Economic Analysis for Management and Policy
Published on 16. September 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
216 pages
978-0-335-21846-2 (ISBN)
Description
As issues of resource scarcity become more explicitly acknowledged in the health sector, public health practitioners are recognizing that economics can form a vital part of their professional toolkit. Economic analysis provides a way of thinking about problems in which the issues of resource scarcity, opportunity cost and broader social objectives such as efficiency and equity can be explicitly taken into account. However, while economics can certainly play an important role in policy and management, its application is often complicated. This book discusses theoretical perspectives in health economics by developing an appreciation of how economic concepts and techniques can be applied in policy making and management in the health sector. The book examines:
Demand analysis
Markets and competition
Regulation
Contracts
Equity in health care
Series Editors: Rosalind Plowman and Nicki Thorogood.
Demand analysis
Markets and competition
Regulation
Contracts
Equity in health care
Series Editors: Rosalind Plowman and Nicki Thorogood.
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Persons
Senior Lecturer in Health Economics at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Lecturer in Health Economics at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Professor of Economics of Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Senior Lecturer in Health Economics at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Research Fellow in Health Economics at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Lecturer in Health Economics at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Professor of Economics of Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Senior Lecturer in Health Economics at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Research Fellow in Health Economics at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Content
Overview of the book Section 1: Key economic concepts
Introduction to welfare economics
Section 2: Demand, production and costs
Aspects of economic evaluation
Derivation of demand
Models of demand, public goods and aggregated demand
The production process: concepts and assumptions
Costs and the cost function
Section 3: Markets, market failure and regulation
Market analysis
Behaviour of health care providers
What is the evidence of competition on consumer and provider sides?
Alternative models of provider competition
The economic rationale for government involvement in the health sector
Economic theories of regulation
Section 4: Contracts and agency
Institutional economics and appropriate contracts
Legal and economic analysis of contracts
Agency and organizational decision making
Agency in the health sector
Section 5: Equity in health care
Equity in health care - general concepts
Equity and health care
Glossary
Index
Introduction to welfare economics
Section 2: Demand, production and costs
Aspects of economic evaluation
Derivation of demand
Models of demand, public goods and aggregated demand
The production process: concepts and assumptions
Costs and the cost function
Section 3: Markets, market failure and regulation
Market analysis
Behaviour of health care providers
What is the evidence of competition on consumer and provider sides?
Alternative models of provider competition
The economic rationale for government involvement in the health sector
Economic theories of regulation
Section 4: Contracts and agency
Institutional economics and appropriate contracts
Legal and economic analysis of contracts
Agency and organizational decision making
Agency in the health sector
Section 5: Equity in health care
Equity in health care - general concepts
Equity and health care
Glossary
Index