Investing in health the social and economic benefits of health care innovation

• Other Authors: Farquhar, Irina., Summers, Kent., Sorkin, Alan.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2001.
• Series: Research in human capital and development ; v. 14.
• Subjects: Social Science > Reference.; Medical > Public Health.; Health systems & services.; Public health & preventive medicine.; Medical care > Coste effectiveness.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781849500708 (electronic bk.) :
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 449 p.).

Public health has, for many years, been concerned with efforts to increase the efficiency of health care delivery, to measure changes in health care resource utilization and associated costs, and to link these changes to different types of interventions. These efforts, as well as collaboration betwe...