BACKGROUND There has been significant attention paid in recent years to the economic costs of health service provision for people with palliative care needs. However, little is known about the costs incurred by family caregivers who typically provide the bulk of care for people at the end of life. AIM To explore the nature and range of financial costs incurred by family caregiving within a pa...

This research paper is an attempt to demonstrate the significant role of health economics in development and strengthening care system. Health using general economy theories related individual goods markets medical services can provide valuable clues for analysis systems, taking into account their organizational functional structure. In recent years, it has become one most important industries ...

I examined the effects and problems of preventive care (the New Preventive Benefit) that was introduced to Japan's public long-term care insurance system in 2006, reviewing official publications of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and Japanese government as well as Japanese and English empirical studies on preventive care, using five pillars as follows. Firstly, I briefly introduced my...

This research attempts to close an important gap in health economics regarding the efficacy of prenatal care and policies designed to improve access to that care, such as Medicaid. We argue that a key beneficiary-- the mother-- has been left completely out of the analysis. If prenatal care significantly improves the health of the mother, then concluding that prenatal care is 'ineffective' or th...

Countries have reached universal health coverage by different paths and with varying health systems. Nonetheless, the trajectory toward universal health coverage regularly has three common features. The first is a political process driven by a variety of social forces to create public programmes or regulations that expand access to care, improve equity, and pool financial risks. The second is a...

IN 2012, PERHAPS THE MOST WIDELY SCRUTINIZED SECtor of the economy in North America will be the health care industry. Politicians, policy analysts, academics, and the public share concerns about the state of health care in both the United States and Canada. However, each of these constituencies has a different perspective. Most sectors of the economy are characterized by a supply side that focu...

CONTEXT Health care technological evolution through new drugs, implants and other interventions is a key driver of healthcare spending. Policy makers are currently challenged to strengthen the evidence for and cost-effectiveness of reimbursement decisions, while not reducing the capacity for real innovations. This article examines six cases of reimbursement decision making at the national healt...

Spiraling health care costs have prompted great interest in evaluating the pharmacoeconomics of all medical treatments [1]. As a result of careful analyses, it has been suggested that the most cost-effective approach to therapy may not necessarily be the least expensive but rather the one that provides the best clinical outcome. Length of hospitalization and incidence of adverse effects or dise...

Martin Gaynor joined the FTC as the Director of the Bureau of Economics on October 1, 2013, replacing Howard Shelanski, who left the FTC to lead the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. Dr. Gaynor is a professor of economics and public policy at Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University, and an affiliate of Analysis Group. He has been a Research Associate at NBER since 1990 and chair...