(ISSN: 2010-2089)
Series Editor-in-Chief
Professor Richard M Scheffler
Distinguished Professor of Health Economics and Public Policy
Director, Petris Center and GCHEPR
University of California, Berkeley
USA
Among the most dominant features of today’s global economy, is the general state of global healthcare. Its lack of availability to the significant portion of global population (including in the United States and other developed countries) and, at the same time, its escalating costs and growing demands for more governmental and consumer control and access, have created a serious crisis. Such situation has extremely important economic, social, financial, educational and scientific implications. A great deal of serious research is being conducted in healthcare economics, with a very significant scientific output and there exists a tremendous interest in its results, from scientists, economists, commercial businesses, and policy makers, as well as from the general public.
While there exist a significant amount of literature dedicated to some of the aspects of the current healthcare economics issues, one finds a definite dearth of coverage of its global aspects, which are of increasing importance in today’s interdisciplinary, international efforts in economics research. The global nature of today’s economic markets, including healthcare provision markets makes the interdisciplinary research ever more complex, with the results and conclusion ever more important and far-reaching.
The World Scientific Series of Global Healthcare Economics and Public Policy, under the leadership of Professor Richard M. Scheffler, one of the world-renowned healthcare economists, public policy specialists and researchers in this field, seeks to fill this gap. It will strife to publish high-quality scientific works, including monographs, edited volumes, references, handbooks, etc., which address subjects of primary scientific importance on the global scale, as related to international economic policies in healthcare, social capital and healthcare economics in different global markets, drug-society interactions, global issues of pharmaco-economics, etc.
The works to be published within the framework of this series will appeal to researchers, graduate students, policy makers, practitioners and commercial businesses, dealing with healthcare economics worldwide.
Published title
Vol. 1
Accountability and Responsibility in Health Care
Issues in Addressing an Emerging Global Challenge
edited by Bruce Rosen, Avi Israeli & Stephen Shortell
Forthcoming title
Social Capital and Health
edited by Richard Scheffler
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