-Suarez, M.Tenikue, V. Timonen, F.M. Torres-Gil, S. Vickerstaff, B. Vriehoef, J. Warburton, A. Webb, E. WesterhoutTrade Review‘International Handbook on Ageing and Public Policy gathers under one cover the collective knowledge of experts in the field who explore challenges arising from ageing populations around the world, and considers national state approaches to welfare for older people and how public and private initiatives work. College-level collections strong in public policies and aging with find this a powerful collection of in-depth articles suitable for framing inquiries and considering social structures.’ -- The Midwest Book Review‘This Handbook on ageing and public policy makes a substantial contribution in bringing together chapters spanning a -- breadth of issues in the areas of policy challenges and practitioner perspectives.’– EE Journal 1848 Social Policy & AdministrationTable of ContentsContents 1. Introduction: Conceptualising Social Policy for the Twenty-first-century Demography Sarah Harper 2. Introduction to Parts I-IV: Perspectives on the Challenges of Population Ageing PART I: POLICY CHALLENGES FOR MATURE SOCIETIES – CONTEXT 3. Drivers of Demographic Change in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries George W. Leeson 4. A Biodemographic Perspective on Longevity and Ageing Bruce A. Carnes 5. Migration and Ageing Societies Sarah Harper 6. On the Mechanical Contributions of Ageing to Global Income Inequality Parfait M. Eloundou-Enyegue and Michael Tenikue 7. Population Ageing and the Size of the Welfare State Vincenzo Galasso and Paola Profeta PART II: POLICY CHALLENGES FOR MATURE SOCIETIES – PENSIONS 8. Global Pension Systems Robert Holzmann 9. The Design and Implementation of Pension Systems in Developing Countries: Issues and Options David E. Bloom and Roddy McKinnon 10. Understanding Pension Wealth Zhenyu Li and Anthony Webb 11. Rational Pension Reform Axel Börsch-Supan 12. National Transfer Accounts and Intergenerational Transfers Ron Lee and Andy Mason PART III: POLICY CHALLENGES FOR MATURE SOCIETIES – HEALTH 13. Assessing the Cost Effectiveness of Therapies for Older People Richard Edlin 14. Population Ageing and Health Care Expenditure Growth Ed Westerhout 15. Developing Appropriate and Effective Care for People with Chronic Disease Bert Vrieheof and Arianne Elissen PART IV: POLICY CHALLENGES FOR MATURE SOCIETIES – WELFARE 16. Sustainability and Intergenerational Justice in Age-related Transfers Kenneth Howse 17. Health and Social Protection Policies for Older People in Latin America Peter Lloyd-Sherlock 18. Ageing Electorates and Gerontocracy: The Politics of Ageing in a Global World Fernando M. Torres-Gil and Kimberly Spencer-Suarez 19. Working Beyond Retirement Age: Lessons for Policy David Lain and Sarah Vickerstaff 20. Families, Older Persons and Care in Contexts of Poverty: the Case of South Africa Jaco Hoffman PART V and VI: PRACTIONER PERSPECTIVES 21. Policy and Practitioner Responses to the Challenges of Population Ageing: Introduction Jaco Hoffman 22. Sustaining the Nordic Welfare Model in the Face of Population Ageing Virpi Timonen and Mikko Kautto 23. Kinship Solidarity in Southern Europe Chiara Saraceno 24. Ageing and Social Policy in Australia Jeni Warburton 25. The Pension System in China: An Overview Taichang Chen 26. How Technology is Re-shaping the Processes of Providing Health Care for Ageing Populations Robin Gauld 27. Ageing and Care Giving in America: the Immigrant Workforce B. Lindsay Lowell 28. Canada’s Live-in Caregiver Programme Ivy Lynn Bourgeault and Jelena Atanackovic PART VI: PRACTIONER PERSPECTIVES – POLICY INNOVATION AND CIVIL SOCIETY 29. Intergenerational Programmes and Policies in Aging Societies Matthew Kaplan and Mariano Sánchez 30. Population Ageing and Private Sector Provision: the Case of Dependent Older Women in Latin America Nélida Redondo 31. Demographic Change and the Role of Older People in the Voluntary Sector Karsten Hank and Marcel Erlinghagen 32. The Third Sector as a Provider of Services for Older People Ewa Leś 33. State-third Sector Partnership Frameworks: from Administration to Participation? Ingo Bode 34. Microfinance, Cooperatives and Timebanks- Community Provided Welfare Ed Collom 35. Faith-Based Organizations and the Provision of Care for Older People Lori Carter-Edwards, James H. Johnson Jr., Allan M. Parnell and Harold G. Koenig 36. Lifelong Learning and Employers: Re-skilling Older Workers John Field and Roy Canning 37. Retirement Planning and Financial Literacy Annamaria Lusardi Index
£46.50
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Regulating Health Foods: Policy Challenges and
Book SynopsisRegulating Health Foods is likely to be of much interest to food researchers and regulators, as well as to many members of the public. The focus on regulation and policy for health foods (functional food, supplements and nutraceuticals) is highly topical. The different regulatory policies for health foods that apply in a number of high income and emerging nations are outlined and compared. Using concepts from social sciences (economics in particular), implications of these different approaches for both consumers and businesses are identified and discussed. The book should be a very useful addition to the literature on health foods.'- Michele Veeman, University of Alberta, Canada'The supply of foods marketed as healthy and functional is guided by both consumer demand and regulatory regimes. While many texts have attempted to document such drivers over the past decade or so, this volume provides a refreshing, concise yet comprehensive catalogue that includes trends in developed and emerging markets for health foods. Well resourced, including an annotated bibliography of many of the supporting studies summarized in the text, this book provides a good starting point for any researcher interested in understanding potential policy challenges and consumer conundrums.'- Neal Hooker, The Ohio State University, US'Regulating Health Foods systematically organizes the widely disparate definitions, regulations and policies used internationally to govern functional foods, supplements and nutraceuticals, doing so from the standpoint of the industry and its regulators. Food scientists, regulators and industry professionals will especially appreciate its detailed international perspective.'- Marion Nestle, New York University, USWith ageing populations, rising incomes and a growing recognition of the link between diet and health, consumers are interested in new food products, supplements and ingredients with purported health benefits. The food industry has responded with new food innovations, formulations and enhancements that comprise the growing health food market, manifesting the need to design regulatory frameworks to govern valid health claims.Regulating Health Foods provides an assessment of the regulatory environment governing the health food sector in key developed markets, including the US, the EU, Japan, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, as well as significant emerging markets such as Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Korea. It examines the different definitions of 'health food', product approval processes and health claims regulation in these markets. Against this backdrop, the book also offers insight into the nature of the health food sector in selected countries and examines the drivers of consumer demand for foods offering health benefits.This book is informative and accessible for students interested in food and nutrition policy, food economics, as well as socio-economic issues surrounding food and health. Academics and policymakers interested in food policy and regulation will benefit from the detailed analysis of the regulatory systems in a number of countries, and a comprehensive overview of key literature summarizing consumer attitudes toward health foods and health claims.Contents: Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. What are 'Health Foods'? 3. Evolving Policy Issues and Regulatory Frameworks 4. Health Claim Regulations in Developed Markets 5. Health Claim Regulations in Emerging Markets 6. Industry and Market Trends 7. Consumer Responses to Health Foods 8. Through the Looking glass References IndexTrade Review‘Regulating Health Foods is likely to be of much interest to food researchers and regulators, as well as to many members of the public. The focus on regulation and policy for health foods (functional food, supplements and nutraceuticals) is highly topical. The different regulatory policies for health foods that apply in a number of high income and emerging nations are outlined and compared. Using concepts from social sciences (economics in particular), implications of these different approaches for both consumers and businesses are identified and discussed. The book should be a very useful addition to the literature on health foods.’ -- Michele Veeman, University of Alberta, Canada‘The supply of foods marketed as healthy and functional is guided by both consumer demand and regulatory regimes. While many texts have attempted to document such drivers over the past decade or so, this volume provides a refreshing, concise yet comprehensive catalogue that includes trends in developed and emerging markets for health foods. Well resourced, including an annotated bibliography of many of the supporting studies summarized in the text, this book provides a good starting point for any researcher interested in understanding potential policy challenges and consumer conundrums.’ -- Neal Hooker, The Ohio State University, US‘Regulating Health Foods systematically organizes the widely disparate definitions, regulations and policies used internationally to govern functional foods, supplements and nutraceuticals, doing so from the standpoint of the industry and its regulators. Food scientists, regulators and industry professionals will especially appreciate its detailed international perspective.’ -- Marion Nestle, New York University, USTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. What are “Health Foods”? 3. Evolving Policy Issues and Regulatory Frameworks 4. Health Claim Regulations in Developed Markets 5. Health Claim Regulations in Emerging Markets 6. Industry and Market Trends 7. Consumer Responses to Health Foods 8. Through the Looking glass References Index
£98.80
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Cost–Benefit Analysis and Health Care
Book SynopsisCost-benefit analysis is the only method of economic evaluation that can effectively indicate whether a health care treatment or intervention is worthwhile. In this thoroughly updated and revised second edition, Robert Brent expands the scope of the field by including the latest concepts and applications throughout all regions of the world. This book attempts to strengthen the link between cost-benefit analysis and the mainstream health care evaluation field, which is dominated by non-economists. The need to build a bridge between the two is more important than ever before, as the general understanding of cost-benefit analysis appears to have regressed.Case studies are used throughout to explain and illustrate the various methodologies being examined. In addition, the author now covers more of the statistical requirements that are necessary to understand and carry out health care evaluations, and follows an applied economics approach. Ultimately, he resolves a number of disputes and makes some new, but subtle, contributions by reinterpreting, correcting and extending existing work. The book covers the topic in an accessible manner, from the foundations to the frontiers of the field, and clearly explains all the necessary economic principles along the way.Cost-Benefit Analysis and Health Care Evaluations, Second Edition will be invaluable to students and researchers of health economics, public policy and health care policy, as well as policymakers and health care practitioners. It can also be used as a comprehensive introductory text by anyone with an interest in cost-benefit analysis. From this perspective, the new additional final chapter is particularly useful as it supplies a summary of CBA that highlights the main conclusions of the text in a single chapter.Contents: 1. Introduction to Health Care Evaluation 2. Cost Minimization and the Definition of 'Cost' 3. Types of Costs and their Measurement 4. External Costs 5. Social Cost of Taxation 6. Fundamentals of Cost-effectiveness Aanalysis 7. Further Issues of Cost-effectiveness Analysis 8. Fundamentals of Cost utility Analysis 9. Measuring Utilities in Cost utility Analysis 10. Cost-utility Analysis and Equity 11. Cost-benefit Analysis and the Human Capital Approach 12. Cost-benefit Analysis and Willingness to Pay 13. Cost-benefit Analysis and Equity 14. Methods for Measuring the Benefits of HIV/AIDS Interventions IndexTrade ReviewAcclaim for the first edition:‘Professor Brent’s book is a superb and much-needed text in the field of health care evaluation. The economic approaches for appraisal of health care programs are presented with greater clarity than any other available text. A comprehensive review of cost-minimization, cost-effectiveness analysis, cost–utility analysis, and cost–benefit analysis is given in a simple and yet very insightful manner that pointedly demonstrates their fundamental principles, methodological requirements, and common linkages for evaluation research. The book skilfully merges theory and application of the economic analyses of health care, combining the latest literature with adroit illustrations of required methodologies and easily understandable examples that inform the reader of how empirical evaluation research should be conducted. Major evaluation concerns about the appropriateness of discounting health benefits, the appropriate discount (interest) rate, and intangible benefits and costs are critically appraised. Not only is the criterion of economic efficiency of health care programs explored directly and with lucidity, but the important social question of the equity of health interventions is also assessed straightforwardly. Students of health care as well as health policy analysts and administrators are provided with a considerable solid foundation for undertaking evaluation of complex health care issues. In short, Professor Brent has even made the economics of health care evaluation accessible to non-economists in the health care field.’ -- Paul L. Solano, University of Delaware, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to Health Care Evaluation 2. Cost Minimization and the Definition of ‘Cost’ 3. Types of Costs and their Measurement 4. External Costs 5. Social Cost of Taxation 6. Fundamentals of Cost-effectiveness Aanalysis 7. Further Issues of Cost-effectiveness Analysis 8. Fundamentals of Cost–utility Analysis 9. Measuring Utilities in Cost–utility Analysis 10. Cost–utility Analysis and Equity 11. Cost–benefit Analysis and the Human Capital Approach 12. Cost–benefit Analysis and Willingness to Pay 13. Cost–benefit Analysis and Equity 14. Methods for Measuring the Benefits of HIV/AIDS Interventions Index
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Emerald Publishing Limited Preference Measurement in Health
Book SynopsisMeasurements of individual benefits of different health and medical interventions are fundamental for prioritizing among different alternative uses of resources in the healthcare sector. While psychometric measures do not necessarily provide information sufficient for assigning relative values to different health states, preference-based approaches produce measures that allow comparisons of such values. In this volume of the series of Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research, entitled Preference Measurement in Health, the papers cover altruism within families, differences in risk attitudes, and estimation of health benefits of food safety. Specific topics include efficiency and altruism, comparison of mother and daughter values of HPV vaccination for daughters, differences in risk attitudes between women and men, how context matters in valuing food safety programs, and valuation of health risks associated with pesticide use.Table of ContentsAltruism, Efficiency, and Health in the Family. Adolescent Girls’ Preferences for HPV Vaccines: A Discrete Choice Experiment. Gender Differences in Risk Attitudes. Mutual Altruism: Evidence from Alzheimer Patients and Their Spouse Caregivers. How Should the Health Benefits of Food Safety Programs Be Measured?. Pesticides and Health: A Review of Evidence on Health Effects, Valuation of Risks, and Benefit-Cost Analysis. Preference Measurement in Health. Advances in health economics and health services research. Preference Measurement in Health. Copyright page. List of Contributors. Acknowledgements. Overview. Altruism, Efficiency, and Health in the Family. Adolescent Girls’ Preferences for HPV Vaccines: A Discrete Choice Experiment. Gender Differences in Risk Attitudes. Mutual Altruism: Evidence from Alzheimer Patients and Their Spouse Caregivers. How Should the Health Benefits of Food Safety Programs Be Measured?. Pesticides and Health: A Review of Evidence on Health Effects, Valuation of Risks, and Benefit-Cost Analysis. Preference Measurement in Health. Advances in health economics and health services research. Preference Measurement in Health. Copyright page. List of Contributors. Acknowledgements. Overview.
