Economics of Health Care Financing: The Visible Hand

Author:   Cam Donaldson ,  Karen Gerard ,  Stephen Jan ,  Craig Mitton
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition:   2nd ed. 2004
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9780333984314


Pages:   298
Publication Date:   26 August 2004
Format:   Paperback
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This new edition examines the economics of health care systems in a non-technical manner. It is written in a highly accessible manner for economists and non-economists alike. It is very timely and includes the latest evidence of health care reforms and their implications from a number of countries with different systems.

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Author:   Cam Donaldson ,  Karen Gerard ,  Stephen Jan ,  Craig Mitton
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Red Globe Press
Edition:   2nd ed. 2004
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.462kg
ISBN:  

9780333984314


ISBN 10:   0333984315
Pages:   298
Publication Date:   26 August 2004
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

PART ONE: MARKETS AND MARKET FAILURE IN HEALTH CARE Health Care Financing Reforms: Moving into the New Millenium Markets and Health Care: The Basic Theory Market Failure in Health Care PART TWO: HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS AND THEIR OBJECTIVES Methods of Funding Health Care Economic Objectives of Health Care PART THREE: A REVIEW OF EMPIRICAL FINDINGS Countering Consumer Moral Hazard Countering Doctor Moral Hazard Countering Moral Hazard in the Hospital Sector Achieving Equity PART FOUR: FUTURE CHALLENGES Future Considerations: Setting The Health Care Budget Health Care Financing Reforms: Where Are We Now?

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CAM DONALDSON is Health Foundation Chair in Health Economics and ESRC Advanced Institute of Management Research (AIM) Public Service Fellow, Centre for Health Services Research, School of Population & Health Sciences and Business School (Economics), University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. KAREN GERARD is Senior Lecturer, Health Care Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences, University of Southampton and Senior Visiting Fellow, Health Economics Research Centre, Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oxford, UK. CRAIG MITTON is a Research Scientist in the Centre for Healthcare Innovation and Improvement in the British Columbia Research Institute for Children's and Women's Health and Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology at the University of British Columbia, Canada. STEPHEN JAN is Lecturer, Health Economics and Financing Programme, Health Policy Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK. r>VIRGINIA WISEMAN is Lecturer in Health Economics, Gates Malaria Programme, Health Policy Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK.

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