Health Economics: A Critical and Global Analysis

ISBN-13: 9781403940834 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 320 str.

George Palmer

Opis

Health economics applies the tools of economic analysis to the problems of health care finance and delivery. This introductory text uses clear, non-technical language to explain the available economic tools, and critically examine their strengths and weaknesses in relation to health policy and management issues.

Spis treści

Introduction.- Overview of the Discipline of Economics.- An Introduction to the Literature of Health Economics.- The Tools of Economists as Applied to Health1: The Supply Side.- The Tools of Economists as Applied to Health 2: The Demand Side.- The Macro-Economics of Health Services: Expenditure, Financing and Utilisation.- The Economics and Planning of the Health Workforce.- Economic Methods in Health Services Evaluation.- Translating Health Economic Evidence into Theory and Practice.- Comparison of the Methods of Organising, Providing and Funding Health Services Internationally.- Health Economics and Developing Countries.- Summary and Conclusions.

O autorze

GEORGE PALMER is Emeritus Professor of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of New South Wales, Australia. His previous publications include Health Care and Public Policy: An Australian Analysis 3e (Palgrave Macmillan Australia).

TESSA HO is Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Australia. Her research interests include health policy, medical education and global health.