Health economics : an international perspective.
McPake, Barbara.
Normand, Charles E. M.
Smith, Samantha,1975-
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction -- pt. 1 Introductory health economics -- 2. The Demand for health and health services -- 3. Production, health and health care: efficient use of inputs -- 4. Cost of delivering health services -- 5. Basic market models -- 6. Supplier-induced demand and agency -- 7. Market failure and government -- pt. 2 Economic evaluation -- 8. The theoretical bases of economic evaluation -- 9. Issues in the measurement of costs -- 10. Measuring benefits in economic evaluation -- 11. Practical steps in economic evaluation -- 12. Economic evaluation as a framework for choice -- pt. 3 Further economics of markets and market intervention -- 13. Contracting -- 14. Market structures -- 15. Hospital and health provider behaviour and motivation -- 16. The economics of regulation -- 17. Incentives and agency -- pt. 4 The economics of health systems -- 18. Health systems: a framework for analysis -- 19. Tax and social health insurance mechanisms -- 20. Private financing mechanisms -- 21. Health systems around the world -- 22. Parallel systems -- 23. The economics of health sector reform.
Medical economics.
Medical economics