Epilogue: Application to Contemporary Challenges: Avian ‘ flu and MRSA

• Main Author: Roberts, Jennifer A
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: Oxford University PressOxford 2006
• Subjects: Avian flu
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198516217.003.0019; https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/52324304/isbn-9780198516217-book-part-19.pdf

Abstract The purpose of this volume was two fold to offer those involved in the control of infectious disease an economic perspective and tools that would contribute to their task, and to introduce economists to some of the characteristics of infectious disease that pose interesting challenges for the discipline. The application of economics to the control or management of many of the major infections is provided in this volume and these applications offer insights and templates that might be used to explore other diseases. Economics has a role in placing a disease on the policy agenda. It can help in understanding the incentives and motivations of those involved in reporting and containing the spread of disease. It can evaluate and contribute to the design of cost-effective interventions. Economics can show the implications of poor governance structures and weak contracts for the design and application of guidance and regulations.