Health Economics

by Barbara McPake and Charles Normand

Beginning with a look into simple models of supply and demand within health care, this key text moves on to techniques of cost-benefit analysis, and then compares differing health care systems around... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415277361
• ISBN13: 9780415277365
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.9" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

McPake contribution

I use this in teaching medical students to be able to have decent informed conversations about the cost and effectiveness of health care. Every health professional should be introduced to this rational, ethical and social perspective of health

Diagnosis: Good

Health Economics is a rapidly improving field of economic thought, and this new book is a very well written introduction that I have found to be very stimulating indeed. It is not too long, but does not get overly technical and uses a wide variety of internationally based case studies to explain issues and topics with great aplomb.Well worth a look if you, like me, are interested in Health Economics, or if you are into Public Health.