Introduction To Health Economics
1st Edition
Published on 9. January 2011
290 pages
978-0-335-24357-0 (ISBN)
Description
This practical text offers the ideal introduction to the economic techniques used in public health and is accessible enough for those who have no or limited knowledge of economics. Written in a user-friendly manner, the book covers key economic principles, such as supply and demand, healthcare markets, healthcare finance and economic evaluation.
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Lorna Guinness | Virginia Wiseman
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Content
- Front cover
- Half title
- Series page
- Dedications
- Title page
- Copyright
- Contents
- The editors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- SECTION 1 : Economics and health economics
- 1 Key concepts in health economics
- 2 Macroeconomics, globalization and health
- SECTION 2: Demand and supply
- 3 A simple model of demand
- 4 Measuring demand
- 5 Supply: production in the long and short run
- 6 Supply: costs, economies of scale and the supply curve
- SECTION 3: Markets
- 7 A simple market model
- 8 Health care markets and efficiency
- SECTION 4: Health care financing
- 9 The changing world of health care finance
- 10 Provider payments
- 11 Private health insurance
- 12 Achieving universal coverage
- SECTION 5: Economic evaluation
- 13 What is economic evaluation and what questions can it help to answer?
- 14 Counting the costs
- 15 Identifying, measuring and valuing consequences
- 16 Economic evaluation and decision-making
- SECTION 6: Equity
- 17 Promoting equity and the role of government
- Glossary
- Index
- Advert
- Back cover
