Global public goods for health health, economic, and public health perspectives
The book addresses the growing globalism of health from the unique perspective of the economic concept of public goods. This concept identifies where a 'good' or service, such as knowledge of an infectious disease outbreak which would be of benefit globally, will not be produced if left to...
Tallennettuna:
| Muut tekijät: | |
|---|---|
| Kieli: | Undetermined English |
| Julkaistu: |
Oxford,New York
Oxford University Press
2003
|
| Aiheet: | |
| Tagit: |
Lisää tagi
Ei tageja, Lisää ensimmäinen tagi!
|
| Thư viện lưu trữ: | Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Trà Vinh |
|---|
| LEADER | 01803nam a2200277Ia 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | TVU_11299 | ||
| 008 | 210423s9999 xx 000 0 und d | ||
| 020 | |a 0198525443 | ||
| 020 | |a 9780198525448 | ||
| 041 | |a eng | ||
| 082 | |a 362.1 | ||
| 082 | |b R511 | ||
| 245 | 0 | |a Global public goods for health | |
| 245 | 0 | |b health, economic, and public health perspectives | |
| 245 | 0 | |c edited by Richard Smith ... [et al.] | |
| 260 | |a Oxford,New York | ||
| 260 | |b Oxford University Press | ||
| 260 | |c 2003 | ||
| 300 | |a 287 p. | ||
| 300 | |b ill. | ||
| 300 | |c 23 cm | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index | ||
| 520 | |a The book addresses the growing globalism of health from the unique perspective of the economic concept of public goods. This concept identifies where a 'good' or service, such as knowledge of an infectious disease outbreak which would be of benefit globally, will not be produced if left to 'the market' because of a lack of incentive due principally to not being able to exlude people from using the good. in this case the producer, of the information on disease outbreak for example, cannot charge a price and therefore cannot recoup production expenses. Nationally, the production of these goods is usually assured by government intervention, but at the global level there is no 'global government' to undertake this role. The Global Public Good concept therefore extends the economic analysis of public goods to this international level. In this book we consider specifically the aspects of health that may be classed as Global Public Goods and considers how the concept helps to ensure their provision | ||
| 650 | |a Medical policy; Public health; Public goods | ||
| 700 | |a edited by Richard Smith | ||
| 980 | |a Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Trà Vinh | ||