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Measuring the gains from medical research : an economic approach /

Annotation 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 bill...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Murphy, Kevin M., Topel, Robert H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • The health of nations: the contribution of improved health to living standards / William D. Nordhaus
  • The economic value of medical research / Kevin M. Murphy and Robert Topel
  • Pharmaceutical innovation, mortality reduction, and economic growth / Frank R. Lichtenberg
  • The return to biomedical research: treatment and behavioral effects / David M. Cutler and Srikanth Kadiyala
  • Biomedical research and then some: the causes of technological change in heart attack treatment / Paul Heidenreich and Mark McClellan
  • Can medical cost-effectiveness analysis identify the value of research? / David Meltzer.