World Scientific Handbook Of Global Health Economics And Public Policy (A 3-volume Set)

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ThisHandbookcoversmajortopicsinglobalhealtheconomicsandpublicpolicyandprovidesatimely,systematicreviewofthefield.EditedbyRichardMScheffler,DistinguishedProfessorofHealthEconomicsandPublicPolicyandDirectoroftheGlobalCenterforHealthEconomicsandPolicyResearchattheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,theHandbookfeaturesacademicsandpractitionersfrommorethanadozencountries.ContributorsarefromtheLondonSchoolofEconomicsandPoliticalScience,PompeuFabraUniversityinBarcelona,UniversityofYork,UniversityofOslo,LondonSchoolofHygieneandTropicalMedicine,UniversityofCalifornia-Berkeley,StanfordUniversity,JohnsHopkinsUniversity,UniversityofToronto,UniversityofOxford,HarvardMedicalSchool,OECD,theWorldHealthOrganizationandtheWorldBank,manyofwhomhavealsoactedaseconomicandpolicyadvisorstogovernmentandnon-governmentalorganizationsacrosstheworld.Expertsintheseareaswhoprovidecriticalanalysesandrelevantdataforfurtherexplorationandresearchinclude:ThomasEGetzen,ExecutiveDirectoroftheInternationalHealthEconomicsAssociation(iHEA);DouglasEHough,AssociateScientistandAssociateDirectoroftheMasterinHealthcareManagementprogrammeattheBloombergSchoolofPublicHealthofJohnHopkinsUniversity;GuillemLpez-Casasnovas,formerPresidentofiHEAandmemberoftheAdvisoryCounciloftheSpanishHealthandSocialWelfareMinistryandoftheAdvisoryCounciloftheCatalanHealthMinistrysince1984;AlistairMcGuire,ProfessorofHealthEconomicsattheLondonSchoolofEconomicsandPoliticalandadvisortoanumberofgovernmentsandgovernmentalbodiesacrossEurope;TorIversen,ResearchDirectorattheHealthEconomicsResearchProgrammeattheUniversityofOsloandformermemberoftheiHEAArrowAwardCommittee2007-2011;WilliamHDow,ProfessorandAssociateDeanforResearchatUniversityofCalifornia,BerkeleyandformerSeniorEconomistfortheCouncilofEconomicAdvisors(WhiteHouse);AudreyLaporte,theDirectoroftheCanadianCentreforHealthEconomics;AlexanderSPreker,PresidentandCEOofHealthInvestment&FinancingCorporation;AydaYurekli,whoinitiatedanddevelopedtheWorldHealthOrganizationTaXSiMsimulationmodelthathasbeenusedbymanyMinistriesofFinancearoundtheworldforthedevelopmentoftaxpolicies;MarkoVujicic,ManagingVicePresidentoftheHealthPolicyResourcesCenterattheAmericanDentalAssociation;MarkSculpher,DirectoroftheProgrammeonEconomicEvaluationandHealthTechnologyAssessmentattheUniversityofYorkandformerPresidentoftheInternationalSocietyofPharmacoeconomicsandOutcomesResearch(ISPOR)(2011-2012);andPeterBerman,whohashadalmost40yearsofexperienceinglobalhealthandwasformerlyaLeadHealthEconomistattheWorldBank.TheHandbookspansacrossthreevolumes.Thechaptersdealwithkeyglobalissuesinhealtheconomics,areevidence-based,andofferinnovativepolicyalternativesandsolutions.TheHandbook'sapproachtowardglobalhealtheconomicsandpublicpolicywillmakeitausefulresourceforhealtheconomists,policymakers,privatesectorcompanies,NGOs,governmentdecision-makersandthosewhomanagehealthcaresystems.