Economics, Medicine and Health Care - Hardcover

Gavin H. Mooney

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0745010121 ISBN 13: 9780745010120

Publisher: Barnes & Noble, 1992

Synopsis

This work covers the ways in which economics can help in the planning, financing and delivery of health care. The author acknowledges the conservatism of the health services and examines how far recent NHS reforms have gone towards changing attitudes to health care. Among the topics covered are medical ethics, equity, the question of fair-sharing in the NHS, evaluation and monitoring, economic appraisal, and financing and remuneration.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Economics, Medicine and Health Care 3e

Gavin Mooney: Curtin University, Perth, Australia

This book outlines how economics can assist in the planning, financing and delivery of health care. The book aims to encourage policy makers and planners, as well as those at the sharp end of health care, to understand the merits of using and embracing health economics. With this goal in mind, Economics, Medicine and Health Care introduces simple economic concepts and highlights some of the ways in which economic analysis can contribute to health service policy-making.

The third edition of this text has been thoroughly updated to reflect recent changes and developments in the field and it continues to be an indispensable guide to health economics for all those concerned with health care management.

Key Features

• Written by the leading name in health economics.
• Takes an international approach.
• Thoroughly updated to reflect changes in health economics and health policy.
• Now includes review questions at end of each chapter.

This text is appropriate for a wide range of courses in health economics including undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA. It is also suitable for Medicine and Nursing courses, BSc/MSc in Health Management and for health professionals on post experience courses. It is also a major text on the Curtin University Masters Course in Health Economics.

Gavin Mooney is Professor of Health Economics at Curtin University in Perth and Visiting Professor at Aarhus University in Denmark. He was previously Director of HERU at the University of Aberdeen, before moving to Australia to take up a position with the University of Sydney in 1994. He has acted as a consultant to the WHO many times and to the OECD.

About the Author:

Gavin Mooney is Professor of Health Economics and Director of the Health Economics Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, England.

About this edition

• Publisher: Barnes & Noble
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0745010121
• ISBN 13: 9780745010120
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 208