| Description |
xxiv, 967 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Series |
Oxford handbooks |
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Oxford handbooks.
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| Contents |
Health systems in industrialized countries / Bianca K. Frogner, Peter S. Hussey, and Gerard F. Anderson -- Health systems in low- and middle-income countries / Anne Mills -- The political economy of health care / Carolyn Hughes Tuohy and Sherry Glied -- The promise of health : evidence of the impact of health on income and well-being / William Jack -- Health production / Kristian Bolin -- Socioeconomic status and health : dimensions and mechanisms / David M. Cutler, Adriana Lleras-Muney, and Tom Vogl -- Determinants of health in childhood / Michael Baker and Mark Stabile -- Economics of infectious diseases / Ramanan Laxminarayan and Anup Malani -- Economics of health behaviors and addictions : contemporary issues and policy implications / Donald S. Kenkel and Jody Sindelar -- Economics and mental health : an international perspective / Richard G. Frank -- Public-sector health care financing / Åke Blomqvist -- Voluntary private health insurance / Peter Zweifel -- Health care cost growth / Michael E. Chernew and Dustin May -- User charges / Erik Schokkaert and Carine Van de Voorde -- Insurance and the demand for medical care / Mark V. Pauly -- Guaranteed access to affordable coverage in individual health insurance markets / Wynand P.M.M. van de Ven and Frederik T. Schut -- Managed care / Laurence Baker -- Hospitals : teaming up / Pedro Pita Barros and Pau Olivella -- Primary care / Anthony Scott and Stephan Jan -- The global health workforce / Till Bärnighausen and David E. Bloom -- The economics of the biopharmaceutical industry / Patricia M. Danzon -- Disease prevention, health care, and economics / Jane Hall -- Long-term care / Jose-Luis Fernandez, Julien Forder, and Martin Knapp -- Physician agency and payment for primary medical care / Thomas G. McGuire -- Provider payment and incentives / Jon B. Christianson and Douglas Conrad -- Non-price rationing and waiting times / Tor Iversen and Luigi Siciliani -- Increasing competition between providers in health care markets : the economic evidence / Carol Propper and George Leckie -- Measuring organizational performance / James F. Burgess Jr. and Andrew Street -- Health system productivity / Jack E. Triplett -- The methods of cost effectiveness analysis to inform decisions about the use of health care interventions and programs / Simon Walker, Mark Sculpher, and Mike Drummond -- Analyzing uncertainty in cost-effectiveness for decision-making / Susan Griffin and Karl Claxton -- Health utility measurement / Donna Rowen and John Brazier -- Concepts of equity and fairness in health and health care / Jan Abel Olsen -- Measuring inequality and inequity in health and health care / Eddy van Doorslaer and Tom Van Ourti -- Inter-generational aspects of health care / Louise Sheiner -- Econometric evaluation of health policies / Andrew M. Jones and Nigel Rice -- Health economics and policy : the challenges of proselytizing / Alan Maynard and Karen Bloor |
| Summary |
This handbook provides an engaging, comprehensive review of health economics, with a focus on policy implications in the developed and developing world. Authoritative, but non-technical, it stresses the wide reach of the discipline - across nations, health systems and areas within health and medical care |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Medical economics.
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Medical policy.
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Economics, Medical.
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Health Policy -- economics.
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Economics, Medical.
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Health Policy.
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| Author |
Glied, Sherry.
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Smith, Peter (Peter C.)
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| LC no. |
2011282328 |
| ISBN |
0199238820 (hbk.) |
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9780199238828 (hbk.) |
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