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Guinness, Lorna and Wiseman, Virginia. Introduction to Health Economics, Second Edition. UK: McGraw-Hill Education, 2011.

Introduction to Health Economics, Second Edition

Authors: Lorna Guinness and Virginia Wiseman

Published:  2011

ISBN: 9780335243570 0335243568
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  • Front cover
  • Half title
  • Series page
  • Dedications
  • Title page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • The editors
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • SECTION 1: Economics and health economics
  • 1 Key concepts in health economics
  • 2 Macroeconomics, globalization and health
  • SECTION 2: Demand and supply
  • 3 A simple model of demand
  • 4 Measuring demand
  • 5 Supply: production in the long and short run
  • 6 Supply: costs, economies of scale and the supply curve
  • SECTION 3: Markets
  • 7 A simple market model
  • 8 Health care markets and efficiency
  • SECTION 4: Health care financing
  • 9 The changing world of health care finance
  • 10 Provider payments
  • 11 Private health insurance
  • 12 Achieving universal coverage
  • SECTION 5: Economic evaluation
  • 13 What is economic evaluation and what questions can it help to answer?
  • 14 Counting the costs
  • 15 Identifying, measuring and valuing consequences
  • 16 Economic evaluation and decision-making
  • SECTION 6: Equity
  • 17 Promoting equity and the role of government
  • Glossary
  • Index
  • Advert
  • Back cover