Evaluating Health Risks: An Economic Approach - Softcover

Johansson, Per-Olov

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521478782 ISBN 13: 9780521478786

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1995

Synopsis

A major problem in health economics is how to give a value to changes in health. This is the first book to examine all the money measures that are used in such evaluations. Changes in health might be caused by medical treatments, by public safety programmes and by anti-pollution programmes, and the cost-benefit analysis of such programmes involves the use of money measures. The author defines the properties of these money measures, examining them in both a certain and a risky world. He evaluates available empirical approaches for the assessment of the value of health changes, and considers measures such as quality-adjusted life years (qalys) and healthy-years equivalents (hyes). This book raises the important question of whether we are willing to pay the costs for our health care system. It will be of interest to advanced students of health economics and related disciplines, and will also be useful for professionals working on projects that affect human health.

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Review

"This concise and carefully written book adresses what is becomming an increasingly important issue in several field os economics." Wesley A. Magat, Journal of Economic Literature

Book Description

This is the first book to present a comprehensive survey of the techniques for evaluating changes in health. The author examines all the money measures that are used in such evaluations and defines their properties in both a certain and a risky world. He asks the important question of whether we are willing to pay the costs for our health care system.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521478782
• ISBN 13: 9780521478786
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200