Health care matters : pharmaceuticals, obesity, and the quality of life /
Richard D. Miller, Jr. & H.E. Frech, III
- Washington, D.C. : AEI Press, c2004.
- ix, 81 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents;
1. Introduction
2. Literature review Conclusions from our earlier literature review Our earlier work Recent aggregate studies of the production of health Epidemiological studies of risk factors etc.
3. Extending our earlier work on pharmaceutical consumption Quality of life Cause-specific mortality
4. Modeling the production of health Our model Data sources Health indicators Medical-care inputs etc.
5. Results Descriptive statistics Empirical results for disability-adjusted and unadjusted life expectancy Empirical results for circulatory disease mortality Empirical results for cancer mortality Empirical results for respiratory disease mortality Sensitivity testing
6. Conclusion
Bibliographical references : p. 69-74 . _ Index : p. 75-79.
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Pharmaceutical policy. Health status indicators. Obesity. Medical economics.