Health and healthcare -- Economics and efficiency -- What makes the market for healthcare different? -- Equality and fairness -- Determinants of (inequalities in) health: an overview -- Exogenous determinants of health -- The social environment and health -- Health-related behaviour -- Funding sources: an overview -- Uncertainty and health insurance -- Prepayment schemes -- Patient payments -- The healthcare delivery system: an overview -- Primary care: paying general practitioners -- Secondary care: hospital financing -- Unwarranted variations in healthcare utilization -- Economic evaluation and priority setting: an overview -- Benefits from improved health -- Costs and the cost-effectiveness threshold -- Beyond cost-effectiveness: priority setting.
Summary:
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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