Peter’s Business and Economy Issues

The Institute of Health Economics (IHE) in Alberta, Canada performs research in Health Economics and synthesizes evidence in Health Technology Assessment to assist health policy making and best medical practice.
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The demand for more detailed outcomes information is growing these days, the reason of it is the payors and providers increasingly focused on the cost effectiveness of healthcare. Health economics, and in particular, cost-effectiveness research, has gained prominence over the past couple of decades to ensure the efficient use of limited health-care funds.
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General definition of health care economics is as follows:

The study of how scarce resources are allocated among alternative uses for the care of sickness and the promotion, maintenance and improvement of health, including the study of how healthcare and health-related services, their costs and benefits, and health itself are distributed among individuals and groups in society.
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The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics is published by the International Center of Mental Health Policy and Economics. Its Abstracts since its first number in March 1998, and the Full Text of the articles published in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003 (Online Sample) are freely available.

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Health care is one of the issues of the USA Government’s concern. During the last years the health care spending has considerably grown. Government health care expenditures have also been increasing rapidly, which burdening both Federal and state budgets.
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