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The Economics of Infectious Disease
Edited by Jennifer A. Roberts
400 pages
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30 line illustrations, tables
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234x156mm
978-0-19-851621-7
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Hardback
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06 July 2006
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- Features some of the most important current threats to human health, including HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria, Avian Flu, MRSA and SARS
- Introduces modelling as a method of understanding the implications of disease, and extends this to illustrate the use of economic evaluation in policy formation
- International contributors address issues relevant to both developed and developing countries
- Provides insight into the implications of recent policy shifts in public health towards more market oriented approaches
Infectious diseases once considered vanquished in the developed world now represent a growing challenge to public health care systems. Not only do we face threats from new diseases such as AIDS, MRSA, SARS and Avian Flu, but old scourges such as tuberculosis are returning in drug resistant forms. Food-borne infections are common, encompassing both common bacterial infections that are associated with gastro-enteritis and new diseases that have crossed the species barriers, such as BSE and the resultant new variant CJD. SARS and Avian Flu are the newest threats and have an increasingly high public
profile. These diseases present complex and as yet unresolved problems for those involved in the control of infectious disease.
Jennifer Roberts and her international team present the contribution economists can make to the management and control of infectious diseases. The book leads the reader through the economic evaluation of specific diseases, chosen to reflect some of the great challenges to those aiming to control infectious disease in both developed and developing countries. It then examines the wider issues involved in the economics of infectious disease; modelling, governance and the control of outbreaks, risk assessment models for food safety, the global perspective and the role of international regulatory co-operation, and the effect on trade.
Contagion is an ever-present threat to public safety, particularly high on the international policy agenda in the current climate of fears of bioterrorism and the return of diseases thought eradicated. This introduction to the methods and techniques of economics as applied to infectious diseases will make fascinating reading for those involved from both perspectives, and is a timely contribution to a major issue.Readership: Public health physicians, policy makers, health economists, those employed by major public health institutions, and specialists in infection control in both hospitals and the community (including nurses, doctors and microbiologists) will find this book of interest. Students
of public health, infectious diseases, health services and health economics will also engage with the subject.
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Edited by Jennifer A. Roberts, Emeritus Professor of Economics of Public Health and Director of the Collaborative Centre for Economics of Infectious Disease, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK Contributors:
Salim Abdulla, Epidemiologist, Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, and National Malaria Control Programme, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Pauline Allen, Lecturer in Organizational Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Maurice L Barreto, Professor of Public Health Epidemiology, Instituto de Saude Coletiva, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
Mrigesh Bhatia, Lecturer of
Health Policy and Course Director, Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics, UK
Jean Buzby, Senior Economist, Economic Research Service at the US Department of Agriculture, Washington DC, USA
Joanna Coast, Professor of Health Economics, University of Birmingham, UK
Paul Coleman, Epidemiologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Disease Control & Vector Biology Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Joao G Q Costa, Swiss Tropical Institute, Swiss Centre for International Health, Basel, Switzerland
Bronwyn Croxson, Senior Analyst, The Treasury, Wellington, New Zealand
Julia Fox-Rushby, Professor of Health Economics, Health Economnics Research Group (HERG), Brunel University, Middlesex, UK
Catherine Goodman, Lecturer in Health Economics, Health Policy Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Nicholas Graves, Senior Research Fellow in Health Economics, School of Public Health, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Richard Grieve, Lecturer, Health Services Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Azermeen Jamasi-Pavri. Doctoral Student,. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Nassor Kikumbih, Health eEconomist and Research Director, Academy for Educational Development, Tanzania Marketing and Communication Project, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Lilani Kumaranayake, Lecturer, HIV Tools Research Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Ramanan Laxinarayan, Fellow, Resources for the Future, Washington DC, USA
Punam Mangtani, Clinical Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Michael Millar, Consultant Microbiologist and Infection Control Doctor, Barts and the Royal London NHS Trust, UK
Anne Mills, Professor of Health Economics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Godfrey Mubyazi, Research Scientist and Head of Department of Health Policy and Systems Research, National Institute for Medical Research, Centre for Enhancement of Effective Malaria Interventions, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Vasant Narasimhan, Moorstwon, USA
Clark Nardinelli, Supervisory Economist, Economic Analysis Team, Food and Drug
Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Washington DC, USA
Tuoyo Okorosobo, Health Economist, Malaria Unit, Regional Office for Africa, World Health Organization, Zimbabwe
Ros Plowman, Lecturer, Health Services Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Ana Riviere-Cinnamond, Consultant, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, and PhD candidate at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Jennifer Roberts, Emeritus Professor of Economics of Public Health and Director of the Collaborative Centre for Economics of Infectious Disease, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK
Tanya Roberts, Senior Economist, Economics Research Service, Washington DC, USA
Laura C Rodrigues, Professor of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Andreia C Santos, Research Student, Public Health and Policy Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Amishi Shah, Fourth Year Medical Student, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA
Richard Smith, Reader, Health Economics Group, School of Health, Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia, UK
Felix Spinelli, Senior Economist, NRCS - RESSD, Washington DC, USA
Fern Terris-Prestholt, Research Fellow, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Peter Vickerman, Lecturer, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Charlotte Watts, Senior
Lecturer, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Diana Weinhold, Senior Lecturer in Development Studies, Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics, UK
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1: Jennifer A. Roberts: Introduction to economics of infectious disease
2: Catherine Goodman, Salim Abdulla, Paul Coleman, Godfrey Mubyazi, Nassor Kikumbih, Tuoyo Okorosobo & Anne Mills: Choosing the first line drug for malaria treatment - how can cost-effectiveness analysis inform policy?
3: Ramanan Laxinarayan: Economic issues related to antimicrobial resistance
4: Lilani Kumaranayake, Charlotte Watts, Peter Vickerman & Fern Terris-Prestholt: Economic evaluation of HIV prevention activities: dynamic challenges for cost-effectiveness analysis
5: Richard Grieve: Modelling the cost-effectiveness of the new interventions: how can technological change be incorporated?
6: Nicholas Graves & Diana Weinhold: Complexity and the attribution of cost to hospital acquired infection
7: Joao G. Q. Costa, Laura C. Rodrigues, Andreia C. Santos & Maurice L. Barreto: Decision analysis of strategies to deal with non- compliance with TB treatment
8: Ros Plowman: Economic evaluations of HAI
9: Punam Mangtani & Amishi Shah: The socio-economic burden of influenza: costs of illness and "willingness to pay" in a publicly funded health care system
10: Mrigesh Bhatia & Julia Fox-Rushby: Willingness to pay for insecticide-treated nets in Surat, India
11: Joanna Coast, Richard Smith & Michael Millar: Disentangling value: assessing the benefits of containing antimicrobial resistance
12: Ana Riviere-Cinnamond: Economics of animal health: implications for public health
13: Tanya Roberts: Economic analysis, and food safety risk assessment models
14: Azermeen Jamasi-Pavri: Governance and the control of outbreaks
15: Pauline Allen & Bronwyn Croxson: Governance arrangements for the control of infectious disease
16: Jean Buzby, Felix Spinelli & Clark Nardinelli: Evaluating U.S. regulations for food safety issues, using benefit and cost information
17: Liliani Kumaranayake: Global governance of international public health: the role of international regulatory cooperation
18: Vasant Narasimhan: Trade and infectious disease outbreaks: ensuring public health without comprising free trade
19: Jennifer A. Roberts: Epilogue: applications of economics to contemporary concerns: MRSA and Avian Flu
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