Choices In Health Policy
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Health Policy
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Author : David Reisman
language : en
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Release Date : 2016-01-29
Health Policy written by David Reisman and has been published by Edward Elgar Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-29 with Medical categories.
This lucid and comprehensive book explores the ways in which the State, the market and the citizen can collaborate to satisfy people’s health care needs. It argues that health care is not a commodity like any other. It asks if its unique properties mean that there is a role for social regulation and political management. Apples and oranges can be left to the buyers and the sellers. Health care may require an input from the consensus, the experts, the insurers, the politicians and the bureaucrats as well. David Reisman makes a fresh contribution to the debate. He argues that the three policy issues that are of primary importance are choice, equality and cost. He explores the balance between the patient, the practitioner and public opinion; the disparities in outcome indicators and access to medical care; and the escalation in prices and quantities at the expense of other areas of social life. Reisman concludes that, despite its significance for the individual and the nation, there is no single definition of health or health care. The maximand is a mix. Yet decisions have to be made. This thought-provoking and insightful book will be of use to students and scholars of public policy, social policy and health economics. It will also be of interest to medical practitioners who want to situate hard choices about health and illness in a broad multidisciplinary context.
Consumer Choice
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Author : Christopher T. Erb
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-12-02
Consumer Choice written by Christopher T. Erb and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-02 with Political Science categories.
"The United States health care system is unique among those of other developed economies--most significantly because health care is not a legal right in the United States. Instead, it is considered an employee benefit and a privilege, unless one is over age 65 or of low income. The United States is the only developed country without some form of universal health care.Contributors to this volume represent an interdisciplinary group of academics, practitioners, and service delivery providers. The volume begins with a general examination of the politics of health and social welfare in the United States. It then focuses on the importance and role of consumers in the U.S. economy, and dilemmas associated with promoting consumer choice. It explores policy issues and challenges in three specific areas: controlling health care costs and protecting choice with respect to health care, the major challenges to informed choice in health care, and barriers to effective health care service delivery. Contributors explore changes and reforms that have been introduced within public and privately financed systems over the past ten years.Consumer Choice examines in a timely and efficient manner critical social and health policy issues--nationally and internationally--and the major challenges that face informed choice in health care and social policy. Policymakers, health care officials, and medical personnel in the United States and other countries will find this volume highly informative."
Choices In Health Policy
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Author : Brian Abel-Smith
language : en
Publisher: Dartmouth Publishing Group
Release Date : 1995-01-01
Choices In Health Policy written by Brian Abel-Smith and has been published by Dartmouth Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-01-01 with Social Science categories.
Governments have long been worried about the rising costs of health care. Virtually, all have taken steps to try and keep costs under control. But it is by no means clear that the types of measures so far taken can solve the problem in the long run.
Choices In Health Care
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Author : Netherlands. Commissie Keuzen in de Zorg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Choices In Health Care written by Netherlands. Commissie Keuzen in de Zorg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Choice (Psychology) categories.
Deals primarily with primary care and tries to find a basis for making rationing choices in health care. Strategies for making choices include ensuring that care is effective.
Choices In Health Policy
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Choices In Health Policy written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with categories.
Who Shall Live
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Author : Victor R Fuchs
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Release Date : 2011-07-18
Who Shall Live written by Victor R Fuchs and has been published by World Scientific Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-18 with Business & Economics categories.
Since the first edition of Who Shall Live? (1974) over 100,000 students, teachers, physicians, and general readers from more than a dozen fields have found this book to be a reader-friendly, authoritative introduction to economic concepts applied to health and medical care. Fuchs provides clear explanations and memorable examples of the importance of the non-medical determinants of health, the dominant role of physicians in health care expenditures, the necessity of choices about health at the individual and societal levels, and many other compelling themes. Now, in a new introduction of some 8,000 words including new tables and figures, Fuchs, often called the “Dean of health economists”, concisely summarizes the major changes of the past 37 years in health, medical care, and health policy. He focuses primarily on the United States but includes remarks about health policy in other countries, and addresses the question of whether national health care systems are becoming more alike. In addition to reviewing changes, the introduction explains why health expenditures grow so rapidly, why health spending in the United States is so much greater than in other countries, and what physicians need in order to practice cost-effective medicine. This second expanded edition also includes recent papers by Fuchs on the economics of aging, the socio-economic correlates of health, the future of health economics, and his policy recommendations for the United States to secure universal coverage, control of costs, and improvement in the quality of care. As was true of the first expanded edition (1998), this book will be welcomed by current students and life-long learners in economics, other social and behavioral sciences, medicine, public health, law, business, public policy, and other fields who want to understand the relation between health, economics, and social choice.
Who Shall Live
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Author : Victor R. Fuchs
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2011
Who Shall Live written by Victor R. Fuchs and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Business & Economics categories.
Problems and choices -- Who shall live? -- The physician : the captain of the team -- The hospital : the house of hope -- Drugs : the key to modern medicine -- Paying for medical care.
Making Choices In Health
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Author : World Health Organization
language : en
Publisher: World Health Organization
Release Date : 2003
Making Choices In Health written by World Health Organization and has been published by World Health Organization this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with CD-ROMs categories.
"The Guide, in Part I, begins with a brief description of generalized CEA and how it relates to the two questions raised above. It then considers issues relating to study design, estimating costs, assessing health effects, discounting, uncertainty and sensitivity analysis, and reporting results. Detailed discussions of selected technical issues and applications are provided in a series of background papers, originally published in journals, but included in this book for easy reference in Part II." (from the back cover).
Incentives And Choice In Health Care
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Author : Frank A. Sloan
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2008-05-16
Incentives And Choice In Health Care written by Frank A. Sloan and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-05-16 with Business & Economics categories.
Leading scholars in the field of health economics evaluate the role of incentives in health and health-care decision making from the perspectives of both supply and demand. A vast body of empirical evidence has accumulated demonstrating that incentives affect health care choices made by both consumers and suppliers of health care services. Decisions in health care are affected by many types of incentives, such as the rate of return pharmaceutical manufacturers expect on their investments in research and development, or disincentives, such as increases in copayments patients must make when they visit physicians or are admitted to hospitals. In this volume, leading scholars in health economics review these new and important results and describe their own recent research assessing the role of incentives in health care markets and decisions people make that affect their personal health. The contexts include demand decisions—choices made by individuals about health care services they consume and the health insurance policies they purchase—and supply decisions made by medical students, practicing physicians, hospitals, and pharmaceutical manufacturers. Researchers and students of health economics and policy makers will find this book a valuable resource, both for learning economic concepts, particularly as they apply to health care, and for reading up-to-date summaries of the empirical evidence. General readers will find the book's chapters accessible, interesting, and useful for gaining an understanding of the likely effects of alternative health care policies. Contributors Henry J. Aaron, Ernst R. Berndt, John Cawley, Julie M. Donohue, Donna Gilleskie, Brian R. Golden, Gautam Gowrisankaran, Chee-Ruey Hsieh, Hirschel Kasper, Thomas G. McGuire, Joseph P. Newhouse, Sean Nicholson, Mark V. Pauly, Anna D. Sinaiko, Frank Sloan
Public Views On Choices In Health And Health Care
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Author : Rebecca Rosen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Public Views On Choices In Health And Health Care written by Rebecca Rosen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Medical care categories.
Extending patient choice is central to the government's reform of the NHS. Patients will be offered a choice of hospitals for planned operations from December 2005 & will soon be offered choice in other areas of health care. This paper presents the key findings from ten focus groups held to explore public views about these choices.