Financing health care new ideas for a changing society /

This book is the first volume in a completely new public health book series, edited by the Institute of Health Economics (IHE) in Edmonton, Canada. Written by leading experts in the field, Financing Health Care: New Ideas for a Changing Society offers a comprehensive overview of possible health care...

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Corporate Authors: Wiley InterScience Online service
Group Author: Lu, Mingshan, Dr; Jonsson, Egon
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Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Series: Health care and disease management,
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Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9783527611294
Summary: This book is the first volume in a completely new public health book series, edited by the Institute of Health Economics (IHE) in Edmonton, Canada. Written by leading experts in the field, Financing Health Care: New Ideas for a Changing Society offers a comprehensive overview of possible health care financing from an international perspective. Starting with various funding methods, this important reference work also features sections on different health care payment and purchasing mechanisms, as well as equity issues. This book is an invaluable resource for all medical and allied health prof
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xii, 279 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9783527611294
3527611290
9783527616695
3527616691
1282118439
9781282118430
Index Number: RA410
CLC: R199.711
Contents: Introduction / Åke Blomquist and Egon Jonsson -- Social health insurance: government funding of health care / Åke Blomquist -- Private financing outside the publicly funded system / Mark Stabile -- Prescription drug financing / Steve Morgan -- The economics of consumer-directed health care / Ching- To Albert Ma -- Medical saving accounts: promises and pitfalls / Jeremiah E. Hurley and G. Emmanuel Guindon -- Physician payment mechanisms / Pierre Thomas Léger -- Risk adjustment in health care markets: concepts and applications / Randall P. Ellis -- Inducing quality from health care provi