Paying for Health Care
New Ideas for a Changing Society
Paying for Health Care
New Ideas for a Changing Society
Discussing international issues of health care financing, this is the first volume in a completely new public health book series, edited by the Institute of Health Economics (IHE) in Edmonton, Canada.
Starting with various funding methods, the reference also features sections on different health care payment and purchasing mechanisms, as well as equity issues.
Of interest to medical and allied health professionals, and those working in health care industries, insurance, and economics.
Starting with various funding methods, the reference also features sections on different health care payment and purchasing mechanisms, as well as equity issues.
Of interest to medical and allied health professionals, and those working in health care industries, insurance, and economics.
FUNDING METHODS<br>Social Health Insurance: Government Funding of Health Care<br>Private Financing Outside the Publicly Funded Systemmedical Savings Accounts: Promises and Pitfalls<br>The Economics of Consumer Directed Health Care<br>DIFFERENT PURCHASING/PAYING MECHANISMS OF HEALTH CARE<br>Physician Payment Mechanisms<br>Risk Adjustment in Health Care Markets: Concepts and Applications<br>Inducing Quality from Health Care Providers in the Presence of Adverse Selection<br>Prescription Drug Financing<br>EQUITY ISSUES IN HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE<br>Equity of health and health care in Canada in International Perspective<br>
ISBN | 9783527320271 |
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Artikelnummer | 9783527320271 |
Medientyp | Buch |
Auflage | 1. Auflage |
Copyrightjahr | 2007 |
Verlag | Wiley-VCH |
Umfang | XII, 279 Seiten |
Abbildungen | 45 SW-Abb., 14 Tabellen |
Sprache | Englisch |