Measuring the gains from medical research [[electronic resource] ] : an economic approach / / edited by Kevin M. Murphy and Robert H. Topel
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| Titolo: |
Measuring the gains from medical research [[electronic resource] ] : an economic approach / / edited by Kevin M. Murphy and Robert H. Topel
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| Pubblicazione: | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (270 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 362.1/068 |
| Soggetto topico: | Medicine - Research - Cost effectiveness |
| Soggetto non controllato: | health expenditure, national income, medical research, government, funding, longevity, innovation, technology, development, fda, prescription drugs, pharmaceuticals, gdp, heart disease, cancer, mortality, cost effectiveness, economics, politics, economy, nonfiction, medicine, healthcare, living standards, biomedical, growth, quality of life, illness |
| Altri autori: |
MurphyKevin M
TopelRobert H
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | The health of nations: the contribution of improved health to living standards / William D. Nordhaus -- The economic value of medical research / Kevin M. Murphy and Robert Topel -- Pharmaceutical innovation, mortality reduction, and economic growth / Frank R. Lichtenberg -- The return to biomedical research: treatment and behavioral effects / David M. Cutler and Srikanth Kadiyala -- Biomedical research and then some: the causes of technological change in heart attack treatment / Paul Heidenreich and Mark McClellan -- Can medical cost-effectiveness analysis identify the value of research? / David Meltzer. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In 1998, health expenditures in the United States accounted for 12.9% of national income-the highest share of income devoted to health in the developed world. The United States also spends more on medical research than any other country-in 2000, the federal government dedicated |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Measuring the gains from medical research |
| ISBN: | 1-282-58491-X |
| 9786612584916 | |
| 0-226-55179-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910792593403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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