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Date:
October 21, 2002 (Monday)
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Venue: Room A2-08, Mrs Chen Yang Foo Oi Telemedicine Centre, 2/F,
Academic and Administration Block, Faculty of Medicine Building
'Public
Goods' form part of the economic analysis of government policy at
the national level. As globalization progresses, many areas once
confined to national policy are becoming issues of global impact
and concern, effecting nations other than those involving in their
production. Yet no one nation necessarily has the ability, or the
incentive, to address them. This problem leads to the conceptual
development of 'Global' Public Goods, which has recently been (mis)applied
to health. This seminar seeks to disentangle the 'rhetoric' from
the 'substance' of this concept applied to health, briefly outlining
its conceptual foundation and appropriate applications in health.
Richard
has research interests and experience across many areas of health
economics, including the valuation of health benefits, economics
of antibiotic resistance and primary care reform. Most recently,
he has worked on the application of public goods theory in health,
recently completing a book on this with colleagues from the World
Health Organization, and which is the topic of the seminar, details
as follows:
Richard's
recent publications include:
- Smith
RD, Coast J. Prevention of antibiotic resistance: closing the stable
door before the horse has bolted. Georgetown Journal of International
Affairs (in press).
- Wilton P, Smith RD. Devolved budgetary responsibility in primary
care: a cross-country assessment of the impact on efficiency. The
European Journal of Health Economics, 2002; 3(1): 17-25.
- Smith RD, Coast J. Antimicrobial resistance: a global response.
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2002; 80: 126-133.
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