عنوان

Beyond health insurance :

(Number (ISBN

1848551819

(Number (ISBN

9781848551817

Erroneous ISBN

1848551800

Erroneous ISBN

9781848551800

Number

b709930

Title Proper

Beyond health insurance :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

public policy to improve health /

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Lorens Helmchen, Robert Kaestner, Anthony Lo Sasso.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Bingley, U.K. :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Emerald,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2008.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xii, 206 pages).

Series Title

Advances in health economics and health services research,

Volume Designation

v. 19

ISSN of Series

0731-2199 ;

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references.

Text of Note

Quantifying national spending on wellness and prevention / George Miller, Charles Roehrig, Paul Hughes-Cromwick, Craig Lake -- Spillover effects of prescription drug withdrawals / John Cawley, John A. Rizzo -- The psychology of nutrition messages / Heather Schofield, Sendhil Mullainathan -- Evaluation criteria for report cards of healthcare providers / Jesse D. Schold -- Evaluating the value of genomic diagnostics : implications for clinical practice and public policy / Amalia M. Issa -- Achieving the healthy people 2010 goal of elimination of health disparities : what will it take? / Kevin Fiscella -- Influence, information overload, and information technology in health care / James B. Rebitzer, Mari Rege, Christopher Shepard -- Health disparities and direct-to-consumer advertising of pharmaceutical products / Rosemary J. Avery, Donald Kenkel, Dean R. Lillard, Alan Mathios, Hua Wang -- Pharmaceutical innovation and the longevity of Australians : a first look / Frank R. Lichtenberg, Gautier Duflos -- Introduction / Lorens Helmchen, Robert Kaestner, Anthony Lo Sasso.

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Text of Note

Much of the debate about health policy in the United States has focused on the availability of health insurance coverage and the relatively large number of individuals who are uninsured. While tackling the problem of the uninsured might improve access to and utilization of health care, it would likely have little effect on the health of the population, as there is only a weak connection between health insurance coverage and health. Expanding health insurance coverage alone is unlikely to significantly improve the health of the population or narrow health disparities within the population, given that many of the major causes of poor health such as smoking, obesity, and physical inactivity are largely unaffected by health insurance. The narrow focus on the uninsured in the health policy debate comes at the expense of other policies that could improve health faster and more significantly for every dollar spent. It is well known that the United States spends approximately twice as much per capita on health care as most other developed nations, but that there is little difference in population health between the United States and other developed nations. This suggests that we are on the 'flat part of the curve' of health care spending with respect to health and as a result need to pursue other approaches for improving population health. In light of the imbalance in the health policy debate in the US, in November 2007, the Institute of Government and Public Affairs and the College of Medicine of the University of Illinois sponsored a conference entitled, Beyond Health Insurance: Public Policy to Improve Health. The purpose of the conference was to make available to the public new research on policies that can significantly improve the health of the US population. The conference focused on four areas: reducing racial and ethnic health disparities, preventing disease and promoting health, developing and regulating pharmaceuticals, and improving consumer information.

International Standard Book Number

9781848551800

Health insurance policies.

Health Policy.

Health Promotion.

Health Status.

Insurance, Health.

Business & Economics-- Insurance-- Health.

Gestion d'entreprises.

Gesundheitsökonomie

Gesundheitspolitik

Health insurance policies.

Health systems & services.

Public health & preventive medicine.

United States.

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BUS-- 033040

BUS033040

MBN

MBP

Number

614.2

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Class number

Class number

Book Number

Book Number

Helmchen, Lorens.

Houser, Daniel.

Kaestner, Robert.

Lo Sasso, Anthony T., (Anthony Thomas)

McCabe, Kevin.

Date of Transaction

20201208004420.0

Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))

pn

Electronic name

[Book]

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