Health Economics : An International

Health Economicsbegins by looking at simple models of supply and demand within health care, before moving on to techniques of cost-benefit analysis and then compares differing health care systems around the world. With an array of case studies based on systems from around the world, the book successfully bridges the divide between the insurance-based system employed in the United States and the publicly funded options more common in Europe and Canada.

Part I Introductory Health Economics

Introduction: Health Economics in International Perspective

3

(9)

The Demand for Health and Health Services

12

(8)

Demand, Elasticity and Health

20

(6)

Production, Health and Health Care: Efficient Use of Inputs

26

(7)

Cost of Delivering Health Services

33

(6)

Basic Market Models

39

(9)

Supplier-induced Demand and Agency

48

(7)

Market Failure and Government

55

(12)

Part II Economic Evaluation

The Theoretical Bases of Economic Evaluation

67

(15)

Issues in the Measurement of Costs

82

(11)

Measuring Benefits in Economic Evaluation

93

(15)

Practical Steps in Economic Evaluation

108

(8)

Economic Evaluation as a Framework for Choice

116

(9)

Part III Further Economics of Markets and Market Intervention

Contracting

125

(10)

Market Structures

135

(12)

Hospital and Health Provider Behaviour and Motivation

147

(8)

The Economics of Regulation

155

(11)

Incentives and Agency

166

(17)

Part IV The Economics of Health Systems

Health Systems: a Framework for Analysis

183

(8)

Health Systems around the World: an Introduction to Variation and Performance

191

(10)

Reliance on the State: Public Health Service Systems

201

(7)

Voluntary Insurance-based Systems

208

(7)

Social Insurance Systems

215

(6)

Parallel Systems

221

(14)

Trends in Health Sector Reform

235

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Health Economics : An International Perspective

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