The Social Economics of Health Care (Routledge Advances in Social Economics)

For too long now, the issue of health care reform has been dominated by the techniques of mainstream economics and the constant application of the tools of cost-benefit analysis to an area that does not suit it.Issues such as privacy, genetic testing and the allocation of organ transplants require a more sensitive approach to the setting of budgets, and so a more socially responsible attitude towards health care economics is emerging. John Davis has gathered together an impressive range of contributors to explore these phenomena. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 List of tables......Page 8 List of figures......Page 10 List of contributors......Page 12 Introduction......Page 16 Alternatives to the market view of health care and health economics......Page 22 Should consumer choice be encouraged in health care?......Page 24 Communitarianism and health economics......Page 55 Social choice as the synthesis of incommensurable claims: the case of health care rationing......Page 76 Accounting for fairness and efficiency in health economics......Page 109 Resistance to market-based reform of health care systems......Page 126 The National Health Service, the 'internal market' and trust......Page 128 Proletarianizing the professionals: the populist assault on discretionary autonomy......Page 156 Canada: more state, more market?......Page 187 Issues surrounding health care and aging......Page 208 Age, health and medical expenditure......Page 210 The societal costs and implications of using high cost critical care resources for the elderly......Page 234 Medicare HMOs: the promise and the reality......Page 255 The challenge of technology......Page 270 Safeguarding genetic information: privacy, confidentiality, and security?......Page 272 Index......Page 300 Alternatives To The Market View Of Health Care And Health Economics. Should Consumer Choice Be Encouraged In Health Care? / Thomas Rice -- Communitarianism And Health Economics / Gavin Mooney -- Social Choice As The Synthesis Of Incommensurable Claims: The Case Of Health Care Rationing / Paul Anand -- Accounting For Fairness And Efficiency In Health Economics / Joshua Cohen And Peter Ubel. Resistance To Market-based Reform Of Health Care Systems. The National Health Service, The 'internal Market' And Trust / Robert Mcmaster -- Proletarianizing The Professionals: The Populist Assault On Discretionary Autonomy / Michael Keaney -- Canada: More State, More Market? / Terrence Sullivan And Cameron Mustard. Issues Surrounding Health Care And Aging. Age, Health And Medical Expenditure / William A. Jackson -- The Societal Costs And Implications Of Using High Cost Critical Care Resources For The Elderly / Diane M. Dewar -- Medicare Hmos: The Promise And The Reality / Rose M. Rubin And Shelley White-means. The Challenge Of Technology. Safeguarding Genetic Information: Privacy, Confidentiality, And Security? / Robert F. Rizzo. Edited By John B. Davis. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Health care reform has long been dominated by the techniques of mainstream economics and the constant application of the tools of cost-benefit analysis. However, a more socially responsible approach is emerging due to issues such as privacy and genetic testing. This work explore these phenomena. For too long now, the issue of health care reform has been dominated by the techniques of mainstream economics and the constant application of the tools of cost-benefit analysis to an area that does not suit it. Issues such as privacy, genetic testing Health care management has been dominated by the ideology of mainstream economics. A more socially responsible approach is emerging due to issues such as privacy and genetic testing. This work explores these phenomena There are, in my view, three central ideas that permeate most applications of economic theory to the health care field.