Costs and Benefits in Health Care and Prevention: An International Approach to Priorities in Medicine

Front Matter....Pages I-XIX
Epidemiology and Economy, and the Appraisal of Human Life: Ethical and Practical Limitations of how to Value Health Benefits....Pages 1-5
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Value of Life in Health Care and Prevention....Pages 6-19
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Health Care: Opportunities and Challenges to International Comparisons....Pages 20-26
The Feasibility of Willingness-To-Pay Measurement in Health Services Research....Pages 27-34
The Willingness-To-Pay Approach: Caveats to Biased Application....Pages 35-40
Attitude and Behaviour of Stuttgart’s Primary Care Physicians with Regard to the Pharmacological and Non-Pharmacological Treatment of Mild Hypertension....Pages 41-50
Comparisons of 1977 and 1987 Physicians’ Knowledge Survey — Implications on Cost and Hypertension Management....Pages 51-56
Evaluation of Cost Effectiveness of Physician-Nurse Teams as Compared to Physicians Working alone in Primary Care Practices in Community Control of Hypertension....Pages 57-71
The Ashkelon Hypertension Detection and Control Program Medical and Cost Implications....Pages 72-78
The Management of Hypertension: A Clinical Dilemma with Health Policy Implications....Pages 79-91
Angina Pectoris Prophylaxis: A Model Estimate of Cost and Benefit....Pages 92-106
Cost Considerations for the Management of End Stage Renal Disease in the United States....Pages 107-110
Medical Treatment and its Implications on Costs. An Analysis with Process Data from the German Statutory Health Insurance....Pages 111-118
Quality of Life: Methodological Key Issues....Pages 119-125
Towards the Integrated Measurement of Quality of Life....Pages 126-139
Quality of Life, Clinical Trials, and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: Conceptual Issues with Hypertension as an Example....Pages 140-148
Notes on Economic Evaluation....Pages 149-155
Some Limitations in the Analysis of Costs and Benefits....Pages 156-157
Research Perspectives for the Future: International Cooperation in Comparing Costs and Benefits of the Best Demonstrated Practice in Health Care and Prevention....Pages 158-160