£97.99
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Sick of Inequality?: An Introduction to the
Book SynopsisThere is a clear trend in rich countries that, despite rising incomes and living standards, the gap between rich and poor is widening. What does this mean for our health? Does increasing income inequality affect outcomes such as obesity, life expectancy and subjective well-being? Are rich and poor groups affected in the same ways? This book reviews the latest research on the relationship between inequality and health, and provides a pedagogical introduction to the tools and knowledge needed to understand and assess the vast literature on the subject. The book includes discussion of the definitions and measurement of objective and subjective health and income inequality, and illustrates how various measures have been developed in different countries. Main conclusions from the literature are then summarized and discussed critically. It incorporates a substantial research overview of the field, as well as a detailed debate of the empirical challenges that arise during research. The book concludes that results are surprisingly contradictory, but that several studies have found that higher inequality is directly linked to lower subjective well-being.Students and scholars in public health, social work, economics, and sociology will find this book an essential exposition of conceptual issues and empirical methods applied to the controversial topic of the health consequences of inequality.Trade Review'With this book Bergh, Nilsson and Waldenstrom bring a nuanced contribution to a research field torn by controversies and heated polemics. In a clear and pedagogical manner the authors sift through the research and weigh the evidence. It should be essential reading for anyone interested in the relationship between income inequalities and health.' --Stefan Fors, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Sweden'A terrific analysis of one of the big questions in social science. This engaging book distils the wisdom of hundreds of academic studies, while doing justice to the complexity of the issues.' --Andrew Leigh, Economist and Australian ParliamentarianTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Measuring Health 3. Measuring Inequality 4. How Can Economic Inequality Influence Health? 5. Correlation Or Causality? Interpreting Scatter Plots And Regressions 6. The Ecological Fallacy: What Conclusions Can Be Drawn From Group Averages? 7. Income Inequality And Health: What Does The Literature Tell Us? 8. Searching For The Inequality Effect: What Tools Are Appropriate? 9. Conclusion Index
£79.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Sick of Inequality?: An Introduction to the
Book SynopsisThere is a clear trend in rich countries that, despite rising incomes and living standards, the gap between rich and poor is widening. What does this mean for our health? Does increasing income inequality affect outcomes such as obesity, life expectancy and subjective well-being? Are rich and poor groups affected in the same ways? This book reviews the latest research on the relationship between inequality and health, and provides a pedagogical introduction to the tools and knowledge needed to understand and assess the vast literature on the subject. The book includes discussion of the definitions and measurement of objective and subjective health and income inequality, and illustrates how various measures have been developed in different countries. Main conclusions from the literature are then summarized and discussed critically. It incorporates a substantial research overview of the field, as well as a detailed debate of the empirical challenges that arise during research. The book concludes that results are surprisingly contradictory, but that several studies have found that higher inequality is directly linked to lower subjective well-being.Students and scholars in public health, social work, economics, and sociology will find this book an essential exposition of conceptual issues and empirical methods applied to the controversial topic of the health consequences of inequality.Trade Review'With this book Bergh, Nilsson and Waldenstrom bring a nuanced contribution to a research field torn by controversies and heated polemics. In a clear and pedagogical manner the authors sift through the research and weigh the evidence. It should be essential reading for anyone interested in the relationship between income inequalities and health.' --Stefan Fors, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Sweden'A terrific analysis of one of the big questions in social science. This engaging book distils the wisdom of hundreds of academic studies, while doing justice to the complexity of the issues.' --Andrew Leigh, Economist and Australian ParliamentarianTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Measuring Health 3. Measuring Inequality 4. How Can Economic Inequality Influence Health? 5. Correlation Or Causality? Interpreting Scatter Plots And Regressions 6. The Ecological Fallacy: What Conclusions Can Be Drawn From Group Averages? 7. Income Inequality And Health: What Does The Literature Tell Us? 8. Searching For The Inequality Effect: What Tools Are Appropriate? 9. Conclusion Index
£22.75
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Health Policy: Choice, Equality and Cost
Book SynopsisThis lucid and comprehensive book explores the ways in which the State, the market and the citizen can collaborate to satisfy people's health care needs. It argues that health care is not a commodity like any other. It asks if its unique properties mean that there is a role for social regulation and political management. Apples and oranges can be left to the buyers and the sellers. Health care may require an input from the consensus, the experts, the insurers, the politicians and the bureaucrats as well.David Reisman makes a fresh contribution to the debate. He argues that the three policy issues that are of primary importance are choice, equality and cost. He explores the balance between the patient, the practitioner and public opinion; the disparities in outcome indicators and access to medical care; and the escalation in prices and quantities at the expense of other areas of social life. Reisman concludes that, despite its significance for the individual and the nation, there is no single definition of health or health care. The maximand is a mix. Yet decisions have to be made.This thought-provoking and insightful book will be of use to students and scholars of public policy, social policy and health economics. It will also be of interest to medical practitioners who want to situate hard choices about health and illness in a broad multidisciplinary context.Trade Review'Too often health economics proceeds without serious consideration of the concrete challenges of health policy. David Reisman's new book does just the opposite: it starts with those challenges and shows what the economics of health care must be to address them. This makes the economics of health care inseparable from the ethics of health care. This book is highly recommended for clear and sensible thinking about the economics of health policy.' --John Davis, Marquette University, US and University of Amsterdam, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Good Health 3. The Invisible Mind 4. Inputs and Outcomes 5. The Individual 6. The Practitioner 7. The Public 8. The Logic of Insurance 9. Insurance: Public and Private 10. Equity and Equality 11. The Right to Health 12. Inequality and Health 13. Narrowing the Gap 14. Equalising Medical Care 15. The Cost of Care 16. Cost Containment 17. State, Market and Cost 18. Conclusion Index
£116.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Health Policy: Choice, Equality and Cost
