The economics of infectious disease / edited by Jennifer A. Roberts.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to the economics of infectious disease / Jennifer A. Roberts -- Choosing the first-line drug for malaria treatment : how can cost-effectiveness analysis inform policy? / Catherine Goodman ... [et al.] -- Economic issues related to antimicrobial resistance / Ramanan Laxminarayan -- Economic evaluation of HIV prevention activities : dynamic challenges for cost-effectiveness analysis / Lilani Kumaranayake ... [et al.] -- Modelling the cost-effectiveness of the new interventions : how can technological change be incorporated? / Richard Grieve -- Complexity and the attribution of cost to hospital-acquired infection / Nicholas Graves and Diana Weinhold -- Decision analysis of strategies to deal with non-compliance with TB treatment / Joa̋o G.Q. Costa ... [et al.] -- The economic evaluation of HAI / Rosalind Plowman -- The socio-economic burden of influenza : costs of illness and 'willingness to pay' in a publicly funded health care system / Punam Mangtani Amishi Shah -- Willingness to pay for insecticide-treated mosquito nets in Surat, India / Mrigesh Bhatia and Julia Fox-Rushby -- Disentangling value : assessing the benefits of containing antimicrobial resistance / Joanna Coast, Richard Smith and Michael Millar --

Economics of animal health : implications for public health / Ana Riviere-Cinnamond -- Risk assessment models, economic analysis and food safety policy / Tanya Roberts -- Transaction cost economics and principal-agent theory : insights into investigations of outbreaks of infectious diseases / Azermeen Jamasji-Pavri -- Governance arrangements for the control of infectious disease / Pauline Allen and Bronwyn Croxson -- Evaluating US food safety regulations which use benefit and cost information / Jean Buzby, Felix Spinelli and Clark Nardinelli -- Global governance of international public health : the role of international regulatory cooperation / Liliani Kumaranayake -- Trade and infectious disease outbreaks : ensuring public health without comprising free trade / Vasant Narasimhan -- Epilogue : application to contemporary challenges : avian 'flu and MRSA / Jennifer A. Roberts.