Economic Analysis for Management and Policy

by Steven Jan and Jan

As issues of resource scarcity become more explicitly acknowledged in the health sector, public health practitioners are recognizing that economics can form a vital part of their professional toolkit. Economic analysis provides a way of thinking about problems in which the issues of resource scarcity, opportunity cost and broader social objectives such as efficiency and equity can be explicitly taken into account. However, while economics can certainly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0335218466
• ISBN13: 9780335218462
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Open University Press
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.7" x 9.6"