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Main description:
The Oxford Handbook of Health Economics provides an accessible and authoritative guide to health economics, intended for scholars and students in the field, as well as those in adjacent disciplines including health policy and clinical medicine. The chapters stress the direct impact of health economics reasoning on policy and practice, offering readers an introduction to the potential reach of the discipline.
Contributions come from internationally-recognized leaders in health economics and reflect the worldwide reach of the discipline. Authoritative, but non-technical, the chapters place great emphasis on the connections between theory and policy-making, and develop the contributions of health economics to problems arising in a variety of institutional contexts, from primary care to the operations of health insurers. The volume addresses policy concerns relevant to health systems in both
developed and developing countries. It takes a broad perspective, with relevance to systems with single or multi-payer health insurance arrangements, and to those relying predominantly on user charges; contributions are also included that focus both on medical care and on non-medical factors that affect
health. Each chapter provides a succinct summary of the current state of economic thinking in a given area, as well as the author's unique perspective on issues that remain open to debate. The volume presents a view of health economics as a vibrant and continually advancing field, highlighting ongoing challenges and pointing to new directions for further progress.
Contents:
THE ORGANIZATION OF HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS ; DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH ; INSTITUTIONS OF HEALTH CARE FINANCE ; ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF HEALTH CARE FINANCE ; THE INSTITUTIONS OF HEALTH CARE SUPPLY ; ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF HEALTH CARE SUPPLY ; ASSESSING PERFORMANCE ; ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES ON FAIRNESS ; ECONOMIC METHODOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: April, 2011
Pages: 992
Dimensions: 181.00 x 250.00 x 59.00
Weight: 1866g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: General Practice
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