Islam / Mak Normative Health Economics

A New Pragmatic Approach to Cost Benefit Analysis, Mathematical Models and Applications
2006
ISBN: 978-0-230-28905-5
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 345 Seiten, eBook

This book modifies the existing economic theory of health analysis by integrating the issues and principles of moral philosophy in an extended framework. It also develops some operational mathematical models to show how this framework can be applied to health economics and policy evaluation.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Islam, S.

Mak, C.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Economic Evaluation of Health Programs: The Case for Cost Benefit Analysis New³ Cost Benefit Analysis Economic Evaluation: The Case of the Australian PBS Costs and Benefits Estimates Cost Benefit Analysis of PBS Australia PBS Planning: Modelling and Implications Summary and Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

SARDAR M.N. ISLAM is Professor of Welfare and Environmental Economics and Director of the Sustainable Growth Program at the Centre for Strategic Studies, Victoria University, Australia. His areas of teaching and research interests in economics are welfare economics, computerized economic modelling, development and growth economics, environmental and resource economics and health economics. He has published extensively.

CHRISTINE MAK is a Research Scholar at the Centre for Strategic Studies, Victoria University, Australia, who has extensive publishing experience in the field of welfare economics.