Measuring the Gains from Medical Research : An Economic Approach /

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In 1998, health expenditures in the United States accounted for 12.9% of national income-the highest share of income devoted to health in the developed world. The United States also spends more on medical research than any other country-in 2000, the federal government dedicated $18.4 billion to it,...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Cutler, David M. (Contribuidor), Heidenreich, Paul (Contribuidor), Kadiyala, Srikanth (Contribuidor), Lichtenberg, Frank R. (Contribuidor), McClellan, Mark (Contribuidor), Meltzer, David (Contribuidor), Murphy, Kevin M. (Contribuidor, Editor ), Nordhaus, William D. (Contribuidor), Topel, Robert H. (Contribuidor, Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2010]
Temas:
Business.
Health.
Medicine.
Social sciences.
MEDICAL / General.
health expenditure, national income, medical research, government, funding, longevity, innovation, technology, development, fda, prescription drugs, pharmaceuticals, gdp, heart disease, cancer, mortality, cost effectiveness, economics, politics, economy, nonfiction, medicine, healthcare, living standards, biomedical, growth, quality of life, illness.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One. The Health of Nations: The Contribution of Improved Health to Living Standards
  • Chapter Two. The Economic Value of Medical Research
  • Chapter Three. Pharmaceutical Innovation, Mortality Reduction, and Economic Growth
  • Chapter Four. The Return to Biomedical Research: Treatment and Behavioral Effects
  • Chapter Five. Biomedical Research and Then Some: The Causes of Technological Change in Heart Attack Treatment
  • Chapter Six. Can Medical Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Identify the Value of Research?
  • Contributors
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index

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