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Health economics : an international perspective
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This popular textbook provides a comprehensive but accessible coverage of health economic principles and applications. It provides an introduction for those with no previous knowledge of economics,...
This popular textbook provides a comprehensive but accessible coverage of health economic principles and applications. It provides an introduction for those with no previous knowledge of economics, but also more advanced material suitable for those with a background in economics. Now into its second edition, Barbara McPake and Charles Normand have incorporated developments in economic evaluation and economics of health systems from recent research and experience while retaining an accessible approach and style. The book starts with a section on basic economic principles as applied to
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- Creator
- Barbara McPake, Charles Normand and Samantha Smith
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Third edition
- Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (308 pages)
- ISBNs
- 9781134118373, 1134118376, 9781134118304, 1134118309, 9780203394076, 0203394070, 0415680883, 0415680867
- OCLC
- ocn851971941, ocn847948682
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Preface to the third edition; 1 Introduction; Part I Introductory health economics; 2 The demand for health and health services; 3 Production, health and health care: efficient use of inputs; 4 Cost of delivering health services; 5 Basic market models; 6 Supplier-induced demand and agency; 7 Market failure and government; Part II Economic evaluation; 8 The theoretical bases of economic evaluation; 9 Issues in the measurement of costs; 10 Measuring benefits in economic evaluation
- 11 Practical steps in economic evaluation12 Economic evaluation as a framework for choice; Part III Further economics of markets and market intervention; 13 Contracting; 14 Market structures; 15 Hospital and health provider behaviour and motivation; 16 The economics of regulation; 17 Incentives and agency; Part IV The economics of health systems; 18 Health systems: a framework for analysis; 19 Tax and social health insurance mechanisms; 20 Private financing mechanisms; 21 Health systems around the world: an introduction to variation and performance; 22 Parallel systems
- 23 The economics of health sector reform