Book SynopsisThis lucid and comprehensive book explores the ways in which the State, the market and the citizen can collaborate to satisfy people's health care needs. It argues that health care is not a commodity like any other. It asks if its unique properties mean that there is a role for social regulation and political management. Apples and oranges can be left to the buyers and the sellers. Health care may require an input from the consensus, the experts, the insurers, the politicians and the bureaucrats as well.David Reisman makes a fresh contribution to the debate. He argues that the three policy issues that are of primary importance are choice, equality and cost. He explores the balance between the patient, the practitioner and public opinion; the disparities in outcome indicators and access to medical care; and the escalation in prices and quantities at the expense of other areas of social life. Reisman concludes that, despite its significance for the individual and the nation, there is no single definition of health or health care. The maximand is a mix. Yet decisions have to be made.This thought-provoking and insightful book will be of use to students and scholars of public policy, social policy and health economics. It will also be of interest to medical practitioners who want to situate hard choices about health and illness in a broad multidisciplinary context.Trade Review'Too often health economics proceeds without serious consideration of the concrete challenges of health policy. David Reisman's new book does just the opposite: it starts with those challenges and shows what the economics of health care must be to address them. This makes the economics of health care inseparable from the ethics of health care. This book is highly recommended for clear and sensible thinking about the economics of health policy.' --John Davis, Marquette University, US and University of Amsterdam, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Good Health 3. The Invisible Mind 4. Inputs and Outcomes 5. The Individual 6. The Practitioner 7. The Public 8. The Logic of Insurance 9. Insurance: Public and Private 10. Equity and Equality 11. The Right to Health 12. Inequality and Health 13. Narrowing the Gap 14. Equalising Medical Care 15. The Cost of Care 16. Cost Containment 17. State, Market and Cost 18. Conclusion Index
£34.15
Emerald Publishing Limited Human Capital and Health Behavior
Book SynopsisHuman capital is embodied in human beings. It embraces the individual’s capacity to perform and enjoy activities that provide money and/or psychic income. Health behaviour affects human capital and is itself affected by the individual’s human capital. This volume consists of original theoretical and empirical contributions to our knowledge of the interdependence between Human Capital and Health Behaviour.Trade ReviewHealth, economics, and policy researchers from Europe, the US, Canada, and China provide eight articles drawn from papers presented at the Symposium on Human Capital and Health Behavior, held in Gothenburg, Sweden, in May 2016. They consider the relationship between human capital and health behavior, including the relationship between birth spacing and educational outcomes; the relationship between education and health; human capital and risky behavior, including the effects of maternal work incentives on teen drug arrests and a behavioral welfare economics approach to measure the impact of tobacco regulations on consumer welfare; the association between smoking cessation and health information and the effect of education on health behavior after screening for colorectal cancer; and the relationship between unemployment insurance and physical activity. -- Annotation ©2017 Ringgold Inc. * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsIntroduction Prenatal investments and human capital development Chapter 1. Birth spacing and educational outcomes; Elaine L. Hill and David J.G. Slusky Education and health Chapter 2. Individual investments in education and health: Policy responses and interactions; Jared C. Carbone and Snorre Kverndokk Chapter 3. Causal effects of maternal schooling on child immunization in India; Prabal K. De Human capital and risky health behavior Chapter 4. Effects of maternal work incentives on teen drug arrests; Hope Corman, Dhaval Dave, Ariel Kalil and Nancy E. Reichman Chapter 5. Behavioral welfare economics and FDA tobacco regulations; Philip DeCicca, Donald Kenkel, Feng Liu and Hua Wang Information and health behavior Chapter 6. Educational heterogeneity in the association between smoking cessation and health information; Dean R. Lillard Chapter 7. The effect of education on health behavior after screening for colorectal cancer; Eline Aas and Tor Iversen Insurance and health behavior Chapter 8. Unemployment insurance and physical activity; Jonathan Cylus
£96.99
Emerald Publishing Limited Health Econometrics
Book SynopsisRecent years have witnessed a dramatic surge in applied econometric work in health economics, enhanced by the availability of large micro and macro data sets as well as the rapid development of new techniques and tools in econometrics. Health economics is an important and challenging area of research for applied econometricians, due to complexity embedded in the data, arising from issues such as nonlinearity of models, the presence of individual-level unobserved heterogeneity as well as time and cross sectional dependencies. This book covers a wide range of existing and emerging topics in applied health economics. These include: behavioural economics, medical care risk, social insurance, discrete choice models, cost-effectiveness analysis, health and immigration, vignette approach, response of parental investments to child’s health at birth, determinants of innovation in the pharmaceutical industry, hospital competition, use of administrative data, spatial health econometrics, health expenditure, and networks.Trade ReviewHealth Econometrics is a timely and important contribution to the field. Solid scholarly research in health economics increasingly demands the application of creative study designs and novel econometric strategies. The editors have assembled here a first-class group of internationally renowned authors whose expertise is manifest in their contributions to this volume. The chapter themes span a wide range of topics in health econometrics that will be of interest to researchers, students, and policy makers. -- Prof. John MullahyFifteen papers apply econometric methods to the area of health economics, assess behavioral insights and experimental methods for measuring risk and time preferences in health economics, and review graphical modeling techniques for estimating large covariance matrices. The contributors address econometric considerations when using the net benefit regression framework to conduct cost-effectiveness analysis, examine how legal liability affects medical decisions, and survey recent literature studying the effect of competition, tariffs, and non-profit state on quality. -- Annotation ©2018 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsChapter 1. Experimental Methods and Behavioral Insights in Health Economics: Estimating Risk and Time Preferences in Health; Matteo M Galizzi, Glenn W Harrison, Marisa Miraldo Chapter 2. Subjective Expectations of Medical Expenditures and Insurance in Rural Ethiopia; Zelalem Yilmaa, Owen O'Donnell, Anagaw Mebratie, Getnet Alemud, Arjun S. Bedi Chapter 3. Social Insurance and Health; Nicolas R. Ziebarth Chapter 4. Discrete choice methods in health economics; Arne Risa Hole Chapter 5. Migration, Health and Well-Being: Models and Methods; Osea Giuntella, Catia Nicodemo Chapter 6. Econometric considerations when using the net benefit regression framework to conduct cost-effectiveness analysis; Jeffrey S Hoch, Pierre Chaussé Chapter 7. Anchoring vignettes and cross-country comparability: an empirical assessment of self-reported mobility; Andrew M. Jones, Nigel Rice, Silvana Robone Chapter 8. Response of parental investments to child’s health endowment at birth; Cheti Nicoletti, Kjell G. Salvanes, Emma Tominey Chapter 9. R&D Success in Pharmaceutical Markets: a duration model approach; Eliana Barrenho, Marisa Miraldo Chapter 10. Medical Malpractice: How Legal Liability Affects Medical Decisions; Paola Bertoli, Veronica Grembi Chapter 11. Hospital Economics: the Effect of Competition, Tariffs and Non-Profit Status on Quality; Luigi Siciliani Chapter 12. Administrative data and health outcome assessment: methodology and application; Gianmaria Martini, Giorgio Vittadini Chapter 13. Spatial Health Econometrics; Badi H. Baltagi, Francesco Moscone, Rita Santos Chapter 14. Cross-country Medical Expenditure Modeling Using OECD Panel Data and ARDL Approach: Investigating GDP, Technology and Ageing Effects; Albert A. Okunade, Xiaohui You, Kayhan Koleyni Chapter 15. Large Network Inference: New Insights in Health Economics; Francesco Moscone, Veronica Vinciotti, Elisa Tosetti
