Principles in Health Economics and Policy
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Product details:
- Edition number 2
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 13 August 2009
- ISBN 9780199237814
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages240 pages
- Size 234x156x13 mm
- Weight 387 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 42 black and white line drawings 0
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Short description:
Examining the different structures and techniques involved in making decisions about who benefits from those health care resources available in a publicly funded system, this book provides a concise and compact introduction to health economics and policy.
MoreLong description:
Principles in Health Economics and Policy is a clear and concise introduction to health economics and its application to health policy. It introduces the subject of economics, explains the fundamental failures in the market for health care, and discusses the concepts of equity and fairness when applied to health and health care.
Written for students and health professionals with no background in economics, the book takes a policy-oriented approach, emphasising the application of economic analysis to universal health policy issues. It explores the key questions facing health policy-makers across the globe right now, such as:
How should society intervene in the determinants that affect health?
How should health care be financed?
How should health care providers be paid?
How should alternative health care programmes be evaluated when setting priorities?
With relevant exercises and suggested further reading lists at the end of each chapter, Principles in Health Economics and Policy is the ideal resource for both students and health professionals.
Table of Contents:
Part 1 - Concepts and context
Health and health care
Economics and efficiency
What makes the market for health care different?
Equality and fairness
Part 2 - Intervening in the determinants of health
The health environment
Health related life style
Part 3 - Financing health care
Uncertainty and health insurance
Compulsory insurance
Patient payment
Part 4 - Paying health care providers
Primary care
Secondary care - reimbursing hospitals
Integrating the health care provider system
Part 5 - Economic evaluation and priority setting
Non-monetary effects (E) and monetary benefits (B)
Costs (C) and discounting (r)
Beyond costs and outcomes: Equity and fairness
Epilogue
