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The Oxford Handbook of Health Economics provides an accessible and authoritative guide to health economics, intended for scholars and students in the field, as well as those in adjacent disciplines including health policy and clinical medicine. The chapters stress the direct impact of health economics reasoning on policy and practice, offering readers an introduction to the potential reach of the discipline.

Contributions come from internationally-recognized leaders in health economics and reflect the worldwide reach of the discipline. Authoritative, but non-technical, the chapters place great emphasis on the connections between theory and policy-making, and develop the contributions of health economics to problems arising in a variety of institutional contexts, from primary care to the operations of health insurers. The volume addresses policy concerns relevant to health systems in both developed and developing countries. It takes a broad perspective, with relevance to systems with single or multi-payer health insurance arrangements, and to those relying predominantly on user charges; contributions are also included that focus both on medical care and on non-medical factors that affect health. Each chapter provides a succinct summary of the current state of economic thinking in a given area, as well as the author's unique perspective on issues that remain open to debate. The volume presents a view of health economics as a vibrant and continually advancing field, highlighting ongoing challenges and pointing to new directions for further progress.

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The Oxford Handbook of Health Economics provides an accessible and authoritative guide to health economics, intended for scholars and students in the field, as well as those in adjacent disciplines including health policy and clinical medicine. The chapters stress the direct impact of health economics reasoning on policy and practice, offering readers an introduction to the potential reach of the discipline.

Contributions come from internationally-recognized leaders in health economics and reflect the worldwide reach of the discipline. Authoritative, but non-technical, the chapters place great emphasis on the connections between theory and policy-making, and develop the contributions of health economics to problems arising in a variety of institutional contexts, from primary care to the operations of health insurers. The volume addresses policy concerns relevant to health systems in both developed and developing countries. It takes a broad perspective, with relevance to systems with single or multi-payer health insurance arrangements, and to those relying predominantly on user charges; contributions are also included that focus both on medical care and on non-medical factors that affect health. Each chapter provides a succinct summary of the current state of economic thinking in a given area, as well as the author's unique perspective on issues that remain open to debate. The volume presents a view of health economics as a vibrant and continually advancing field, highlighting ongoing challenges and pointing to new directions for further progress.

Features

  • Comprehensive survey of topics with abundant cross-references, illuminating the breadth of the field and the connections within it
  • Authoritative, yet non-technical, it provides a full array of topics for health economics specialists while remaining accessible to non-specialists and those from other fields
  • Includes developed and developing country perspectives that illustrate the application of health economics thinking across a broad range of institutional contexts
  • Highlights the direct impact of health economics reasoning on policy and practice

1Overview
The Organization of Health Care Systems
2Health Systems in Industrialized Countries
3Health Systems in Low and Middle Income Countries
4The Political Economy of Health Care
5The Promise of Health: Evidence of the Impact of Health on Income and Well-Being
Determinants of Health
6Health Production
7Socioeconomic Status and Health: Dimensions and Mechanisms
8Determinants of Health in Childhood
9Economics of Infectious Diseases
10Economics of Health Behaviours and Addictions: Contemporary Issues and Policy Implications
11Economic and Mental Health: An International Perspective
Institutions of Health Care Finance
12Public Sector Health Care Financing
13Voluntary Private Health Insurance
14Health Care Cost Growth
15User Charges
Economic Problems of Health Care Finance
16Insurance and the Demand for Medical Care
17Guaranteed Access to Affordable Coverage in Individual Health Insurance Markets
18Managed Care
The Institutions of Health Care Supply
19Hospitals: Teaming Up
20Primary Care
21The Global Health Workforce
22The Economics of the Biopharmaceutical Industry
23Disease Prevention, Health Care and Economics
24Long-Term Care
Economic Problems of Health Care Supply
25Physician Agency and Payment for Primary Medical Care
26Provider Payment and Incentives
27Non-Price Rationing and Waiting Times
28Increasing Competition between Providers in Health Care Markets: The Economic Evidence
Assessing Performance
29Measuring Organisational Performance
30Health System Productivity
31The Methods of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis to Inform Decisions about the Use of Health Care Interventions and Programmes
32Analysing Uncertainty in Cost-effectiveness for Decision Making
33Health Utility Measurement
Economic Perspectives on Fairness
34Concepts of Equity and Fairness in Health and Health Care
35Measuring Inequality and Inequity in Health and Health Care
36Intergenerational Aspects of Health Care
Economic Methodology and Health Policy
37Econometric Evaluation of Health Policies
38Health Economics and Policy: The Challenges of Proselytising
Graduate students of public policy, public health, and economics, and health policy makers.
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