Lorna Guinness, Virginia Wiseman

Introduction to Health Economics

Ed. by Lorna Guinness and Virginia Wiseman

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This practical text offers the ideal introduction to the economic techniques used in public health.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McGraw-Hill Higher Education / Open University Press
• 2nd ed.
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 172mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 550g
• ISBN-13: 9780335243563
• ISBN-10: 0335243568
• Artikelnr.: 33467198

Autorenporträt

Lorna Guinness is a lecturer at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK and Visiting Research Fellow at the Australian National University, Australia. Virginia Wiseman is a senior lecturer at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Section 1: Economics and Health Economics
Key concepts in health economics
Macroeconomics, globalization and health
Section 2: Demand and Supply
A simple model of demand
Measuring demand
Supply: Production in the long and short run
Supply: Costs, economics of scale and the supply curve
Section 3: Markets
A simple market model
Health care markets and efficiency
Section 4: Health Care Financing
The changing world of health care finance
Provider payments
Private health insurance
Achieving universal coverage
Section 5: Economic Evaluation
What is economic evaluation and what questions can it help to answer?
Counting the costs
Identifying, measuring and valuing consequences
Economic evaluation and decision-making
Section 6: Equity and the Role of Government
Promoting equity and the role of government
Glossary