To Heal and Harm: An Economic View of Drug Safety

Jonathan Silcock;Clive Pritchard

Monograph from Office of Health Economics

Abstract: The aims of this book are to: • provide an historical background to modern pharmaceutical regulation; • summarise available data on the harm caused by medicines; • comment on treatment and prevention strategies; • provide an economic framework for assessing optimal levels of pharmaceutical safety.

Keywords: To; Heal; and; Harm:; An; Economic; View; of; Drug; Safety (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003-12-01
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