Economics of health care financing : the visible hand
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Economics of health care financing : the visible hand
(Economic issues in health care)
Macmillan Press, 1993
- : pbk
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Note
References: p. 193-209
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
No two health care systems are alike yet there are many questions common to all. What is a market and how do markets work? Why do markets for health care fail so badly when left free of government intervention? If (or rather, when) governments do intervene in health care, what should be their objectives and what form should intervention take? What is the balance between efficiency and equity? Several types of systems exist along with different mechanisms within systems.These are comprehensively reviewed with an eye to their success as well as challenges for the future to both health care systems and health economics research.
Table of Contents
PART 1 MARKETS AND MARKET FAILURE IN HEALTH CARE - Health Care Financing Reforms: Moving into the 1990s - Markets and Health Care - Market Failure in Health Care - PART 2 HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS AND THEIR OBJECTIVES - Alternatives for Funding Health Care - Economic Objectives of Health Care - PART 3 A REVIEW OF EMPIRICAL FINDINGS - Countering Consumer Moral Hazard - Countering Doctor Moral Hazard - Countering Moral Hazard in the Hospital Sector - Achieving Equity - PART 4 FUTURE CHALLENGES - Future Considerations: Setting the Health Care Budget - Health Care Financing Reforms: Challenges for the 1990s - References - Index
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