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Taylor & Francis Asthmas Impact on Society The Social and Economic Burden 1999 Edition by Kevin B. Weiss
One of the first comprehensive studies of the social and economic consequences of this chronic pulmonary illness, Asthma's Impact on Society assesses how communities, families, and individuals confront asthma and try to minimize its deleterious effects.Written by over 25 highly esteemed experts, Asthma's Impact on Societydefines the consequences of asthma in a community context, such as allocation of resources determines how insights gained from the social sciences can improve clinical care of asthmatics reviews outcomes, aside from physiological measures, that should be included in assessment of the condition and its treatments calculates the economic burden asthma may contribute to individuals, the health care system, and society in general presents new methods of measuring the impact of asthma on adult and pediatric patients examines the financial burden on business due to absenteeism, hospitalization, and health insurance coverage explains the basic principles of pharmacoeconomics as applied to asthma and more!Representing a multidisciplinary synthesis of the latest research in the field, Asthma's Impact on Society is an indispensable reference for pulmonologists, clinical immunologists and allergists, chest physicians, internists, pediatricians, health policy analysts, health economists, public health officials, pharmacoeconomists, and upper-level undergraduate, graduate, and medical school students in these disciplines. Table of contents : - Social Impact of AsthmaIntroduction: The Social Impact of AsthmaKevin B. Weiss and A. Sonia BuistQuality of Life, Health Status, and the Social Impact of Asthma: An OverviewPaul W. JonesCharacterizing the Social Impact of Asthma in ChildrenNeal Halfon and Paul W. NewacheckCharacterizing the Occupational Impact of AsthmaPaul D. BlancMeasuring Health-Related Quality of Life for Persons with Asthma: An OverviewElizabeth F. JuniperCurrent Methods in Measuring Health-Related Quality of Life in Children with AsthmaLynn M. Olson and Linda AsmussenCurrent Methods for Measuring Health-Related Quality of Life in Adults with AsthmaGuy B. MarksPsychosocial Factors in Chronic AsthmaCynthia S. Rand and Arlene Manns ButzThe Impact of Sociodemographic Factors on AsthmaLauren A. Smith and Jonathan A. FinkelsteinEconomic Impact of AsthmaIntroduction: The Economic Impact of AsthmaSean D. Sullivan and Kevin B. WeissMeasuring Economic Burden in AsthmaBengt JoenssonEconomic Evaluation of Asthma TreatmentsScott D. Ramsey and Sean D. SullivanCost and Outcome Implications for PreventionAnne Elixhauser, Nancy Kline Leidy, and Michael T. HalpernDevelopment of Pharmacoeconomic Policy Model for AsthmaBarry Kitch, A. David Paltiel, Karen M. Kuntz, Peter J. Neumann, and Scott T. WeissHealth State Preference Estimation in AsthmaMaureen P. M. H. Rutten-van Moelken