The productivity of health care and pharmaceuticals : an international comparison /

Frech, H. E.

The productivity of health care and pharmaceuticals : an international comparison / H.E. Frech, III, and Richard D. Miller, Jr. - Washington, D.C. : AEI Press, 1999. - xi, 97 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-87) and index.

Contents
1. Introduction
2. A review of the Literature
Aggregate Studies of the Production of health summary
3. Data and Methodological Issues
The Data
Measuring Pharmaceutical Consumption
Health Indicators
4. The Analysis
Specification Issues
Descriptive Statistics
Empirical Results for Life Expectancy
Empirical Results for Infant Mortality
5. Conclusion

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Health status indicators--Research--Statistical methods.
Health status indicators.
Drug utilization--Research--Statistical methods.
Drug utilization--Statistics.

WB 330F815p 1999