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Principles in health economics and policy / Jan Abel Olsen.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.Description: xi, 224 p. : ill. ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780199237814 (pbk.) :
  • 9780199237814 (alk. paper)
  • 0199237816 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.473621 22
  • 338.4/73621 22
  • 353.624 22
LOC classification:
  • RA410 .O47 2009
NLM classification:
  • W 74.1
Contents:
Health and health care -- Economics and efficiency -- What makes the market for health care different? -- Equality and fairness -- The health environment -- Health-related lifestyle -- Uncertainty and health insurance -- Compulsory insurance -- Patient payment -- Primary care -- Secondary care : reimbursing hospitals -- Integrating the health care provider system -- Non-monetary effects and monetary benefits -- Costs and discounting -- Equity issues : going beyond CBA and ICER.
Summary: Examining the different structures and techniques involved in making decisions about who benefits from those health care resources available in a publicly funded system, this title provides a concise and compact introduction to health economics and policy.
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Formerly CIP. Uk

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Health and health care -- Economics and efficiency -- What makes the market for health care different? -- Equality and fairness -- The health environment -- Health-related lifestyle -- Uncertainty and health insurance -- Compulsory insurance -- Patient payment -- Primary care -- Secondary care : reimbursing hospitals -- Integrating the health care provider system -- Non-monetary effects and monetary benefits -- Costs and discounting -- Equity issues : going beyond CBA and ICER.

Examining the different structures and techniques involved in making decisions about who benefits from those health care resources available in a publicly funded system, this title provides a concise and compact introduction to health economics and policy.

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