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Medical economics

Here are entered comprehensive works on the economic aspects of medical service from the point of view of both the practitioner and the public. Works on special aspects of medical economics are entered under specific headings, e.g. Medical care, Cost of.

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• Health
• Hygiene
• Medical care
• Medicine

• Medical economics -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
• Medical economics -- Developing countries
• Medical economics -- Great Britain
• Medical economics -- Periodicals
• Medical economics -- United States
• Dental economics
• Group medical practice
• Health care rationing
• Medical care, Cost of
• Medically underserved areas

• Economics, Medical
• Health -- Economic aspects
• Health economics
• Hygiene -- Economic aspects
• Medical care -- Economic aspects
• Medicine -- Economic aspects

• Health and Growth (Washington: Commission on Growth and Development; World Bank, c2009), ed. by Michael Spence and Maureen A. Lewis (PDF with commentary at worldbank.org)
• Is Your Health the Nation's Business? (1946), by Dean A. Clark and Mrs. Clark
  • illustrated HTML at historians.org
  • multiple formats at archive.org

• Africa's Changing Markets for Health and Veterinary Services: The New Institutional Issues (2003), ed. by David K. Leonard (PDF with commentary at escholarship.org)

• The Epidemiological Transition: Policy and Planning Implications for Developing Countries (1993), ed. by James N. Gribble and Samuel H. Preston (page images with commentary at NAP)

• British Private Medical Practice and the National Health Service (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, c1968), by Samuel Mencher (page images at Pitt)

• Delay, Denial and Dilution: The Impact of NHS Rationing on Heart Disease and Cancer (2000), by David G. Green and Laura Casper (PDF at Civitas)
• Why Ration Health Care? An International Study of the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Public Sector Health Care in the USA (c2000), by Heinz Redwood (PDF at Civitas)

• Delay, Denial and Dilution: The Impact of NHS Rationing on Heart Disease and Cancer (2000), by David G. Green and Laura Casper (PDF at Civitas)

• Health, United States, by National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.) (partial serial archives)

• Medical Technology Under Proposals To Increase Competition in Health Care (1982), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • PDF files with commentary at Princeton
  • PDF at unt.edu
• Taking a Stand on Health Care, by Helen P. Rogers (HTML at Wayback Machine)

• The Impact of AIDS on the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program (Northern California Region) (Washington: Office of Technology Assessment, 1988), by Kaiser-Permanente Medical Care Program, Northern California Region
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • PDF files at Princeton

• Managed Care and Competitive Health Care Markets: The Twin Cities Experience (OTA-BP-H-130; Washington: GPO, 1994), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment
  • page images at unt.edu
  • PDF at Princeton

• The New Health Care for Profit: Doctors and Hospitals in a Competitive Environment, ed. by Bradford H. Gray (page images with commentary at NAP)

• The New Health Care for Profit: Doctors and Hospitals in a Competitive Environment, ed. by Bradford H. Gray (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Why Ration Health Care? An International Study of the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Public Sector Health Care in the USA (c2000), by Heinz Redwood (PDF at Civitas)

• The Nation's Health Care Bill: Who Bears the Burden? (Research Triangle Park, NC: RTI Press, c2013), by Jerry Cromwell, Deborah Healy, Elizabeth Seeley, Diana Trebino, and Genevieve Cromwell (PDF at rti.org)
• Benefit Design in Health Care Reform: Patient Cost-Sharing (1993), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)
• Medical Technology and Costs of the Medicare Program (OTA-H-227; 1984), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • PDF files with commentary at Princeton
  • PDF at unt.edu
• Intensive Care Units (ICUs): Clinical Outcomes, Costs, and Decisionmaking (Washington: Office of Technology Assessment, 1984), by Robert A. Berenson
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • PDF files at Princeton
• The Costs and Effectiveness of Cervical Cancer Screening in Elderly Women (1990), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)
• Defensive Medicine and Medical Malpractice (1994), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)
• Costs and Effectiveness of Cholesterol Screening in the Elderly (1989), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)
• The Economic Costs of Alcohol and Drug Abuse in the United States, 1992, by Henrick J. Harwood, Douglas Fountain, and Gina Livermore (HTML at NIH)
• Taking a Stand on Health Care, by Helen P. Rogers (HTML at Wayback Machine)
• What, If Any, Should Government's Role Be Regarding Health Care in the United States? Excerpts from the 1992 Harry Singer Foundation Essay Contest, ed. by Margaret Bohannon-Kaplan (HTML at Wayback Machine)

