Screen LibraryHealth economics：an international perspective
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Routledge,
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| Publisher Address: | London New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2008. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Carrier Form: | xix, 292 p.: ill. ; 26 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780415391290 (hbk) 0415391296 (hbk) 9780415391320 (pbk) 0415391326 (pbk) 9780203995242 (ebk) 0203995244 (ebk) |
| Index Number: | R1 |
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R1 R-05 |
| Call Number: | R1/M172/2nd.ed. |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-285) and index. Introduction: health economics in international perspective -- The demand for health and health services -- Demand, elasticity, and health -- Production, health, and health care: efficient use of inputs -- Cost of delivering health services -- Basic market models -- Supplier-induced demand and agency -- Market failure and government -- The theoretical bases of economic evaluation -- Issues in the measurement of costs -- Measuring benefits in economic evaluation -- Practical steps in economic evaluation -- Economic evaluation as a framework for choice -- Contracting -- Market structures -- H |