The Economics of Infectious Disease

ISBN-13: 9780198516224 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 400 str.

Jennifer A. Roberts

Opis

The threat of infection, both new and re-emerging strains that have developed drug resistance, is a major public health issue. This book shows the contribution economists can make to the management and control of these diseases, using a range of economic analysis studies. It also discusses regulations and governance of infection control.

O autorze

Jennifer Roberts has taught economics to public health professionals at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine for over three decades. She became involved with the economics of infectious disease in the late 1980s, producing work on salmonella, E.coli O157, infectious intestinal disease, hepatitis, flu, and latterly hospital acquired infection and MRSA. The work has had important policy implications and has been widely used. She is also interested in the economics and policies associated with health care systems and public health sectors, and the changes in their organisation that have occured following the adoption of market style management.