Research Catalog

Title

The Elgar companion to health economics / edited by Andrew M. Jones.

Publication

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, ©2012.

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Details

Additional Authors

Jones, Andrew M., 1960-

Description

xvii, 621 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Summary

This comprehensive collection brings together more than 50 contributions from some of the most influential researchers in health economics. It authoritatively covers theoretical and empirical issues in health economics, with a balanced range of material on equity and efficiency in health care systems, health technology assessment and issues of concern for developing countries. This thoroughly revised second edition is expanded to include four new chapters, while all existing chapters have been extensively updated.

Series Statement

Elgar original reference

Uniform Title

Elgar original reference

Alternative Title

Companion to health economics

Subject

• Medical economics
• Economics, Medical
• Economie de la santé
• Santé publique
• Services de santé
• Soins de santé
• Evaluation économique
• Gesundheitsökonomie

Genre/Form

Aufsatzsammlung

Note

• This edition originally published: 2006.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Understanding the relationship between macroeconomic conditions and health / Christopher J. Ruhm -- The dynamics of health / Andrew M. Jones, Nigel Rice and Paul Contoyannis -- Health and the work of older workers / Maarten Lindeboom -- Using observational data to identify the causal effects of health-related behaviour / M. Christopher Auld -- Economics of public health interventions for children in developing countries / David Bishai, Divya Nair and Taghreed Adam -- Health behaviours among young people / Don Kenkel -- Economics of obesity / Peter J. Huckfeldt, Darius N. Lakdawalla and Tomas J. Philipson -- Illicit drugs and drug-related crime / Jody L. Sindelar and Todd Olmstead -- The value of health insurance / John A. Nyman -- Incentive and selection effects in health insurance / Pierre-Yves Geoffard -- Prescription drug insurance and reimbursement / Paul Grootendorst -- The economics of social health insurance / Peter Zweifel and Friedrich Breyer -- Competition and health plan choice / Bryan Dowd and Roger Feldman -- Empirical models of health care use / Partha Deb and Pravin K. Trivedi -- Unofficial payments in low- and middle-income countries / Tim Ensor and Robin Thompson -- Trade in health services : current challenges and future prospects of globalization / Richard Smith -- Decomposition of inequalities in health and health care / Owen O'Donnell, Eddy van Doorslaer and Adam Wagstaff -- Economic studies of equity in the consumption of health care / Hugh Gravelle, Stephen Morris and Matt Sutton -- Equity in health and health care systems in Asia / Ravindra Rannan-Eliya and Aparnaa Somanathan -- Hospital competition and patient choice in publicly funded health care / Richard Cookson and Diane Dawson -- Models of negotiation and bargaining in health care / Pedro Pita Barros and Xavier Martinez-Giralt -- Contracts, information and incentives in health care / Martin Chalkley -- Contracting-out health service provision in resource- and information-poor settings / Natasha Palmer and Anne Mills -- Waiting times and waiting lists / Luigi Siciliani and Tor Iversen -- The physician as the patient's agent / Thomas Rice -- Capitation and incentives in primary care / Tor Iversen and Hilde Lurås -- Optimal risk adjustment / Jacob Glazer and Thomas G. McGuire -- The role of economic incentives in improving the quality of mental health care / Susan L. Ettner, Michael Schoenbaum and Jessica A. Williams -- Nursing home quality of care / David C. Grabowski and Edward C. Norton.

ISBN

• 9781849802673
• 184980267X
• 9780857937667
• 0857937669
• 9780857938138 (canceled/invalid)
• 0857938134 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2012392643

OCLC

• ocn781489971
• 781489971
• SCSB-14656601

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library