Economic Impact

You can download the individual papers by clicking on their titles below:

Exceptional Economic Returns on Investments in Medical Research
Leon E. Rosenberg
October 2002

Is Technological Change in Medicine Worth It?
David M. Cutler and Mark McClellan
October 2001

Exceptional Returns: The Economic Value of America's Investment in Medical Research
Mark Hatfield, Hugo F. Sonnenschein, and Leon E. Rosenberg for Funding First
May 2001

Pharmaceutical Innovation, Mortality Reduction, and Economic Growth
Frank R. Lichtenberg, Columbia University and National Bureau of Economic Research
December 1999

Can Medical Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Identify the Value of Research?
David Meltzer, University of Chicago
November 25, 1999

The Health of Nations: The Contribution of Improved Health to Living Standards
William D. Nordhaus, Yale University
November 17, 1999

The Economics of Better Health: The Case of Cardiovascular Disease
David M. Cutler, Harvard University and National Bureau of Economic Research, and Srikanth Kadiyala, National Bureau of Economic Research
November 1999

The Economic Value of Medical Research
Kevin M. Murphy and Robert Topel, University of Chicago
March 1998 (Revised September 1999)