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OverviewThis 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Cam Donaldson , Karen Gerard , Stephen Jan , Craig MittonPublisher: 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: 9780333984314ISBN 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 We will order this item for you from a manufatured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPART 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?ReviewsAuthor InformationCAM 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |