Economic analysis in health care /

"Economic Analysis in Health Care is intended as a core textbook for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of health economics. The authors provide comprehensive coverage of the field of economics in health care systems and the evaluation of health care technologies."--BOOK JACK...

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Main Author: Morris, Stephen
Other Authors: Devlin, N. J. (Nancy J.), Parkin, David (Health economist)
Format: Book
Language:English
Subjects:
Medical care > Case studies.
Medical care > Finance > Case studies.
Medical care > Finance > Cross-cultural studies.
Delivery of Health Care > economics.
Costs and Cost Analysis.
Online Access:Table of contents only
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to economic analysis in health care
  • The demand for health care
  • The production and costs of health care
  • The supply of health care
  • Markets, market failure, and the role of government in health care
  • Health insurance and health care financing
  • Equity in health care
  • Welfarist and non-welfarist foundations of economic evaluation
  • Principles of economic evaluation in health care
  • Measuring and valuing health care output
  • Economic evaluation methods
  • The use of economic evaluation in decision making.

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