Principles in health economics and policy / Jan Abel Olsen.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.Description: xi, 224 p. : ill. ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780199237814 (pbk.) :
- 9780199237814 (alk. paper)
- 0199237816 (alk. paper)
- Medical economics
- Public health administration
- Health services administration
- Medical care -- Cost effectiveness
- Health planning -- Decision making
- Medical policy -- Economic aspects
- Economics, Medical
- Health Policy -- economics
- Delivery of Health Care -- economics
- Public Health -- economics
- Insurance, Health -- economics
- 338.473621 22
- 338.4/73621 22
- 353.624 22
- RA410 .O47 2009
- W 74.1
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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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