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Evidence-Based Public Health
Authors: Ross C. Brownson, Elizabeth A. Baker, Terry L. Leet and Kathleen N. Gillespie
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication: Sep 2002
ISBN13: 9780195143768
ISBN10: 0195143760
Price: $45.00 (05) Hardback, 256 pp;
29 line illus; 6-1/8 x 9-1/4;
Description: Public health decisions are often based on short-term demands rather than long-term study, and policies and programs are sometimes developed from anecdotal evidence. To enhance evidence-based practice, this book provides practical guidance on how to choose, carry out, and evaluate evidence-based programs and policies in public health settings.
Reviews
“I was looking for a book that was grounded in the familiar territory of evidence based medicine much documented in the pages of the BMJ in recent years. I was not disappointed. I then looked for sensible application of this territory to public health practice and for an easily understood and systematic approach to making it happen. Again, I was pleased to see precisely this emerge.”
- Phil Ayres, Leeds Teaching Hospitals
“…a wealth of information and know-how, backed up by good practical illustrations of real-life evidence, issues, situations and decisions.”
- J R Coll Physicians
About the Author(s)
Ross C. Brownson, Professor of Epidemiology, and Director of the Prevention Research Center , Elizabeth A. Baker, Associate Professor of Behavioral Science and Health Education , Terry L. Leet, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology , and Kathleen N. Gillespie, Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy, All at St.Louis University School of Public Health, MO
Pricing the Priceless: A Health Care Conundrum
Author: Joseph P. Newhouse
ISBN: 0-262-14079-9
Publisher: MIT Press
The health care industry differs from most other industries in that medical pricing is primarily administered by the government and private insurers and in that it uses several types of contracts. Providers may receive a fixed sum for all necessary services within a given period of time, for the necessary services to treat a given condition, or for each specific service. The industry is changing dramatically, offering many natural experiments to aid understanding of the economics of pricing for health care.
In Pricing the Priceless, Joseph Newhouse explains the different pricing systems and how they affect resource allocation and efficiency, focusing on the efficiency of pricing. He also discusses larger issues of equity, fair distribution of burden, and social justice. Although most of the examples are American-based, the same issues arise in all medical care financing and delivery systems, and the theories and models are general enough to apply to many institutional contexts. The topics include Medicare, managed care, the contemporary integration of health insurance and medical care, the management of moral hazard and stinting, uncertainty and risk aversion, the demand for health insurance, agency relationships, information disparities, regulation, and supply-side and demand-side selection.
For more information or to order: MIT Press