Evaluating health risks : an economic approach

Title
  1. Evaluating health risks : an economic approach / Per-Olov Johansson.
Published by
  1. Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Author
  1. Johansson, Per-Olov, 1949-

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Description
  1. x, 190 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
  1. This book presents the techniques for evaluating changes in health and asks whether we are willing to pay the costs for our health care system.
Subject
  1. Medical economics
  2. Medical care > Cost effectiveness
  3. Cost effectiveness
  4. Economics, Medical
  5. Cost-Benefit Analysis
  6. cost benefit analysis
  7. Cost effectiveness
  8. Medical care > Cost effectiveness
  9. Medical economics
  10. Evaluation
  11. Gesundheitsgefährdung
  12. Gesundheitswesen
  13. Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse
  14. Reduktion
  15. Gezondheidszorg
  16. Economische aspecten
  17. Medicina (aspectos econômicos)
  18. Assistência médica
  19. Assistência médica (aspectos econômicos)
  20. Custos dos cuidados de saúde
  21. Economia da saúde
  22. Modelos de riscos proporcionais
  23. Économie de la santé
  24. Soins médicaux > Coût-efficacité
Contents
  1. 1. Introduction -- 2. Some basic tools and concepts -- 3. Evaluating health changes in a certain world -- 4. Money measures in a risky world -- 5. Evaluating health risks: practical methodologies -- 6. Contingent valuation studies of health care -- 7. Aggregation -- 8. Further evaluation issues in a risky world -- 9. Concluding remarks on related approaches.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-184) and index.