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  • AIDS economics / World Bank
    World Bank AIDS Economics is part of the International AIDS Economics Network (IAEN). The IAEN offers data, tools, and analysis for cost-effective responses to the global HIV/AIDS epidemic.
  • Handbook of health economics / Culyer, Anthony J. and Joseph P. Newhouse
    Location: Wilson 4W -Books RA410 .H255 2000
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    The Handbook of Health Economics provide an up-to-date survey of the burgeoning literature in health economics. It includes topics such as: the theory of human capital; the economics of insurance; principal-agent theory; asymmetric information; econometrics; the theory of incomplete markets; and the foundations of welfare economics, among others.
  • Healthcare reform in America : a reference handbook / Kronenfeld, Jennie J.
    Location: Haggard 2 -Reference RA395.A3 K7593 2004
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    This handbook focuses on healthcare reform to control cost, improve quality, improve access, and outlines the government's role in these ventures.
Health Economics Statistics
  • Multinational Comparisons of Health Care / Commonwealth fund
    The Commonwealth Fund website has a section on Surveys and Data. The Fund tracks trends in health coverage, access and quality, and general policy/practice issues in the U.S. and internationally. All information is available free of charge. Raw data are available to researchers one year post release.
  • National Center for Health Statistics / CDC National Center for Health Statistics
    NCHS data systems include data on vital events as well as information on health status, lifestyle and exposure to unhealthy influences, the onset and diagnosis of illness and disability, and the use of health care. These data are used by policymakers in Congress and the Administration, by medical researchers, and by others in the health community.
  • OECD health data ...;Eco-santé OCDE ... = OECD Gesundheitsdaten ... = Eco-sanidad OCDE ... / OECD
    Location: Haggard 2 -Reference RA407.A1 O42
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    This offers the most comprehensive source of comparable statistics on health and health systems across OECD countries.
  • Statistical record of health & medicine / Gale Research
    Location: Haggard 2 -Reference RA407.3 .S73
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Related Topic: Economics Related Topic: Health Care and Pharmaceutical Industry Related Topic: Insurance

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