Handbook of Health Economics (Volume 2) (Handbooks in Economics, Volume 2) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0444535926 ISBN 13: 9780444535924

Publisher: North Holland, 2012

Synopsis

What new theories, evidence, and policies have shaped health economics in the 21st century?

Editors Mark Pauly, Thomas McGuire, and Pedro Pita Barros assemble the expertise of leading authorities in this survey of substantive issues.  In 16 chapters they cover recent developments in health economics, from medical spending growth to the demand for health care, the markets for pharmaceutical products, the medical workforce, and equity in health and health care. Its global perspective, including an emphasis on low and middle-income countries, will result in the same high citations that made Volume 1 (2000) a foundational text.

• Presents coherent summaries of major subjects and methodologies, marking important advances and revisions.
• Serves as a frequently used non-journal reference.
• Introduces non-economists to the best research in health economics.

About this title

About the Author:

Mark Pauly is Bendheim Professor, Professor of Health Care Management, Professor of Business and Public Policy, Professor of Insurance and Risk Management, and Professor of Economics at the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania.

Thomas McGuire is a Professor of Health Economics in the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research focuses on the design and impact of health care payment systems, the economics of health care disparities, and the economics of mental health policy and drug regulation and payment. McGuire has contributed to the theory of physician, hospital, and health plan payment. McGuire was a co-editor of the Handbook of Health Economics Volume 2 (2012) and recently completed ten years as an editor of the Journal of Health Economics.

Pedro Pita Barros is the 2005 winner of the "Grande-Oficial da Ordem do Infante D. Henrique," awarded by the President of Portugal. He is Editor-in-Chief of the journal "Economia da Saude - Conceitos e Comportamentos."

Review:

"The Handbook of Health Economics has been at the core of the reading list for our graduate programme since its original publication. This new volume will enhance its position as a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the literature and broadens the scope of the original Handbook."

--Andrew M. Jones, University of York

 "This wholly-new Handbook is wonderfully up-to-date, comprehensive, accessible, and destined to be widely read by researchers, students, and policymakers. Kudos for having commissioned such outstanding authors and chosen these topics for coverage."

--Randall P. Ellis, Boston University, and President, American Society of Health Economists (ASHEcon)

"An absolutely vital must-have reference volume.  The sixteen chapters provide detailed, thorough and readable surveys of current conceptual and empirical issues, each written by distinguished active researchers."

--Ernst R. Berndt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology

"Volume 1 of the Handbook rapidly gained a place amongst the most used – and borrowed - books on the shelf. Now Volume 2 looks certain to match that success, comprehensively covering more recent developments and the burgeoning international health economics literature with authority, concision and verve. Essential."

--Alastair Gray, University of Oxford

About this edition

• Publisher: North Holland
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0444535926
• ISBN 13: 9780444535924
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1152
• Editor: Pauly Mark V., McGuire Thomas G., Barros Pedro Pita