• Children's Dental Services Under the Medicaid Program (1990), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)

• Payment for Physician Services: Strategies for Medicare (OTA-H-294; 1986), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)
• Benefit Design in Health Care Reform: Patient Cost-Sharing (1993), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)

• Managed Care and Competitive Health Care Markets: The Twin Cities Experience (OTA-BP-H-130; Washington: GPO, 1994), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment
  • page images at unt.edu
  • PDF at Princeton

• Impact of Legal Reforms on Medical Malpractice Costs (1993), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • PDF files at Princeton

• Closing the Gap in a Generation: Health Equity Through Action on the Social Determinants of Health (final commission report; Geneva: World Health Organization, 2008), by WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health (PDF at who.int)

• Why Ration Health Care? An International Study of the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Public Sector Health Care in the USA (c2000), by Heinz Redwood (PDF at Civitas)

• Ethical Considerations in the Business Aspects of Health Care (c1995), by Woodstock Theological Center Seminar in Business Ethics (PDF at Wayback Machine)

• Healthy Incentives: Canadian Health Reform in an International Context (Vancouver: Fraser Institute, c1996), ed. by William McArthur, Cynthia Ramsay, and Michael Walker (PDF at Fraser Institute)
• Closing the Gap in a Generation: Health Equity Through Action on the Social Determinants of Health (final commission report; Geneva: World Health Organization, 2008), by WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health (PDF at who.int)

• Healthy Incentives: Canadian Health Reform in an International Context (Vancouver: Fraser Institute, c1996), ed. by William McArthur, Cynthia Ramsay, and Michael Walker (PDF at Fraser Institute)

• Medicare's Prospective Payment System: Strategies for Evaluating Cost, Quality, and Medical Technology (OTA-H-262; 1985), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files with commentary at Princeton)

• The Management of Health Care Technology in Ten Countries (background paper #4 for "The Implications of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Medical Technology"; OTA-BP-H-7; NOTE Washington: GPO, 1980), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • PDF files at Princeton
• Hospital Financing in Seven Countries (Washington: Office of Technology Assessment, 1995), ed. by Miriam M. Wiley, Mary A. Laschober, and Hellen Gelband
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • PDF files at Princeton

• Ethical Considerations in the Business Aspects of Health Care (c1995), by Woodstock Theological Center Seminar in Business Ethics (PDF at Wayback Machine)

• Affordable Excellence: The Singapore Healthcare Story (Singapore: Ridge Books; Washington: Brookings Institution Press, c2013), by William A. Haseltine (PDF at brookings.edu)

• Controlling Costs and Changing Patient Care? The Role of Utilization Management (1989), ed. by Marilyn J. Field and Bradford H. Gray (page images with commentary at NAP)
• Benefit Design in Health Care Reform: Patient Cost-Sharing (1993), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)
• An Inconsistent Picture: A Compilation of Analyses of Economic Impacts of Competing Approaches to Health Care Reform by Experts and Stakeholders (1993), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • PDF files at Princeton

• Technology and Governance in the 1990s: Proceedings (OTA-A-564; 1993), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (page images at HathiTrust)

• An Inconsistent Picture: A Compilation of Analyses of Economic Impacts of Competing Approaches to Health Care Reform by Experts and Stakeholders (1993), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • PDF files at Princeton

• Correspondence Between the Right Rev'd the Lord Bishop of Huron, the Rev'd H.F. Darnell, Principal of the Hellmuth Ladies' College and Henry Going, L.R.C.S.I., President of the London Medical Society and Member of Huron College Council (1874), by Henry Going and Henry Faulkner Darnell (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Intolerable Burden of Malaria: A New Look at the Numbers (2001), ed. by Joel G. Breman, Andréa Egan, and Gerald Keusch (illustrated HTML at NIH)

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