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The research on economic problems of the health sector became an important topic of economic research. [16] Selma Muskin published "Towards the definition of health economics" in 1958 and, four years later, the paper, "Health as an Investment". At that time, health was broadly regarded as rather a consumptive branch of the economy.
The OHE was founded in 1962, making it one of the oldest institutions in the field of health economics. It was established by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry to: commission and undertake research on the economics of health and health care, collect and analyse health and health care data for the UK and other countries,
Health and wealth; Health care; Health care finance in the United States; Health care prices in the United States; Health care ratings; Health care rationing; Healthcare reform debate in the United States; Comparison of the healthcare systems in Canada and the United States; Health crisis; Health Disparities Center; Health economics (Germany ...
[1] [2] It is a sub-discipline of health economics. A pharmacoeconomic study evaluates the cost (expressed in monetary terms) and effects (expressed in terms of monetary value, efficacy or enhanced quality of life) of a pharmaceutical product. Pharmacoeconomic studies serve to guide optimal healthcare resource allocation, in a standardized and ...
The Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics (LDI) is the center for health services research, health policy, and health care management education at the University of Pennsylvania. [1] It is based in the Colonial Penn Center on Locust Walk, at the heart of Penn's campus.
"The demand for health after a decade." Journal of Health Economics 1, no. 1 (1982): 1-3. Grossman, Michael. "The demand for health, 30 years later: a very personal retrospective and prospective reflection." Journal of Health Economics 23, no. 4 (2004): 629-636. Grossman, Michael. Demand for Health: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation.
In the healthcare sector, for example, Kenya has less than a third of the 44.5 health workers per 10,000 people recommended by the World Health Organization, according to a labour ministry report ...
Description: Explores the "specific differentia of medical care as the object of normative economics", demonstrating that the consideration of uncertainty is key to understanding markets in health care. Importance: Generally considered a seminal work of enduring significance; key to the foundation of health economics as a field of study.