Economics of Health Care Financing
The Visible Hand
Published on 18. December 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-0-333-53870-8 (ISBN)
Description
No two health care systems are alike yet there are many questions common to all. What is a market and how do markets work? Why do markets for health care fail so badly when left free of government intervention? If (or rather, when) governments do intervene in health care, what should be their objectives and what form should intervention take? What is the balance between efficiency and equity? Several types of systems exist along with different mechanisms within systems.These are comprehensively reviewed with an eye to their success as well as challenges for the future to both health care systems and health economics research.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index, references
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
360 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-53870-8 (9780333538708)
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Content
PART 1 MARKETS AND MARKET FAILURE IN HEALTH CARE - Health Care Financing Reforms: Moving into the 1990s - Markets and Health Care - Market Failure in Health Care - PART 2 HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS AND THEIR OBJECTIVES - Alternatives for Funding Health Care - Economic Objectives of Health Care - PART 3 A REVIEW OF EMPIRICAL FINDINGS - Countering Consumer Moral Hazard - Countering Doctor Moral Hazard - Countering Moral Hazard in the Hospital Sector - Achieving Equity - PART 4 FUTURE CHALLENGES - Future Considerations: Setting the Health Care Budget - Health Care Financing Reforms: Challenges for the 1990s - References - Index