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UNINA9910455032603321 |
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Titolo |
Beyond health insurance [[electronic resource] ] : public policy to improve health / / edited by Lorens Helmchen, Robert Kaestner, Anthony Lo Sasso |
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Bingley, : JAI Press, 2008 |
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1-280-77105-4 |
9786613681829 |
1-84855-181-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (219 p.) |
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Collana |
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Advances in health economics and health services research, , 0731-2199 ; ; v. 19 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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HelmchenLorens |
KaestnerRobert |
Lo SassoAnthony T (Anthony Thomas) |
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Soggetti |
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Medical policy - United States |
Health promotion - Government policy - United States |
Medical informatics - United States |
Pharmaceutical policy - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"In light of the imbalance in health policy debate in the United States, in November 2007, the Institute of Government and Public Affairs and College of Medicine at the University of Illinois sponsored a conference entitled 'Beyond health insurance: public policy to improve health'--Introd. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Beyond Health Insurance: Public Policy to Improve Health; Copyright page; Contents; List of contributors; Introduction; Reducing racial and ethnic disparities in health; Preventing disease and promoting health; Developing and regulating pharmaceuticals; Consumer information; Summary; Reference; Chapter 1. Quantifying national spending on wellness and prevention; Background; Methods; Results; Discussion; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 2. Achieving the healthy people 2010 goal of elimination of health disparities: what will it |
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takequest; Introduction |
Progress in eliminating health disparitiesLimits of current strategy; Selecting policies; Early child intervention; Enhanced primary care within health centers; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3. Influence, information overload, and information technology in health care; 1. Introduction; 2. The diffusion of innovations in medicine; 3. Empirical evidence on the influence of computer-generated messages; 4. Influence and physician learning: a simple analytical framework; 5. Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 4. Health disparities and direct-to-consumer advertising of pharmaceutical products |
1. Introduction2. Background on health disparities, use of pharmaceuticals, and DTC advertising; 3. Data on consumer exposure to television DTC advertisements; 4. Consumer exposure to DTC advertisements; 5. Conclusions; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 5. Pharmaceutical innovation and the longevity of Australians: a first look; 1. Embodied technological progress hypothesis; 2. Econometric model; 3. Data sources and descriptive statistics; 4. Empirical results; 5. Summary and discussion; Notes; References; Chapter 6. Spillover effects of prescription drug withdrawals; Introduction |
Conceptual frameworkMethods; Data and empirical specification; Empirical results; Predicting negative spillovers or competitive benefits; Generalizability; Conclusions; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 7. The psychology of nutrition messages; Introduction; Consumer cognition; The history of nutrition messages in the United States; Firm incentives to hijack; Research design and methods; Results; Further research; Policy implications; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 8. Evaluation criteria for report cards of healthcare providers; Introduction |
Potential benefits of report cardsPotential risks of report cards; Evaluation criteria for report cards; The bottom line: report cards - are the benefits worth the risksquest; References; Chapter 9. Evaluating the Value of Genomic Diagnostics: Implications for Clinical Practice and Public Policy; The advent of genomic diagnostics; Measuring value: the economic approach; Measuring value: the epidemiologic approach; Measuring value and the importance of clinical utility; A comprehensive framework of evaluating the value of genomic diagnostics |
Some policy implications: an illustrative case study |
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Much of the debate about health policy in the US has focused on the availability of health insurance coverage and the number of individuals who are uninsured. It is known that the United States spends approximately twice as much per capita on health care, |
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UNINA9910145342003321 |
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American journal of preventive medicine |
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[Washington, DC], : AJPM |
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New York, : Elsevier |
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Medicine, Preventive |
Public health |
Health promotion |
Health promotion - Periodicals |
Preventive Medicine |
Médecine préventive - Périodiques |
Santé publique - Périodiques |
Promotion de la santé - Périodiques |
Médecine préventive |
Santé publique |
Promotion de la santé |
Preventieve geneeskunde |
Preventive medicine |
Periodical |
periodicals. |
Periodicals. |
Périodiques. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Periodico |
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Note generali |
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Refereed/Peer-reviewed |
Table of content and index for 1998- also available online. |
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