As the US healthcare system transforms its care delivery model to increase healthcare
accessibility and improve health outcomes, it is undergoing changes in the context of ever …

Cost-of-illness (COI) was the first economic evaluation technique used in the health field.
The principal aim was to measure the economic burden of illness to society. Its usefulness …

This study investigates the relationship between economic conditions and health. Total
mortality and eight of the ten sources of fatalities examined are shown to exhibit a procyclical …

This line of reasoning—focusing on human capability—contrasts with the idea that health
care is special because of its impact on equality of opportunity. 6 It also differs from the …

Medical technology is valuable if the benefits of medical advances exceed the costs. We
analyze technological change in five conditions to determine if this is so. In four of the …

Researchers and policymakers have long been interested in develo** simple decision
rules to aid in determining whether an intervention is, or is not, cost-effective. In global …

This paper analyzes the forces contributing to the worldwide long-run rise in obesity and the
role of public interventions in affecting its continued growth. A growth in obesity in a …

The contingent valuation method (CVM) is a survey-based, hypothetical and direct method
to determine monetary valuations of effects of health technologies. This comprehensive …

From 5000 to 10 000 kidney patients die prematurely in the United States each year, and
about 100 000 more suffer the debilitating effects of dialysis, because of a shortage of …

Background The increased use of medical therapies has led to increased medical costs. To
provide insight into the value of this increased spending, we compared gains in life …