Economic analysis in health care / Stephen Morris ... [et al.].
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TextPublisher: Chichester : John Wiley & Sons, 2012Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiv, 386 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9781119951490 (paper : alk. paper); 1119951496 (paper : alk. paper)Subject(s): Delivery of Health Care -- economics | Costs and Cost AnalysisLOC classification: RA394 | .M668 2012Rev. ed. of: Economic analysis in health care / Stephen Morris, Nancy Devlin, David Parkin. c2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-367) and index.
Introduction to economic analysis in health care -- The demand for health care -- The production and costs of health care -- The supply of health care -- Markets, market failure, and the role of government in health care -- Health insurance and health care financing -- Equity in health care -- Health care labour markets -- Welfarist and non-welfarist foundations of economic evaluation -- Principles of economic evaluation in health care -- Measuring and valuing health care output -- Economic evaluation methods -- The use of economic evaluation in decision making.