Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Boxes
List of Contributors
Acknowledgments
Foreword (Soumitra Sharma)
PART I. Health Consciousness, Disease and Development of New Medicine
Chapter 1. The Evolving Burden of Disease – Long Term Implications for Economic Development and Health Consciousness
(Predrag Bejaković, Marinko Škare and Romina Pržiklas Družeta – Institute for Public Finance, Zagreb, Croatia, et al.)
Chapter 2. Personalized Medicine: Challenges and a Look Forward
(Krešimir Pavelić and Sandra Kraljević Pavelić – Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Faculty of Medicine, Pula, Croatia, et al.)
Chapter 3. Pathways of Medicine
(Miran Čoklo, Antonija Jonjić, Ivan Dolanc – Center for Applied Bioanthropology, Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia)
Chapter 4. Traditional Medicine as a Modern Institution in East Asian Countries
(Wung Seok Cha and Ohmin Kwon – Kyunghee University, College of Korean Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, et al.)
Chapter 5. Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health
(Ljiljana Kaliterna Lipovčan, Zvjezdana Prizmić-Larsen and Andreja Brajša-Žganec – Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia, et al.)
Chapter 6. Factors that Determine Human Health
(Ksenija Vitale – Department of Environmental Health and Occupational and Sports Medicine, Andrija Štampar School of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia)
Chapter 7. Where is the Shore? Swimming in a Sea of Legal and Ethical Issues Raised by P4
(Aaron Etra, Sahar Shady, Sanguk Han – Institute for Life Sciences Collaboration, New York, NY, US, et al.)
PART II Economic Aspects of P4
Chapter 8. Social Implications of ‘P5’ Medicine
(Predrag Bejaković, Romina Pržiklas Družeta and Marinko Škare – Institute for Public Finance, Zagreb, Croatia, et al.)
Chapter 9. Health and Socioeconomic Aspects of Population Aging: Role of Personalized Medicine
(Šime Smolić and Predrag Bejaković – Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, et al.)
Chapter 10. Accounting Aspects – Strategic Accounting Model Development for Personalized Medicine Management
(Lorena Mošnja Škare – Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Faculty of Economics and Tourism, “Dr. Mijo Mirković”, Pula, Croatia)
Chapter 11. Methods of Payment for Healthcare Services
(Mate Car, Boris Lukovnjak, Jurica Toth and Marinko Rade – Center for data-driven policy and management, Catholic University of Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia, et al.)
Chapter 12. Critical Assessment of a Health System
(Marinko Rade, Boris Lukovnjak, JuricaToth and Mate Car – Martin Horvat Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Hospital, Rovinj, Croatia, et al.)
Chapter 13. Effects of Accreditation on Quality of Healthcare
(Marinko Rade, Boris Lukovnjak, Jurica Toth and Mate Car – Martin Horvat Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Hospital, Rovinj, Croatia, et al.)
Chapter 14. Measuring Hospital Efficiency and Effectiveness
(Lana Kordić – University of Split, Faculty of Economics, Business and Tourism, Split, Croatia)
Chapter 15. Microeconomic Specifics of Hospital Healthcare
(Šime Smolić and Margareta Fabijančić – University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business, Zagreb, Croatia)
PART III. Predictors of Health Outcomes
Chapter 16. The Prospective Role of Epigenetics for P4
(Koraljka Gall Trošelj – Laboratory for Epigenomics, Division of Molecular Medicine, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia)
Chapter 17. N-glycans as Biomarkers in Chronic Disease
(Iris Car and Marko Klobučar – University of Rijeka, Department of Biotechnology, Rijeka, Croatia)
Chapter 18. Proteomics Biomarkers in Chronic Disease
(Dina Rešetar Maslov – Laboratory of proteomics, Internal Diseases Clinic, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia)
Chapter 19. The Importance of Optimal Nutrition in Health Maintenance
(Željka Peršurić, Lara Saftić Martinović and Krešimir Pavelić – University of Zagreb, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Zagreb, Croatia, et al.)
PART IV Novel Perspectives in Healthcare Systems
Chapter 20. Personalized Oncology
(Damir Vrbanec – Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Faculty of Medicine, Pula, Croatia)
Chapter 21. Neurodegenerative Diseases and Personalized Medicine
(Vida Demarin and Sandra Morović – International Institute for Brain Health, Zagreb, Croatia, et al.)
Chapter 22. Novel Perspectives in Healthcare Systems on the Model of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis
(Dalibor Krpan and Dina Krpan – Sv. Duh University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia, et al.)
PART V. Health Policies and Health System Reform
Chapter 23. Private Investment in Health
(Lana Kordić, Željko Mrnjavac and Predrag Bejaković – University of Split, Faculty of Economics, Business and Tourism, Split, Croatia, et al.)
Chapter 24. The Future Healthcare Model
(Vladimir Mozetič – Community Health Center, Primorje-Gorski kotar County, Rijeka, Croatia)
Chapter 25. Challenges in Health Tourism
(Vladimir Mozetič – Kvarner Health Tourism Cluster / President, Rijeka, Croatia)
Chapter 26. Health Tourism in Croatia – Questioning Economic Impact and Policy Regulation
(Blanka Šimundić, Lana Kordić and Željko Mrnjavac – University of Split, Faculty of Economics, Business and Tourism, Split, Croatia)
Chapter 27. The Characteristics and Importance of Health Literacy
(Predrag Bejaković – Institute for Public Finance, Zagreb, Croatia)
Chapter 28. The Tale of 4 Countries: Moral Aspects of Public Policy through the Relationship Between Population Health and Economic Development
(Predrag Bejaković – Institute for Public Finance, Zagreb, Croatia)
Chapter 29. Patterns in the Relationship Between Life Expectancy and Economic Development Levels
(Péter Mihályi, Vivien Valéria Csányi and Zsuzsanna Banász – Institute of Economics, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary, et al.)
Chapter 30. At the Crossroads of Medicine, Law and Economics – the Right to Health Today
(Edo Korljan – Human Rights Intergovernmental Co-Operation, Directorate General Human Rights and Rule of Law, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France)
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