Costs and Benefits in Health Care and Prevention : an International Approach to Priorities in Medicine /

One of the main purposes of medical cost-benefit analyses is to define the rational priorities in health care. This book ambitiously undertakes to compare the cost-benefit analyses of three countries: the United States, Germany and Israel. Cardiovascular disease is focused on to provide a model case...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Laaser, U.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Roccella, E. J., Rosenfeld, J. B., Wenzel, H.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1990.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Concepts
  • Experience: 1. The Case of a Risk Factor: Hypertension. 2. The Case of Clinical Disease
  • The New Dimension: Quality of Life
  • Comments on the State of the Art.