
| 作者介绍:Stephen Morris Stephen Morris is a member of the Health Economics Research Group at Brunel University. He is the author of “Health Economics for Nurses: An Introductory Guide”, and has published over 20 academic papers in peer-reviewed journals. He has taught Health Economics at both Undergraduate and MSc level. and is a former Senior Lecturer at Tanaka Business School. |
| Preface. Chapter 1 Introduction to economic analysis in health care. 1.1 Life, death and big business: why health economics is important. 1.2 Health care as an economic good. 1.3 Health and health care. 1.4 Wants demands and needs. 1.5 The production of health and health care. 1.6 Deciding who gets what in health care. 1.7 Is health care different? 1.8 Describing versus evaluating the use of health care resources. 1.9 Judging the use of health care resources. Summary. Part I Health care markets. Chapter 2 The demand for health care. 2.1 Why demand is important: profits and health policy targets. 2.2 Consumer choice theory. Preferences and utility. Budget constraints and maximisation. 2.3 Demand functions. 2.4 Modelling choices about health. 2.5 Needs, wants and demands. 2.6 Asymmetry of information and imperfect agency. 2.7 Aggregate demand for health care: theory and evidence. Conclusion. Summary. Chapter 3 The production and costs of health care. 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 The theory of production. 3.3 Multi--product firms. 3.4 Returns to scale, additivity and fixed factors. 3.5 costs. Summary. 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 References Author Index Subject Index |
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