Bücher der Reihe Research in Human Capital and Development

Part of a series which considers research in human capital and development.

While gender has so often been found to be an important determinant of prevalence and outcomes of mental illness, economists have rarely focused on gender differences as a central element of their analyses.

Investigates the impact of information technology, biogenetic, and pharmacological innovation on individuals quality of life, safety, individual and system health care utilization, occupational and environmental health and formulary decision making, and costs.

Three important issues have attracted researchers to study the economics of disability such as: the availability of sophisticated "data sets"; the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1991; and growth in public and private costs of disability support programs. This work brings together studies dealing with these three issues.

This volume presents studies contributing to the enhancement of the outcomes research paradigm on public health by incorporating economic and social interactions within the health care delivery, clinical decision-making and outcomes systems.