Costs and benefits in health care and prevention : an international approach to priorities in medicine /
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| Imprint: | Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, c1990. |
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| Description: | xix, 160 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1199770 |
| Summary: | One of the main purposes of medical cost-benefit analyses isto define the rational priorities in health care. This bookambitiously undertakes to compare the cost-benefit analysesof three countries: the United States, Germany and Israel.Cardiovascular disease is focused on to provide a model casestudy, but other areas also provide examples. The contribu-tions consider in particular two recent developments. Theseare the increase in comprehensive epidemiological data, es-pecially with regards to risk factors, and improved methodo-logy for measuring the quality of life. The contributionsstem from clinicians, epidemiologists and health economistswho give an overall picture of these complex issues and theprospects for the future. |
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| Item Description: | "Proceedings of a Conference on the Analysis of Costs and Benefits in Health Care, Bielefeld, June 17th and 18th, 1988, organized under the auspices of the German Society for Social Medicine and Prevention ... [et al.]"--P. v. |
| Physical Description: | xix, 160 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 3540527087 0387527087 |