Introduction to Health Economics / Edition 2

by Lorna Guinness, Virginia Wiseman

Overview

This practical text offers the ideal introduction to the economic techniques used in public health.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780335243563
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Publication date:	10/01/2011
Series:	Understanding Public Health
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Lorna Guinness is a lecturer at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK and Visiting Research Fellow at the Australian National University, Australia.

Virginia Wiseman is a senior lecturer at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction

Section 1: Economics and Health Economics
Key concepts in health economics
Macroeconomics, globalization and health

Section 2: Demand and Supply
A simple model of demand
Measuring demand
Supply: Production in the long and short run
Supply: Costs, economics of scale and the supply curve

Section 3: Markets
A simple market model
Health care markets and efficiency

Section 4: Health Care Financing
The changing world of health care finance
Provider payments
Private health insurance
Achieving universal coverage

Section 5: Economic Evaluation
What is economic evaluation and what questions can it help to answer?
Counting the costs
Identifying, measuring and valuing consequences
Economic evaluation and decision-making

Section 6: Equity and the Role of Government
Promoting equity and the role of government

Glossary