Description |
1 online resource (xii, 279 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
Health care and disease management. 1864-9947
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Contents |
Introduction / Åke Blomquist and Egon Jonsson -- Social health insurance: government funding of health care / Åke Blomquist -- Private financing outside the publicly funded system / Mark Stabile -- Prescription drug financing / Steve Morgan -- The economics of consumer-directed health care / Ching- To Albert Ma -- Medical saving accounts: promises and pitfalls / Jeremiah E. Hurley and G. Emmanuel Guindon -- Physician payment mechanisms / Pierre Thomas Léger -- Risk adjustment in health care markets: concepts and applications / Randall P. Ellis -- Inducing quality from health care providers in the presence of adverse selection / Jacob Glazer and Thomas G. McGuire -- Equity in health and health care in Canada in international perspective / Eddy van Doorslaer |
Summary |
This book is the first volume in a completely new public health book series, edited by the Institute of Health Economics (IHE) in Edmonton, Canada. Written by leading experts in the field, Financing Health Care: New Ideas for a Changing Society offers a comprehensive overview of possible health care financing from an international perspective. Starting with various funding methods, this important reference work also features sections on different health care payment and purchasing mechanisms, as well as equity issues. This book is an invaluable resource for all medical and allied health professionals. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Medical care -- Canada -- Finance.
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Medical care, Cost of -- Canada.
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Health insurance -- Canada.
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Medical economics -- Canada.
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Health Care Costs.
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Delivery of Health Care -- economics.
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Economics, Medical.
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Health Expenditures.
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SUBJECT |
Canada. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79007233
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Lu, Mingshan, Dr.
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Jonsson, Egon.
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ISBN |
9783527611294 |
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3527611290 |
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9783527616695 |
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3527616691 |
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1282118439 |
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9781282118430 |
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