David McDaid & Sherry Merkur 
Promoting Health, Preventing Disease: the Economic Case [EPUB ebook] 

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This book provides an economic perspective on health promotion and chronic disease prevention, and gives a rationale for assessing the economic case for action. It provides a comprehensive review of the evidence base in support of a broad range of public health interventions, addressing not only their effectiveness in improving population health, but also their implementation costs, impacts on health expenditures and wider economic consequences. An economic perspective is about more than counting the costs associated with poor health. It is about understanding how economic incentives can influence healthy lifestyle choices in the population. The book provides tools for developing effective and efficient policy strategies and addressing trade-offs between the goals of improving population health, while being mindful of the need to tackle inequalities in health outcomes across individuals and populations. The book:practically illustrates methods and measures of cost and outcome used in the evaluation of interventionscovers specific risk factor areas including tobacco smoking, alcohol, unhealthy diets, physical inactivity, poor mental health and harmful environmental factorsconsiders cross-cutting themes including key implementation issues, health inequalities, and the merits of early life interventions The book is designed for health policy makers and all those working or studying in the areas of public health, health research, medicine or health economics.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 328 ● ISBN 9780335262274 ● Publisher McGraw-Hill Education ● Published 2015 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 4850039 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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