Across the globe every nation wrestles with how it will pay for, provide, regulate and administer its healthcare system. Health economics is the field of economics that deals with every one of those issues and the difficult issue of allocating resources where the allocation can literally mean life or death, alleviating suffering or not. A key issue that is always mentioned, but little acted on, is the role that preventive measures play in the battle against disease and using limited healthcare resources more efficaciously. This book brings together leading researchers in the healthcare economics field presenting new research on some of these key issues such as the impact of obesity on health, children's' healthcare policies, education and health; and many more.

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Yes, you can access Current Issues in Health Economics by Badi H. Baltagi, Efraim Sadka, Daniel Slottje, Rusty Tchernis in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Health Care Delivery. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher

Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Year

2010

ISBN

9780857241566

Topic

Medicine

Subtopic

Health Care Delivery

Front cover
Contributions to Economic Analysis
Copyright page
Contents
List of Contributors
Introduction
Chapter 1. School Policies and Children’s Obesity
Chapter 2. Alcohol Policies and Child Maltreatment
Chapter 3. Child Care Choices and Childhood Obesity
Chapter 4. Individual Time Preferences and Health Behaviors, with an Application to Health Insurance
Chapter 5. Disparate Effects of CHIP Premiums on Disenrollment for Minorities
Chapter 6. Health Outcomes from Head Start Participation
Chapter 7. Universal Helmet Laws and Motorcycle Fatalities: A Longitudinal Analysis of Policy Changes
Chapter 8. Accounting for RacialsolEthnic Disparities in Children’s Obesity Status at 2 Years of Age
Chapter 9. Effects of Education on Adult Health in Sweden: Results from a Natural Experiment
Chapter 10. A Survey on the Economics of the U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry
Chapter 11. The Indirect Impacts of Smoking Bans in Gaming Venues