Health Policy And Economics: Opportunities And Challenges (State of Health)

Health economics has made major contributions to the development of health policy in many countries. This book describes those successes and looks forward to the major contributions that health economics can bring to bear on emerging policy issues in health and health care. With contributions from internationally recognized researchers, this book addresses generic policy issues confronting health systems across the developed world. The coverage progresses from micro, patient level issues to macro, whole system issues including: ·Determining cost-effective treatments ·Fair distribution of health care ·Regulatory issues such as performance measurement and incentives ·Revenue distribution ·Decentralization and internationalization of health systems Health Policy and Economics identifies the major contributions that health economics makes to important policy issues in health and health care. It is key reading for policy makers and health managers as well as students and academics with an interest in health policy and health services research. Contributors: Ron L. Akehurst, Karen E. Bloor, Martin Buxton, Karl P. Claxton, Richard Cookson, Diane A. Dawson, Paul Dolan, Mike Drummond, Brian Ferguson, Hugh Gravelle, Maria Goddard, Katharina Hauck, John Hutton, Andrew M. Jones, Rowena Jacobs, Paul Kind, Rosella Levaggi, Guillem López Casanovas, Alan K. Maynard, Nigel Rice, Anthony Scott, Rebecca Shaw, Trevor Sheldon, Andrew D. Street, Mark Sculpher, Matthew Sutton, Peter C. Smith, Adrian Towse, Aki Tsuchiya, Alan H. Williams. Health economics has made major contributions to the development of health policy in many countries. This book describes those successes and looks forward to the major contributions that health economics can bring to bear on emerging policy issues in health and health care. With contributions from internationally recognized researchers, this book addresses generic policy issues confronting health systems across the developed world. The coverage progresses from micro, patient level issues to macro, whole system issues including: determining cost-effective treatments; fair distribution of health care; regulatory issues such as performance measurement and incentives; revenue distribution; decentralization and internationalization of health systems. "Health Policy and Economics" identifies the major contributions that health economics makes to important policy issues in health and health care. It is key reading for policy makers and health managers as well as students and academics with an interest in health policy and health services research. The contributors include: Ron L. Akehurst, Karen E. Bloor, Martin Buxton, Karl P. Claxton, Richard Cookson, Diane A.; Dawson, Paul Dolan, Mike Drummond, Brian Ferguson, Hugh Gravelle, Maria Goddard, Katharina Hauck, John Hutton, Andrew M. Jones, Rowena Jacobs, Paul Kind, Rosella Levaggi, Guillem Lopez Casanovas, Alan K. Maynard, Nigel Rice, Anthony Scott, Rebecca Shaw, Trevor Sheldon, Andrew D. Street, Mark Sculpher, Matthew Sutton, Peter C. Smith, Adrian Towse, Aki Tsuchiya, and Alan H. Williams It's Just Evaluation For Decision-making : Recent Developments In, And Challengers For, Cost-effectiveness Research / Mark Sculpher, Karl Claxton And Ron Akehurst -- Valuing Health Outcomes : Ten Questions For The Insomniac Health Economist / Paul Kind -- Eliciting Equity-efficiency Trade-offs In Health / Alan Williams, Aki Tsuchiya And Paul Dolan -- Using Longitudinal Data To Investigate Socioeconomic Inequality In Health / Andrew Jones And Nigel Rice -- Regulating Health Care Markets / Richard Cookson, Maria Goddard And Hugh Gravelle -- Efficiency Measurement In Health Care : Recent Developments, Current Practice And Future Research / Rowena Jacobs And Andrew Street -- Incentives And The Uk Medical Labour Market / Karen Bloor And Alan Maynard -- Formula Funding Of Health Purchasers : Towards A Fairer Distribution? / Katharina Hauck, Rebecca Shaw And Peter C. Smith -- Decentralization In Health Care : Lessons From Public Economics / Rosella Levaggi And Peter C. Smith -- European Integration And The Economics Of Health Care / Diane Dawson, Mike Drummond And Adrian Towse -- Health Economics And Health Policy : A Postscript / Peter C. Smith, Mark Sculpher And Laura Ginnelly. Edited By Peter C. Smith, Laura Ginnelly, And Mark Sculpher. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The purpose of the book is to identify the major contributions that health economics can bring to bear on major policy issues in health and health care. The emphasis is on the future potential contribution rather than on historical successes. All authors are associated with York University Centre for Health Economics, and the lead author of each chapter is an internationally recognized expert in the field. The coverage seeks to be accessible to policy makers, managers, researchers, and students at masters level.