Health, Prevention and Economics
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 28 November 1991
- ISBN 9780192621665
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages184 pages
- Size 232x157x10 mm
- Weight 294 g
- Language English
- Illustrations figures, tables 0
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Short description:
Prevention is better than cure, it is said, but is it more efficient? This book gives the first comprehensive overview of the economics of prevention. It examines the impact of the economy on avoidable ill-health; the provision of preventive services and regulation of hazardous activities; the cost-benefit approach; economic appraisal; theories of preventive behaviour; national prevention programme budgeting and priority setting; the potential contribution of health economics; and many other subjects.
MoreLong description:
Prevention is better than cure, it is said, but is it more efficient? In the quest for improvements in health and life expectancy, and reductions in the growth of health care costs, attention has focused on the cost-effectiveness of preventive over curative medicine. Economics adds an essential dimension to the analysis of prevention policy that extends far beyond the study of comparative costs.
The aim of this book is to give, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of the economics of prevention. It examines the scope of economics; the impact of the economy on avoidable ill-health, and of prevention on the economy; the economic rationale for provision of preventive services and regulation of hazardous activities; the cost-benefit approach and the nature of efficiency in prevention; the practice of economic appraisal; economic influences on the demand for hazardous commodities and screening services; theories of preventive behaviour; national prevention programme budgeting and priority setting; and the potential contribution of health economics.
`This book is highly impressive. It is a tremendous achievement. The authors are gifted writers and their judgement as to what is central to the argument, and their ability to present complex ideas in a lucid and concise manner, are both excellent.' Health Policy and Planning
Table of Contents:
Health, prevention and economics; Prevention and the economy; Consumers, producers and government; Economic appraisal in prevention; Case studies in primary prevention; Case studies in secondary prevention; Tackling appraisal; Demand and consumption; Preventive behaviour: a closer look; Towards a prevention strategy; Prevention: the contribution of health economics; Index.
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