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Law and Policy of Healthcare Financing: An
Book SynopsisExamining the ways and extent to which systemic factors affect health outcomes with regard to quality, affordability and access to curative healthcare, this explorative book compares the relative merits of tax-funded Beveridge systems and insurance-based Bismarck systems. The Law and Policy of Healthcare Financing charts and compares healthcare system outcomes throughout 11 countries, from the UK to Colombia. Thematic chapters investigate the economic and legal explanations for the relevant similarities, variations and trends across the globe. Concluding that systemic factors may be less significant than previously believed, this comprehensive book notes that no one system consistently outperforms the others, yet incentives and funding improvements may lift performances across all curative healthcare systems. Analytical and comparative, this book will be of interest to academics working in the fields of health law and health economics. Public authorities including health ministries, policymakers and international health organisations will also find this to be an invaluable resource. Contributors include: F. Bachner, J. Bobek, J. Boertjens, P. Bogetoft, J.M. Burke, F. Dewallens, I. Durand-Zaleski, A. Geissler, C. Góngora Torres, M. Guy, T. Haanperä, J. Janus, S. Jerabkova, L. Lepuschütz, J. Lombard, M. Mikkers, G. O'Nolan, M.J. Perez-Villadoniga, H. Platou, K. Polin, W. Quentin, W. Sauter, V. Shestalova, K.H. Søvig, V. Stephani, A. van den Heever, J. van Manen, J. VermeulenTrade Review'How we pay for our healthcare systems is nothing short of a test of our success as communities and nations: healthcare preserves and promotes human dignity. The balance between rising demands and costs, access for all, and efficiency and quality is pursued in different ways. Studies like this - even though comparable data is scarce - help us see possible better ways forward. The editors have assembled an impressive team, and their comparative research design yields rich insights.' --Tamara Hervey, University of Sheffield, UK'Due to aging populations and technological advancements, countries are facing the challenge of improving healthcare quality, while maintaining access and containing cost. Focusing on the hospital sector, this book discusses how a variety of 11 countries try to meet this challenge. Specific attention is paid to the role of the regulatory framework, market structure, rationing and reimbursement methods. Although no best practice emerges, this book may be very useful for policymakers and anyone else interested in cross-country comparison.' --Frederik T. Schut, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: healthcare financing – an international comparison of models and outcomes Jos Boertjens, Johan van Manen, Misja Mikkers and Wolf Sauter PART I THEMATIC CHAPTERS 1. Explaining America’s spendthrift healthcare system: the enduring effects of public regulation on private competition William M. Sage 2. Effective access to healthcare services abroad under the EU Directive on Cross-Border Patients’ Rights Jarleth M. Burke 3. A legal perspective on tax-based versus insurance-based healthcare systems: comparing England and the Netherlands Jos Boertjens and Mary Guy 4. A theoretical model of the determinants of waiting lists: an application to the Spanish national health system Ana Rodríguez-Álvarez and Maria J. Perez-Villadoniga 5. Financial incentives to change the healthcare landscape: a case study Josine Janus 6. Population-based financing: the future of healthcare? Peter Bogetoft, Misja Mikkers and Victoria Shestalova PART II COUNTRY REPORTS 7. Country report: Austria Julia Bobek, Lena Lepuschütz and Florian Bachner 8. Country report: Belgium Filip Dewallens and Julie Vermeulen 9. Country report: Czech Republic – hospital financing in the Czech Republic Silvie Jerabkova 10. Country report: Colombia – approach to healthcare financing in Colombia and its impact on quality, affordability and competition Catalina Góngora Torres 11. Country report: England Tuomas Haanperä 12. Country report: France Isabelle Durand-Zaleski and Johan van Manen 13. Country report: Germany Katherine Polin, Wilm Quentin, Victor Stephani and Alexander Geissler 14. Country report: Ireland John Lombard and Gerald O’Nolan 15. Country report: the Netherlands Johan van Manen 16. Country report: Norway Karl Harald Søvig and Harald Platou 17. Country report: South Africa Alex van den Heever Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Empirical Health Economics
Book SynopsisThis research review discusses some of the most influential literature in the area of empirical health economics. Health economics provides empirical evidence to aid decision-making across a broad spectrum of issues in health and health care. This evidence is often derived from econometric methods. This literature analysis covers landmark contributions to the development and application of these methods which span the field, ranging from structural models, models for health care costs and other microeconometric approaches, including bayesian methods, longitudinal data, applications to health technology assessment, along with field experiments and policy evaluation. This review will be of interest to economic researchers and students as well as health scholar's wishing to explore the development of modern econometrics applied to health policy. Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Andrew M. Jones PART I STRUCTURAL APPROACHES TO HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE 1. Richard Auster, Irving Leveson and Deborah Sarachek (1969), ‘The Production of Health, an Exploratory Study’, Journal of Human Resources, 4 (4), Autumn, 411–36 2. Mark R. Rosenzweig and T. Paul Schultz (1983), ‘Estimating a Household Production Function: Heterogenity, the Demand for Health Inputs, and Their Effects on Birth Weight’, Journal of Political Economy, 91 (5), October, 723–46 3. Gary S. Becker, Michael Grossman and Kevin M. Murphy (1994), ‘An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction’, American Economic Review, 84 (3), June, 396–418 4. Donna B. Gilleskie (1998), ‘A Dynamic Stochastic Model of Medical Care Use and Work Absence’, Econometrica, 66 (1), January, 1–45 5. Marcos Vera-Hernández (2003),’Structural Estimation of a Principal Agent Model: Moral Hazard in Medical Insurance’, RAND Journal of Economics, 34 (4), Winter, 670–93 6. Peter Arcidiacono, Holger Sieg and Frank Sloan (2007), ‘Living Rationally Under the Volcano? An Empirical Analysis of Heavy Drinking and Smoking’, International Economic Review, 48 (1), February, 37–65 PART II METHODS FOR HEALTH CARE COSTS 7. Naihua N. Duan, Willard G. Manning, Jr., Carl N. Morris and Joseph P. Newhouse (1983), ‘A Comparison of Alternative Models for the Demand for Medical Care’, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 1 (2), April, 115–26 8. Williard G. Manning (1998),’The Logged Dependent Variable, Heteroscedasticity, and the Retransformation Problem’, Journal of Health Economics, 17 (3), June, 283–95 9. David K. Blough, Carolyn W. Madden, and Mark C. Hornbrook (1999), ‘Modeling Risk Using Generalized Linear Models’, Journal of Health Economics, 18 (2), April, 153–71 10. Donna B. Gilleskie and Thomas A. Mroz (2004), ‘A Flexible Approach for Estimating the Effects of Covariates on Health Expenditures’, Journal of Health Economics, 23 (3), March, 391–418 11. Anirban Basu and Paul J. Rathouz (2005),’Estimating Marginal and Incremental Effects on Health Outcomes Using Flexible Link and Variance Function Models’, Biostatistics, 6 (1), January, 93–109 12. Willard G. Manning, Anirban Basu and John