The Economics of Public Health Evaluating Public Health Interventions /

• Main Author: Brown, Heather (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Health economics.; Public finance.; Microeconomics.; Health care management.; Health services administration.; Behavioral economics.; Health Economics.; Public Economics.; Health Care Management.; Behavioral/Experimental Economics.

Non-communicable diseases have surpassed infectious diseases as the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in developed countries. Prevention and treatment of the causes and consequences of lifestyle-related diseases forms an important part of health policy in the twenty-first century. Public heal...

Table of Contents:

• Section 1: Introduction
• Chapter 1: Introduction to Public Health Economics
• Section 2: Data
• Chapter 2: Observational Data
• Chapter 3: Missing Data and Sample Attrition
• Section 3: Policy Evaluation
• Chapter 4: Correlations vs Causation
• Chapter 5: Before and After Study Designs
• Chapter 6: Cross-Country Comparisons
• Chapter 7: A practitioner's guide.