| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 275 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Understanding public health series |
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Understanding public health.
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| Contents |
1. Key concepts in health economics / Virginia Wiseman -- 2. Macroeconomics, globalization and health / Richard Smith -- 3. A simple model of demand / Virginia Wiseman and Stephen Jan -- 4. Measuring demand / Virginia Wiseman -- 5. Supply: production in the long and short run / Lorna Guinness (ed.) -- 6. Supply: costs, economics of scale and the supply curve / Lorna Guinness -- 7. A simple market model / Virginia Wiseman and Lorna Guinness -- 8. Health care markets and efficiency / Lorna Guinness and Virginia Wiseman -- 9. The changing world of health care finance / Lorna Guinness and Reinhold Gruen -- 10. Provider payments / Mylene Lagarde -- 11. Private health insurance / Sachiko Ozawa -- 12. Achieving universal coverage / Josephine Borghi -- 13. What is economic evaluation and what questions can it help to answer? / Virginia Wiseman and Stephen Jan -- 14. Counting the costs / Lorna Guinness -- 15. Identifying, measuring and valuing consequences / Shunmay Yeung, Kristian Hansen and Lorna Guinness -- 16. Economic evaluation and decision-making / Damian Walker -- Promoting equity and the role of government / Stephen Jan and Virginia Wiseman |
| Summary |
"This practical text offers the ideal introduction to the economic techniques used in public health and is accessible enough for those who have no or limited knowledge of economics. Written in a user-friendly manner, the book covers key economic principles, such as supply and demand, healthcare markets, healthcare finance and economic evaluation"--Provided by publisher |
| Analysis |
UmU kursbok |
| Notes |
Previous edition: published as by David Wonderling, Reinhold Gruen and Nick Black. 2005 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Medical economics.
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Economics, Medical
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Health Priorities -- economics
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Health Services Accessibility -- economics
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Health Services Needs and Demand -- economics
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Policy Making
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Medical economics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Guinness, Lorna.
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Wiseman, Virginia.
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Wonderling, David.
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| ISBN |
9780335243570 |
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0335243576 |
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1283292602 |
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9781283292603 |
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9786613292605 |
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6613292605 |
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