Mullahy (2005), ’Generalized Modelling Approaches to Risk Adjustment of Skewed Outcomes Data’ Journal of Health Economics, 24 (3), May, 465–88 13. Andrew M. Jones, James Lomas and Nigel Rice (2015),’ Healthcare Cost Regressions: Going Beyond the Mean to Estimate the Full Distribution’, Health Economics, 24 (9), April, 1192–212 PART III MICROECONOMETRIC METHODS APPLIED TO HEALTH 14. John Mullahy (1986),’Specification and Testing of Some Modified Count Data Models’, Journal of Econometrics, 33 (3), December, 341–65 15. Bryan Dowd, Roger Feldman, Steven Cassou and Michael Finch (1991), ‘Health Plan Choice and the Utilization of Health Care Services’, Review of Economics and Statistics, 73 (1), February, 85–93 16. Marcel Kerkhofs and Maarten Lindeboom (1995), ‘Subjective Health Measures and State Dependent Reporting Errors’, Health Economics, 4 (3), May–June, 221–35 17. Winfried Pohlmeier and Volker Ulrich (1995), ’An Econometric Model of the Two-Part Decisonmaking Process in the Demand for Health Care’, Journal of Human Resources, 30 (2), Spring, 339–61 18. Partha Deb and Pravin K. Trivedi (1997),’Demand for Medical Care by the Elderly: A Finite Mixture Approach’, Journal of Applied Econometrics, 12 (3), May/ June, 313–36 19. David M. Zimmer and Pravin K. Trivedi (2006), ‘Using Trivariate Copulas to Model Sample Selection and Treatment Effects: Application to Family Health Care Demand’, Journal of Business and Economics Statistics, 24 (1), January, 63–76 PART IV BAYESIAN APPROACHES 20. Gary Koop, Jacek Osiewalski and Mark F.J. Steel (1997),’Bayesian Efficiency Analysis through Individual Effects: Hospital Cost Frontiers’, Journal of Econometrics, 76 (1-2), February, 77–105 21. Barton H. Hamilton (1999),’HMO Selection and Medicare Costs: Bayesian MCMC Estimation of a Robust Panel Data Tobit Model with Survival’, Health Economics, 8 (5), July, 403–14 22. John Geweke, Gautam Gowrisankaran and Robert J. Town (2003),’Bayesian Inference for Hospital Quality in A Selection Model’,Econometrica, 71 (4), July, 1215–38 23. Partha Deb, Murat K. Munkin and Pravin K. Trivedi (2006),’Bayesian Analysis of the Two-Part Model with Endogeneity: Application to Health Care Expenditure’, Journal of Applied Econometrics, 21 (7), November, 1081–99 PART V LONGITUDINAL AND SPATIAL APPROACHES 24. José M. Labeaga (1999),’A Double-Hurdle Rational Addiction Model with Heterogeneity: Estimating the Demand for Tobacco’, Journal of Econometrics, 93 (1), November, 49–72 25. Paul Contoyannis, Andrew M. Jones and Nigel Rice (2004), ’The Dynamics of Health in the British Household Panel Survey’, Journal of Applied Econometrics, 19 (4), July–August, 473–503 26. Teresa Bago d’Uva (2006),’Latent Class Models for Utilisation of Health Care’, Health Economics, 15 (4), March, 329–43 27. Francesco Moscone, Martin Knapp and Elisa Tosetti (2007),’Mental Health Expenditure in England: A Spatial Panel Approach’, Journal of Health Economics, 26 (4), July, 842–64 PART VI ECONOMETRICS AND HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT 28. Mark McClellan, Barbara J. McNeil and Joseph P. Newhouse, (1994), ‘Does More Intensive Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Elderly Reduce Mortality?, Journal of the American Medical Association, 272 (11), September, 859–66 29. Jeffrey S. Hoch, Andrew H. Briggs and Andrew R. Willan (2002), ’Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed and Something Blue: A Framework for the Marriage of Health Econometrics and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis’, Health Economics, 11 (5), January, 415–30 30. Anirban Basu, James J. Heckman, Salvador Navarro-Lozano and Sergio Urzua (2007),’Use of Instrumental Variables in the Presence of Heterogeneity and Self-Selection: An Application to Treatments of Breast Cancer Patients’, Health Economics, 16 (11), October, 1133–57 PART VII FIELD EXPERIMENTS 31. Willard G. Manning, Joseph P. Newhouse, Naihua N. Duan, Emmett B. Keeler and Arleen Leibowitz (1987),’Health Insurance and the Demand for Medical Care: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment’, American Economic Review, 77 (3), June, 251–77 [27] 32. Paul Gertler (2004), ‘Do Conditional Cash Transfers Improve Childs Health? Evidence from PROGRESA’s Control Randomized Experiment’, American Economic Review, 94 (2), May, 336–41 33. Amy Finkelstein, Sarah Taubman, Bill Wright, Mira Bernstein, Jonathan Gruber, Joseph P. Newhouse, Heidi Allen, Katherine Baicker, and the Oregon Health Study Group (2012), ‘The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment: Evidence From The First Year’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 127 (3), August, 1057–106 PART VIII QUASI-EXPERIMENTS AND POLICY EVALUATION 34. David Card and Lara D. Shore-Sheppard (2004),’Using Discontinuous Eligibility Rules to Identify the Effects of the Federal Medicaid Expansions on Low-Income Children’, Review of Economics and Statistics, 86 (3), August, 752–66 35. Arild Aakvik, James J. Heckman and Edward J. Vytlacil (2005), ‘Estimating Treatment Effects for Discrete Outcomes when Responses to Treatment Vary: An Application to Norwegian Vocational Rehabilitation Programs’, Journal of Econometrics, 125 (1–2), April, 15–51 36. Gerard J. van den Berg, Maarten Lindeboom and France Portrait (2006),’Economic Conditions Early in Life and Individual Mortality’, American Economic Review, 96 (1), March, 290–302 37. Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux and Kjell G. Salvanes (2007),’From The Cradle to the Labor Market? The Effect of Birth Weight on Adult Outcomes’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 122 (1), February, 409–39 38. Douglas Almond and Joseph J. Doyle Jr (2011),’After Midnight: A Regression Discontinuity Design in Length of Postpartum Hospital Stays’, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 3 (3), August, 1–34 39. Martin Gaynor, Rodrigo Moreno-Serra and Carol Propper (2013), ‘Death by Market Power: Reform, Competition, and Patient Outcomes in the National Health Service’, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 5 (4), November, 134–66 Index
£375.25
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook on Teaching Health Economics: Best
Book SynopsisThis Handbook features the best teaching practices in the Health Economics (HE) field over the past decade. HE is still considered a relatively new field in the world of economics. While most academic programs leading to HE specializations are housed in economics departments, many courses often reside elsewhere: in schools of public health, health professions, health sciences, nursing, pharmacy, business, or public/health administration. Teaching in these diverse, specialized curricula requires a customized subset of methods and materials developed for both the instructors and the students.The editors have sought to expand applicability beyond North America and Western Europe, and to address issues in both less developed health economies and more advanced ones. The chapters herein present new and innovative teaching methods.Instructors with or without professional training in HE will welcome the featured practical applications that encompass HE courses taught in various economics and non-economics undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs.Trade Review‘This text provides unprecedented teaching tips to create an active learning environment for students in public health and medicine as well as traditional economics programs. Instructors will appreciate the tips on active learning techniques for online teaching and the focus on international and country-specific applications.’ -- J. Mick Tilford, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, US'This Handbook is a treasure trove of approaches, ideas, and tools to improve everybody's teaching of health economics. Whether you're teaching an online class for the first time, preparing to teach in another country, or seeking fresh new simulations and classroom activities, you’ll find great information to make your teaching more effective and inclusive.' -- Joanne Spetz, University of California, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface xix PART I ACTIVE LEARNING ASSIGNMENTS 1 Introduction to learning and teaching health economics 2 Allen C. Goodman and Maia Platt 2 The health insurance game 17 Jennifer Kohn 3 Assessing competency in health economics using portfolios 32 Neha Batura, Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli, Jane Hughes and Jolene Skordis 4 Labs and cases in health insurance and cost-effectiveness analyses to enhance active learning experiences in an introductory health economics course for students in health professions 44 Carolyn S. Dewa and Jeffrey S. Hoch 5 Active learning techniques to enhance understanding of complex stochastic modeling methods 61 Michal Horný 6 Using net benefit regression to teach cost-effectiveness analysis with a dataset 77 Jeffrey S. Hoch and Carolyn S. Dewa 7 Noricum – healthy cooperation or nasty snake pit: a strategic role play teaching how to handle healthcare system conflicts 88 Florian Buchner 8 Teaching health economics to non-economists 108 Elizabeth Pitney Seidler PART II TEACHING TIPS AND TOOLS FOR ONLINE ENVIRONMENT 9 Strategic pedagogy: pursuing best practices for teaching asynchronous online health economics courses 124 Neil Meredith 10 Integration of an online homework platform and interactive e-textbook into a virtual learning environment of a health economics course 135 M. Femi Ayadi 11 Engaging distance learners with no economic background in an online health economics course 146 Heather Brown 12 Opportunities and challenges in delivering postgraduate health economics programs online 157 Lisa Gold and Jennifer Watts 13 Using distance education to teach health economics: national and global experiences 170 Diane M. Dewar 14 Teaching in a pandemic: quickly adapting to the unexpected 178 Jill Boylston Herndon PART III INTERNATIONAL AND COUNTRY-SPECIFIC PERSPECTIVES AND APPLICATIONS 15 Video-conferencing in a health economics course with alumni in healthcare and partners abroad 189 Ashley Hodgson 16 Teaching international health systems through experiential learning 204 Simon Condliffe 17 Strengthening capacity for teaching of health economics in sub-Saharan Africa 222 Thomas Wilkinson, Susan Cleary and Justice Nonvignon 18 Lessons from incorporating study-abroad experience in master courses in health economics 237 Arturo Schweiger, Maria Clara Zerbino, Ruth Litmanovich, Noemi Savoia and Mercedes Alfaro Latorre PART IV DISSEMINATION AND SOCIETAL IMPACT OF HEALTH ECONOMICS SKILLS 19 Bringing health economics knowledge to non-economists in Quebec, Canada: A case study of a multi-modal knowledge transfer approach for patient-oriented research (POR) 246 Maude Laberge, Annie Poirier, Simon Berthelot, Thomas Poder, Erin Strumpf and Hervé Tchala Vignon Zomahoun 20 On the importance of partnerships between public health research institutions and health economics faculty in universities, for the engagement of non-economics students in health economics training: perspectives from Brazil 266 Tânia Maria Costa da Silva Beume Index
£171.95
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Living with Pandemics: Places, People and Policy
Book SynopsisProviding an integrated and multi-level analysis of the impacts of COVID-19 on people, place, economies and policies, across the globe, this timely book explores how the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic combines failure with success. It focuses on exploring rapid adaptation and improvisation by individuals, organisations and governments as they attempted to minimise and mitigate the socio-economic and health impacts of the pandemic.Interdisciplinary chapters written by social policy, geography, planning, policy, sociology and public health experts explore the broader impacts of COVID-19, positioning the pandemic in the context of wider trends and risks including climate change. Chapters highlight the importance of place and local contexts in understanding its impacts in different settings including Europe, Canada, North America, South Korea, South Africa and Lebanon. In doing so, the book develops a pandemic preparedness, responsiveness and recovery research framework and intends to inform post-pandemic policy development and research. This is an important book for geography, social policy, politics, urban studies, planning and business and management researchers and students, particularly those focusing on crisis management and risk and resilience. With key case studies from across the globe, it will help elucidate key issues for policy makers and practitioners across a range of sectors including strategic management, social policy, public health and the built environment.Trade Review‘This book captures a very specific moment in our current lives: the rise of a formidable pandemic, one more aggressive and more global than prior pandemics. It has already killed more people than have some of our major wars. The authors add what is too often left out: how do we prepare for future pandemics? We already know they will come.’ -- Saskia Sassen, Columbia University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface: what’s next? COVID-19 as a planetary inflection point for places, people, policy and research xxi PART I INTRODUCTION 1 A year into the pandemic: shifts, improvisations and impacts for people, place and policy 2 John R. Bryson, Lauren Andres, Aksel Ersoy and Louise Reardon PART II PANDEMICS, PEOPLE, ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETY 2 Human-centered solutions to the digital divide: lessons from a global pandemic 36 Kira Allmann 3 Living with pandemics in higher education: people, place and policy 47 Matthew Thomas, Tendayi Gonondo, Peter Rautenbach, Kiran Seeley, Ardita Shkurti, Angus Thomas and Holly Westlake 4 Building post-COVID community resilience by moving beyond emergency food support 59 Megan K. Blake 5 The job–food–health nexus in South African townships and the impact of COVID-19 69 Stuart Paul Denoon-Stevens and Katrina du Toit 6 Repercussions and impact of COVID-19 pandemic encampment mechanisms on Lebanese informal tented settlements along the Lebanese–Syrian borderline 79 Paul Moawad and Lauren Andres 7 COVID-19 and the emergence of a level 2.5 society in South Korea 91 Jin-Tae Hwang 8 COVID-19, digital transformations and essential services 103 Maria Savona PART III PANDEMICS, PLACE AND ENVIRONMENT 9 COVID-19 and the climate emergency: lessons in the time of crisis? 116 Suzanne Bartington 10 The emergence of coworking models in the face of pandemic 129 Ilaria Mariotti, Mina Di Marino and Mina Akhavan 11 A refuge from the storm? The English Church during COVID-19 140 Andrew Davies 12 Coronavirus and the digitalisation of planning: perspectives from practice and academia 149 Charles Goode and Ben Rayner 13 Housing during and after the pandemic: an exploration of immediate and structural effects of COVID-19 on housing markets 159 Vincent Gruis and Aksel Ersoy 14 City-building in a context of crisis: the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on residential investment in London 166 Frances Brill and Mike Raco 15 ‘Escape to the country’: the implications of coronavirus upon the English housing crisis 174 Charles Goode 16 Mobility during and after the pandemic 184 Iain Docherty, Greg Marsden, Jillian Anable and Tom Forth 17 Global pandemic disruptions, reconfiguration and glocalization of production networks 195 Vida Vanchan 18 COVID-19 and the immediate and longer-term impacts on the retail and hospitality industries: dark stores and turnover-based rental models 202 John R. Bryson PART IV PANDEMICS AND POLICY 19 Impact, response and reflection: COVID-19 and health policy 218 Steve Gulati 20 Governance and policy in pandemics: approaches to crisis, chaos and catastrophe 227 Jessica Pykett and Anna Lavis 21 Reimagining work? COVID-19 and the impacts on employment in Canada and the United States 237 Nichola Lowe and Tara Vinodrai 22 Evidence-informed COVID-19 policy: what problem was the UK government trying to solve? 250 Paul Cairney 23 In the eye of the storm: English local government and the COVID-19 crisis 261 Arianna Giovannini 24 COVID-19 and the impacts on commercial aviation: a dead stop? 272 Pere Suau-Sanchez, Augusto Voltes-Dorta, Natàlia Cugueró-Escofet and Keith J. Mason PART V CONCLUSION 25 The preparedness, responsiveness and recovery triality: a pandemic research and policy framework 286 John R. Bryson, Lauren Andres, Aksel Ersoy and Louise Reardon Index
