edited by Peter C. Smith, Laura Ginnelly, and Mark Sculpher.
New York :
Open University Press,
2005.
1 online resource (xii, 293 pages) :
illustrations
State of health series
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover -- TOC36;Contents -- List of contributors -- Series editor39;s introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- CH36;Chapter 1 IT8217;S JUST EVALUATION FOR DECISION45;MAKING 58; RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN44; AND CHALLENGES FOR44; COST45; EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH -- CH36;Chapter 2 VALUING HEALTH OUTCOMES58; TEN QUESTIONS FOR THE INSOMNIAC HEALTH ECONOMIST -- CH36;Chapter 3 ELICITING EQUITYEFFICIENCY 45; EFFICIENCY TRADE45;OFFS IN HEALTH -- CH36;Chapter 4 USING LONGITUDINAL DATA TO INVESTIGATE SOCIOECONOMIC INEQUALITY IN HEALTH -- CH36;Chapter 5 REGULATING HEALTH CARE MARKETS -- CH36;Chapter 6 EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT IN HEALTH CARE58; RECENT DEVELOPMENTS44; CURRENT PRACTICE AND FUTURE RESEARCH -- CH36;Chapter 7 INCENTIVES AND THE UK MEDICAL LABOUR MARKET -- CH36;Chapter 8 FORMULA FUNDING OF HEALTH PURCHASERS58; TOWARDS A FAIRER DISTRIBUTION63; -- CH36;Chapter 9 DECENTRALIZATION IN HEALTH CARE58; LESSONS FROM PUBLIC ECONOMICS -- CH36;Chapter 10 EUROPEAN INTEGRATION AND THE ECONOMICS OF HEALTH CARE -- CH36;Chapter 11 HEALTH ECONOMICS AND HEALTH POLICY58; A POSTSCRIPT -- IDX36;Index -- Last Page.
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Health economics has made major contributions to the development of health policy in many countries. This book describes those successes and looks forward to the major contributions that health economics can bring to bear on emerging policy issues in health and health care. With contributions from internationally recognized researchers, this book addresses generic policy issues confronting health systems across the developed world. The coverage progresses from micro, patient level issues to macro, whole system issues including: determining cost-effective treatments; fair distribution of health care; regulatory issues such as performance measurement and incentives; revenue distribution; decentralization and internationalization of health systems. "Health Policy and Economics" identifies the major contributions that health economics makes to important policy issues in health and health care. It is key reading for policy makers and health managers as well as students and academics with an interest in health policy and health services research. The contributors include: Ron L. Akehurst, Karen E. Bloor, Martin Buxton, Karl P. Claxton, Richard Cookson, Diane A.; Dawson, Paul Dolan, Mike Drummond, Brian Ferguson, Hugh Gravelle, Maria Goddard, Katharina Hauck, John Hutton, Andrew M. Jones, Rowena Jacobs, Paul Kind, Rosella Levaggi, Guillem Lopez Casanovas, Alan K. Maynard, Nigel Rice, Anthony Scott, Rebecca Shaw, Trevor Sheldon, Andrew D. Street, Mark Sculpher, Matthew Sutton, Peter C. Smith, Adrian Towse, Aki Tsuchiya, and Alan H. Williams.
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