Preface

Chapter 1 Introduction to Economic Analysis in Health Care.

Part I Health Care Markets.

Chapter 2 The Demand for Health Care.

Chapter 3 The Production and Costs of Health Care.

Chapter 4 The Supply of Health Care.

Chapter 5 Markets, Market Failure and the Role of Government in Health Care.

Chapter 6 Health Insurance and Health Care Financing.

Chapter 7 Equity in Health Care.

Part II Economic Evaluation in Health Care.

Chapter 8 Welfarist and Non-Welfarist Foundations of Economic Evaluation.

Chapter 9 Principles of Economic Evaluation in Health Care.

Chapter 10 Measuring and Valuing Health Care Output.

Chapter 11 Economic Evaluation Methods.

Chapter 12 The Use of Economic Evaluation in Decision Making.

Description
Economic Analysis in Health Care, Second Edition is intended as a core textbook for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of health economics. The authors provide comprehensive coverage of the field of economics in health care and the evaluation of health care technologies.
This edition has been fully revised with up-to-date case studies from the UK, Europe and the Rest of the World. It includes a new chapter on health care labour markets and contains new material integrated throughout the text on the economics of public health.

Adopts an international perspective towards topics in health economics
Creates a useful balance of theoretical treatment and practical application throughout the book
Focuses on both market-related and economic evaluation aspects of health economics