Market and Health. Palgrave Macmillan, Macmillan Distribution (MDL) [distributor],. McClelland & Stewart Inc [distributor],. Booksite Afrika [distributor],. Pan Macmillan South Africa [distributor],. Palgrave (Macmillan's global academic publishing) [dist

"The market is demand and supply. Health is a cherished possession that, morally above all value, nonetheless has a cost in a world that cannot provide all things to all persons. This book is concerned with the quantity of health status and health care consumed - and with the price that must be paid." "After a short introduction, the book considers the demand for health that originates with the patient, the practitioner and the public that has an interest of its own. A section on the principles and provision of health insurance makes the point that the funds which pay for the treatment are often not taken from the pocket of the consumer who enjoys the service. The book examines the four sources of the supply of health: the individual, the community, the doctor and the hospital. It concludes with a discussion of the market valuation of a human life that analyses the ethical, economic and collective choices faced by a society in which only scarcity is freely available."--BOOK JACKET Front Matter....Pages i-v Introduction....Pages 1-2 Front Matter....Pages 3-3 Principal and Agent....Pages 5-31 The Public Interest....Pages 33-51 Front Matter....Pages 53-53 Health and Insurance....Pages 55-71 The Private Sector....Pages 73-107 The State Sector....Pages 109-125 Front Matter....Pages 127-127 The Individual....Pages 129-148 The Community....Pages 149-157 The Doctor....Pages 159-176 The Hospital....Pages 177-199 Front Matter....Pages 201-201 The Value of Life....Pages 203-240 Back Matter....Pages 241-254 Brings together the concern with the market mode of allocation and the objective of promoting good health, asks what the state can do for individuals' health, and what households and firms can do to ensure that consumers enjoy both the care and the health that best suits their various needs.