| Contents |
Health and healthcare -- Economics and efficiency -- What makes the market for healthcare different? -- Equality and fairness -- Determinants of (inequalities in) health: an overview -- Exogenous determinants of health -- The social environment and health -- Health-related behaviour -- Funding sources: an overview -- Uncertainty and health insurance -- Prepayment schemes -- Patient payments -- The healthcare delivery system: an overview -- Primary care: paying general practitioners -- Secondary care: hospital financing -- Unwarranted variations in healthcare utilization -- Economic evaluation and priority setting: an overview -- Benefits from improved health -- Costs and the cost-effectiveness threshold -- Beyond cost-effectiveness: priority setting. |
| Review |
"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, emphasizing the application of economic analysis to universal health policy issues. It explores the key questions facing health policy-makers across the globe right now. 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."-- Source other than the Library of Congress. |
| General note | Previous edition: 2009. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017945759 |
| ISBN | 9780198794837 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0198794835 (pbk.) |
| Standard identifier# |
99974888316 |
