Health Economics

An in-depth analysis of the fundamental role that decentralization plays in developing countries, using detailed statistical data to examine the ac...

The Economics of Faith-Based Service Delivery provides the first ever comprehensive empirical assessment of the role that faith-inspired institutio...

The world is a better place than it used to be. People are healthier, wealthier, and live longer. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many has l...

Even if constrained in their international choices, recipient countries of global health programmes hold the capacity to autonomously define and pu...

Developing credible short-term and long-term projections of Medicare health care costs is critical for public- and private-sector policy planning, ...

This is the definitive account of a small group of determined United Airlines employees in their relentless effort to find one another amidst a wor...

The sequencing of the human genome and the identification of links between specific genetic variants and diseases have led to tremendous excitement...

Proposals to reform the health care system typically focus on either increasing private insurance or expanding government-sponsored plans. Guarante...

This book presents advanced methodologies for analyzing attitudes towards the COVID-19 vaccine across 10 countries spanning both the Northern and S...

Dr Tony Holohan served as Chief Medical Officer in Ireland for 14 years, but only really became known to the public during the Covid 19 pandemic. D...

Dieses Buch macht den Leser mit den zentralen Fragestellungen und dem analytischen Werkzeug der Gesundheitsökonomik vertraut. Erörtert werden u.a. ...

Bringing together diverse approaches and case studies of international health worker migration, Global Migration, Gender, and Health Professional C...

From Consent to Coercion examines the increasing assault against trade union rights and freedoms in Canada by federal and provincial governments. C...

Oil fuels the global economy and remains a staple of our energy system. Yet, its production and use continue to draw negative criticism, and an inc...

From Consent to Coercion examines the increasing assault against trade union rights and freedoms in Canada by federal and provincial governments. C...

There is plenty of controversy surrounding pharmaceuticals, but it cannot be denied that the pharmaceutical industry is both socially beneficial an...

Supporting Children and Their Families Facing Health Inequities in Canada fills an urgent national need to analyze disparities among vulnerable pop...

Epidemics know no borders and are often characterized by a high level of uncertainty, causing major challenges in risk governance. The author shows...

Murtin examines the long-term causes of health improvements over the last two centuries. Focusing on the relative importance of income and educatio...

This narrative and empirical analysis investigates Hilary's claim that in his day they would not have left a man behind to die. The authors examine...

The global demographic transition presents marked asymmetries as poor, emerging, and advanced countries are undergoing different stages of transiti...