Musgrove Philip <br/><br/>
Health  Economics in Development 

 - Washington D C  The World Bank  2004 
 - 433p  xvii 
<br/><br/>Contents:<br/>Foreword   xiii<br/>Acknowledgments xvii<br/>Introduction  1<br/> 1 What Is the Minimum a Doctor Should Know about Health Economics?  23;<br/> 2 Public and Private Roles in Health 35;<br/> 3 The Rationale for Government Intervention in the Tobacco Market   77;<br/> 4 Measurement of Equity in Health   105;<br/> 5 What Should Consumers in Poor Countries Pay for Publicly-Provided Health Services? 121;<br/> 6 Compensatory Finance in Health: Geographic Equity in a Federal System  133;<br/> 7 An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth How Much Cure?  143;<br/> 8 DALYs and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis   153;<br/> 9 Criteria for Public Spending on Health Care 167;<br/>10 Cost-Effectiveness and the Socialization of Health Care 187;<br/>11 Is the Eradication of Polio in the Western Hemisphere Economically Justified?  203;<br/>12 Cost-Benefit Analysis of a Regional Vaccination System  223;<br/>13 Cost-Effective Malaria Control in Brazil 247;<br/>14 Do the Poor in Brazil Pay More for Food? 277;<br/>15 Do Brazilian Nutrition Programs Make a Difference? 297;<br/>16 Economic Aspects of Food Fortification  325;<br/>17 Malnutrition and Dietary Protein 341;<br/>18 Family Health Care Spending in Latin America 361;<br/>19 Basic Patterns in National Health Expenditure 375;<br/>20 Economic Crisis and Health Policy Response 401;<br/>Tables;<br/>Figures;<br/>Boxes. <br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780821355701 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>1. Medical Economics - Developing Countries
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.400000  / MUS