£109.25
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Pandemic Economics
Book SynopsisDiscussing the Spanish Flu, HIV/AIDs, SARS and Ebola against the background of Covid-19, Pandemic Economics demonstrates how scientists consistently warned the world about pandemics, and how, despite this, the possibility of global lockdown caused unprecedented economic policies and ruin. The book prepares for the next pandemic, that unquestionably will arrive, the impact of which is predicted to potentially exceed that of the current Covid-19 wreckage. Highlighting how economic theory can anticipate a pandemic's impact despite the uncertainty and unreliability of traditional statistics, Peter van Bergeijk assesses the lack of preparation by international economic institutions and the ability for humanity to deeply hurt the economy by its response to infectious disease. Chapters offer an overview and critical analysis of global non-pharmaceutical interventions and economic policies in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Looking forward, the book investigates the economic impact, policy (in)effectiveness and resilience in different social contexts, illustrating a pandemic trilemma of health, freedom and the economy. It suggests how to prepare for the next pandemic at the individual level, in city planning, nationally, internationally and globally, with a focus on analysing the impact of pandemics from a global perspective. Pandemic Economics will be a stimulating read for (health) economics and development studies scholars as it provides a historic overview of the uneven impact of pandemics, with up to date studies of the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic. The forward-looking suggestions for economic policies and preparations for future pandemics will also make this an important read for economic and health policy makers.Trade Review‘Although Pandemic Economics originates from and is projected for the economic profession, it fits into a broader specter of emerging literature on the Covid-19 pandemic and public policy. It also strongly evokes the lessons from the scholarship on “behavioral economics.” Therefore, if, as van Beregijk insists, the next pandemic “is a certainty – only its timing is uncertain,” then a broad range of social scientists will benefit from reading this monograph.’ -- Ian Ezerin Ian, International Social Science Review‘Highly recommended. All readers.’ -- E P Hoffman, CHOICE'If you want to understand how the current Covid-19 pandemic will reshape economies this is the book for you. The book takes us on a rollercoaster journey through past pandemics, the current pandemic and looks to the future. Hold on to your hat. A fascinating insight into where the world has been and is heading.' -- Andy Sumner, King's College London, UK'Brilliantly narrated, Pandemic Economics provides the evidence that policymakers should have been better prepared for Covid-19 and the insights on how to strike a better balance between the protection of lives and livelihoods. As it may well happen again, this is a must read now and time again.' -- Rob Vos, International Food Policy Research Institute, US and the International Institute of Social Studies, the Netherlands'An entertaining and timely story of past, present, and future problems of Pandemic Economics. The art of economics with lacking data is to select the right model and tools given the circumstances, not develop new ones. Remember Monty Python: nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! We are aware, but not prepared.' -- Charles van Marrewijk, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
£88.00
Emerald Publishing Limited Health Management 2.0: Transformational
Book SynopsisFrom precision medicine to pandemics, from value-based healthcare to stakeholder engagement, European health systems are facing unprecedented change. How can health managers cope with these challenges and what skills and competencies will they need to deliver transformational change in the 'new normality'? This original volume presents a blueprint for Health Management 2.0 and helps set a path for long-term health system sustainability. Along with a comparative European framework to illustrate current developments in health management, the authors also highlight five key change drivers: integration; personalization; empowerment; digitalization; and life sciences, and examine how each is enabling the development of health systems that are fundamentally different from those of today. With fresh insights for managers, educators, researchers and policy makers, Health Management 2.0 promotes a modern interdisciplinary and dynamic approach to health leadership and management - one that focuses on skills and competencies - and outlines international best practice for future teaching and training.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Health systems in transition Chapter 3. Health organizations in transition Chapter 4. Health management in transition Chapter 5. Health leadership in transition Chapter 6. Reflections
£39.89
Emerald Publishing Limited Research on Economic Inequality: Poverty,
Book SynopsisThis volume of Research on Economic Inequality contains research on how we measure poverty, inequality and welfare and how these measurements contribute towards policies for social mobility. The volume contains eleven papers, some of which focus on the uneven impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on poverty and welfare. Opening with debates on theoretical issues that lie at the forefront of the measurement of inequality and poverty literature, the first two chapters go on to propose new methods for measuring wellbeing and inequality in multidimensional categorical environments, and for measuring pro-poor growth in a Bayesian setting. The following three papers present theoretical innovations for measuring poverty and inequality, namely, in estimating the dynamic probability of being poor using a Bayesian approach, and when presented with ordinal variables. The next three chapters are contributions on empirical methods in the measurement of poverty, inclusive economic growth and mobility, with a focus on India, Israel and a unique longitudinal dataset for Chile. The volume concludes with three chapters exploring the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic as an economic shock on income and wealth poverty in EU countries and in an Argentinian city slum.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay Chapter 1. Multilateral Wellbeing And Inequality Measurement With Ordered Categorical Data: Health, Consumption And The Ageing Process In China; Gordon Anderson and Rui Fu Chapter 2. Bayesian Inference For Parametric Growth Incidence Curves; Edwin Fourrier-Nicolaï and Michel Lubrano Chapter 3. Modeling Household Poverty Status Using Repeated Cross-Sectional Surveys; Maria Grazia Pittau, Roberto Zelli, and Saida Ismailakhunova Chapter 4. On The Measurement Of Health Poverty In The Case Of Ordinal Variables:The Case Of 29 European Countries In 2009 And 2018; Pudarik Mukhopadhaya and Jacques Silber Chapter 5. Maximum Inequality: The Case Of Categorical Data; Frank A Cowell and Emmanuel Flachaire Chapter 6. Multidimensional Poverty And Inclusive Growth In India: An Analysis Using Growth Elasticities; Suman Seth and Sabina Alkire Chapter 7. On The Measurement Of Relative, Absolute And Intermediate Pro-Middle Class Growth; Jacques Silber and Osnat Peled Chapter 8. Poverty Traps And Affluence Shields: Modelling The Persistence Of Income Position In Chile; Joaquín Prieto-Suarez Chapter 9. Poverty In The COVID-19 Era: Real Time Data Analysis On Five European Countries; Giorgia Menta Chapter 10. Finances Of European Households Throughout The Pandemic; Romina Gambacorta, Alfonso Rosolia, and Francesca Zanichelli Chapter 11. The Covid-19 crisis and lockdown measures: A portrait from a slum in urban Argentina; Martin Jose Napal, Maria Emma Santos, and Gimena Ramos
£94.99
