This book provides an overview of the disciplines of health economics, focusing on aspects of particular relevance to countries in transition. It introduces economic concepts relevant to health; deals with funding mechanisms, including private insurance, social insurance, public taxation, etc.; presents issues facing the purchasers of health care; stresses the importance of economic evaluation as a tool for allocating resources to their most productive use; analyses payment methods for primary and secondary care; outlines the key techniques for health providers to plan, cost and contract for services; investigates the concept of "public" and "private" sectors and the role of privatisation in health; and reviews the process of health reform.
FREE Two-Day Shipping for students on millions of items. Learn more |
| |||||||||||||||
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
From the Publisher
This book provides an overview of the disciplines of health economics, focusing on aspects of particular relevance to countries in transition. It introduces economic concepts relevant to health; deals with funding mechanisms, including private insurance, social insurance, public taxation, etc.; presents issues facing the purchasers of health care; stresses the importance of economic evaluation as a tool for allocating resources to their most productive use; analyses payment methods for primary and secondary care; outlines the key techniques for health providers to plan, cost and contract for services; investigates the concept of "public" and "private" sectors and the role of privatisation in health; and reviews the process of health reform.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Customer Reviews
|
There are no customer reviews yet.
|
|||
|
Video reviews
|
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
So You'd Like to...
Look for Similar Items by Category
- Books > Business & Investing > Economics
- Books > Business & Investing > Industries & Professions > MIS
- Books > Business & Investing > Popular Economics
- Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting
- Books > Medical Books > Administration & Medicine Economics > Public Health
- Books > New & Used Textbooks > Business & Finance > Economics
- Books > New & Used Textbooks > Medicine & Health Sciences > Administration & Policy > Public Health
