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In order to control ever-increasing health care expenditure,
Western and Asian countries are seeking to develop more efficient
health care models. Studies on health care that focus specifically
on Asian countries are rare, rendering this a unique and welcome
addition to the literature. This book presents quantitative
research on various aspects of health care reform and health policy
in Asia-Pacific countries such as China, Indonesia, Japan, South
Korea, Taiwan, and the US - nations diverse in their economic
development, social demographic structure and health care
expenditures. The book's main topic for discussion is the role of
both government and health insurers in funding health care. The
implementation of community-based, supplemental and national health
insurance is explored, as are grants and the financing of hospitals
and care for the elderly. The effectiveness of education as an
input to health investment and the rehabilitation of patients are
also examined. Aiming to close the gap between the existing
economics research and the rapid pace of the development of Asian
health care markets, this unique and timely book is a must read for
policymakers, researchers, academics and students with a special
interest in health economics, policies and services.
Currently developed countries pay much more attention to harmfully
addictive substances than developing countries. However, the
experience of developed countries is very relevant to the
developing world since substance abuse is likely to impose a
continually increasing burden of disease in this region in the near
future. This book extends the frontiers of research on the
economics of substance use and abuse in a variety of extremely
significant ways. It focuses on the determinants and consequences
of the consumption of cigarettes, alcohol, betel quid, and illicit
drugs in the United States, Great Britain and Taiwan. The authors
use a variety of empirical techniques to examine the roles of
price, advertising, risk perception, time preference and
forward-looking behaviour in consumption decisions and the effects
of these decisions on labour market outcomes, unintended
pregnancies and criminal violence. Economic Analysis of Substance
Use and Abuse will be required reading for scholars of economic
development and health economics.
This book uses an economic approach to analyze the socioeconomic
causes and consequences of mental health disorders in China, with a
special focus on mental depression. Based on a nationally
representative dataset, we first investigate the prevalence and
distribution of depression and depressive symptoms among China’s
adult population, and then use several econometric methods to
estimate the multi-dimensional disease burden of the mental
disorder, such as its direct medical costs, its indirect economic
costs, and its hidden costs on social trust and life satisfaction.
In addition, we specifically address the socioeconomic determinants
of mental health by examining how the relative and absolute
economic status may determine people’s mental depression. Lastly,
we propose an analytical framework to evaluate the four major
hurdles that cause the treatment gaps of mental health care, and
discuss the policy options to overcome such hurdles and to address
the unmet mental healthcare needs in China and other developing
countries. The book may facilitate our understanding on the complex
determinants and implications of the rising prevalence of mental
health disorders in developing countries like China. In addition to
the students, teachers, and researchers in the fields of health
economics and public health, the book may also be of interest to
health policy makers and non-government agencies who are concerned
with addressing the global mental healthcare challenges using
economic policy tools.
The new edition of a textbook that combines economic concepts with
empirical evidence, updated with material on the Affordable Care
Act and other developments. This book introduces students to the
growing research field of health economics. Rather than offer
details about health systems without providing a theoretical
context, Health Economics combines economic concepts with empirical
evidence to enhance readers' economic understanding of how health
care institutions and markets function. The theoretical and
empirical approaches draw heavily on the general field of applied
microeconomics, but the text moves from the individual and firm
level to the market level to a macroeconomic view of the role of
health and health care within the economy as a whole. The book
takes a global perspective, with description and analysis of
institutional features of health sectors in countries around the
world. This second edition has been updated to include material on
the U.S. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, material on
the expansion of health insurance in Massachusetts, and an
evaluation of Oregon's Medicaid expansion via lottery. The
discussion of health care and health insurance in China has been
substantially revised to reflect widespread changes there. Tables
and figures have been updated with newly available data. Also new
to this edition is a discussion of the health economics literature
published between 2010 and 2015. The text includes readings,
extensive references, review and discussion questions, and
exercises. A student solutions manual offers solutions to selected
exercises. Downloadable supplementary material is available for
instructors.
The pharmaceutical industry worldwide is a rapidly burgeoning
industry contributing to growth of gross domestic product and
employment. Technological change in this field has been very rapid,
with many new products being introduced. For this reason in part,
health care budgets throughout the world have increased
dramatically, eliciting growing pressures for cost containment.
This book explores four important issues in pharmaceutical
innovations: (1) the industry structure of pharmaceutical
innovation; (2) incentives for correcting market failures in
allocating resources for research and development; (3) competition
and marketing; and (4) public evaluation of the benefits and costs
of innovation. The lessons are applicable to countries all over the
world, at all levels of economic development. By discussing
existing evidence this book proposes incentive arrangements to
accomplish social objectives.
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