Miller, Richard D., Jr.

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.

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