Measuring the gains from medical research an economic approach / edited by Kevin M. Murphy and Robert H. Topel.

Other author Murphy, Kevin M.
Other author Topel, Robert H.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChicago : The University of Chicago Press,
Descriptionvi, 263 p. : ill.
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Contents The health of nations: the contribution of improved health to living standards / William D. Nordhaus -- The economic value of medical research / Kevin M. Murphy and Robert H. Topel -- Pharmaceutical innovation, mortality reduction, and economic growth / Frank R. Lichtenberg -- The return to biomedical research: treatment and behavioral effects / David M. Cutler and Srikanth Kadiyala -- Biomedical research and then some: the causes of technological change in heart attack treatment / Paul Heidenreich and Mark McClellan -- Can medical cost-effectiveness analysis identify the value of research? / David Meltzer.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
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LCCN 2002010963
ISBN9780226551784 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0226551784 (cloth : alk. paper)