Selma J Mushkin

Biographic Data

ID304389
NAMESelma J Mushkin
GIVEN NAMESSelma J
FAMILY NAMEMushkin
SIGNATUREMUSHKIN S J
AFFILIATIONSJohns Hopkins University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS14
TOTAL CITATIONS58
AUTHOR COUNT14
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1957
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2010
H-INDEX1

  • Hacia una definición de la Economía de la Salud

    Open AccessSelma J MushkinARTICLELecturas de Economía2010

    Los economistas de la salud se ocupan de la organización del mercado de servicios de salud y del beneficio neto de la inversión en la salud de las personas. Las preferencias del consumidor no son una guía adecuada para la asignación óptima de recursos para salud. El uso óptimo de recursos para la atención de la enfermedad y la promoción de la salud define el campo especial de investigación. Palabras Clave: Servicios de salud, mercado médico, merc…

  • The Economic Cost of Illness Fiscal 1975

    Aviva Berk, N N Volodichev et al.ARTICLEMedical Care1978

    In 1963, Rice estimated the costs of illness and then allocated these costs by disease. She and Cooper in 1972 updated the original estimates and developed a more sophisticated methodological approach. This paper updates further the costs of illness to 1975 and presents further methodological changes. Analysis of the direct and indirect costs of illness for 1975 reveals that the upward trend into total costs continued, reaching $264 billion. The …

  • Evaluation of health policies and actions

    Open AccessSelma J MushkinARTICLESocial Science & Medicine (19671977References: 14

  • Policy Analysis in State and Community

    Selma J MushkinARTICLEPublic Administration Review1977References: 3

    From some perspectives, the progress by the state and local governments made during the first decade after concepts of policy analyses were introduced has been astonishing, especially when the vicissitudes federal leadership and direction that came with changes top personnel the Office of Management and Budget are considered. Each assistant director in charge had put their own stamp on each process and thereby give it distinction. Little heed was…

  • Politics and Economics of Government Response to Drug Abuse

    Open AccessSelma J Mushkin, Selma MushkinARTICLEThe Annals of the American…1975Cited by: 1

    Relative numbers and relative costs define the type and size of political response to drug abuse in the United States. Those who are damaged by the crime originating in drug abuse outnumber the abusers. While the total cost of crime attributed to drug abuse is high and exceeds efforts of control, intractability of the problem stands in the way of effective action. This paper presents an alternative to the "get-tough" policies represented by actio…

  • Public Prices for Public Products

    D C Hague, Selma J Mushkin et al.ARTICLEThe Economic Journal1974Cited by: 1

    Journal Article Selma Mushkin. Public Prices for Public Products Get access Public Prices for Public Products. Edited by Selma Mushkin. (Washington: The Urban Institute, 1972. Pp. xv + 460. $10.95.) D. C. Hague D. C. Hague Manchester Business School. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 84, Issue 334, 1 June 1974, Pages 436–438, https://doi.org/10.2307/2231289 Published: 01 June 197…

  • Public Prices for Public Products

    Alan Williams, Selma J Mushkin et al.ARTICLEEconomica1973

  • Federalism: Continuing Predicament

    Richard H Leach, Committee For Economic Development et al.ARTICLEPublic Administration Review1971

  • PPB in Cities

    Selma J MushkinARTICLEPublic Administration Review1969

  • Project '70: Projecting the State-Local Sector

    Selma J Mushkin, Gabrielle C LupoARTICLEThe Review of Economics and…1967

  • Financing Secondary School Expansion in OECD Countries

    Selma J MushkinARTICLESociology of Education1965

  • Health as an Investment

    Selma J MushkinARTICLEJournal of Political Economy1962Cited by: 56

  • Distribution of Federal Expenditures Among the States

    Selma J MushkinARTICLEThe Review of Economics and…1957

    T HERE are many dangers in viewing federal expenditure distribution among the states as more than a by-product of the pursuit of national objectives and in establishing at this stage of research a benchmark for testing the actual distribution against some goal. First, there is no correct way of distributing or allocating total federal expenditures among the states. While federal tax allocations derive from an extensive body of economic theory, no…

  • Report of the Commission on Intergovernmental Relations

    Selma J Mushkin, Selma MushkinARTICLEThe Review of Economics and…1957

    T HE Commission on Intergovernmental Relations issued its Report to the President for transmittal to the Congress in June I955.1 Report with its supporting I5 study documents focused on a variety of issues concerning federal-state relations, ranging from the formulation and conduct of federal regulatory activities to provision of public services for individuals. Report, moreover, describes the divergent interests tax, budget, and program, as well…