The Oxford Handbook of Health Economics

doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199238828.001.0001

The Oxford Handbook of Health Economics

Edited by Sherry Glied and Peter C. Smith

Abstract

The Oxford Handbook of Health Economics provides a guide to health economics. The articles stress the direct impact of health economics reasoning on policy and practice, offering readers an introduction to the potential reach of the discipline. Contributions come from leaders in health economics and reflect the worldwide reach of the discipline. The articles place emphasis on the connections between theory and policy-making, and develop the contributions of health economics to problems arising in a variety of institutional contexts, from primary care to the operations of health insurers. The volume addresses policy concerns relevant to health systems in both developed and developing countries. The book takes a broad perspective, with relevance to systems with single or multi-payer health insurance arrangements, and to those relying predominantly on user charges; contributions are also included that focus both on medical care and on non-medical factors that affect health. Each article provides a succinct summary of the current state of economic thinking in a given area, as well as a unique perspective on issues that remain open to debate. The volume presents a view of health economics as a vibrant and continually advancing field, highlighting ongoing challenges and pointing to new directions for further progress.

Keywords: policy impact, practice, theory, policy-making, primary care, health insurance, developed countries, developing countries, user charges

Bibliographic Information

Publisher:: Oxford University Press

Print Publication Date:: Apr 2011

ISBN:: 9780199238828

Published online:: Sep 2012

DOI:: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199238828.001.0001

Editors

Sherry Glied, editor
Sherry Glied, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management of Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. She is a member of the Institute of Medicine. She is the author of Chronic Condition (1998) and, with Richard Frank, Better But Not Well, Mental Health Policy in the US since 1950 (2006).

Peter C. Smith, editor
Peter C. Smith is Professor of Health Policy at the Imperial College Business School and co-director of the Centre for Health Policy. He is a mathematics graduate from the University of Oxford, and was formerly Director of the Centre for Health Economics at the University of York. He has published widely on the financing and performance of health systems, and has a special interest in the links between research evidence and policy. He has worked with and advised many ministries and international agencies, including the World Health Organization, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the European Commission, and the OECD.

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Front Matter
- The Oxford Handbook of: Health Economics
- Acknowledgements
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Boxes
- List of Contributors
Introduction Sherry Glied and Peter C. Smith
Health Systems in Industrialized CountriesBianca K. Frogner, Peter S. Hussey, and Gerard F. Anderson
Health Systems in Low- and Middle-Income CountriesAnne Mills
The Political Economy of Health CareCarolyn Hughes Tuohy and Sherry Glied
The Promise of Health: Evidence of the Impact of Health on Income and Well-BeingWilliam Jack
Health ProductionKristian Bolin
Socioeconomic Status and Health: Dimensions and MechanismsDavid M. Cutler, Adriana Lleras-Muney, and Tom Vogl
Determinants of Health in ChildhoodMichael Baker and Mark Stabile
Economics of Infectious Diseases Ramanan Laxminarayan and Anup Malani
Economics of Health Behaviors and Addictions: Contemporary Issues and Policy ImplicationsDonald S. Kenkel and Jody Sindelar
Economics and Mental Health: an International PerspectiveRichard G. Frank
Public-Sector Health Care FinancingÅke Blomqvist
Voluntary Private Health InsurancePeter Zweifel
Health Care Cost GrowthMichael E. Chernew and Dustin May
User ChargesErik Schokkaert and Carine Van de Voorde
Insurance and the Demand for Medical CareMark V. Pauly
Guaranteed Access to Affordable Coverage in Individual Health Insurance MarketsWynand P. M. M. van de Ven and Frederik T. Schut
Managed CareLaurence Baker
Hospitals: Teaming UpPedro Pita Barros and Pau Olivella
Primary CareAnthony Scott and Stephen Jan
The Global Health WorkforceTill Bärnighausen and David E. Bloom
The Economics of the Biopharmaceutical IndustryPatricia M. Danzon
Disease Prevention, Health Care, and EconomicsJane Hall
Long-Term CareJose-Luis Fernandez, Julien Forder, and Martin Knapp
Physician Agency and Payment for Primary Medical CareThomas G. McGuire
Provider Payment and IncentivesJon B. Christianson and Douglas Conrad
Non-Price Rationing and Waiting TimesTor Iversen and Luigi Siciliani
Increasing Competition Between Providers in Health Care Markets: The Economic EvidenceCarol Propper and George Leckie
Measuring Organizational PerformanceJames F. Burgess Jr. and Andrew Street
Health System ProductivityJack E. Triplett
The Methods of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis to Inform Decisions about the Use of Health Care Interventions and ProgramsSimon Walker, Mark Sculpher, and Mike Drummond
Analyzing Uncertainty in Cost-effectiveness For Decision-makingSusan Griffin and Karl Claxton
Health Utility MeasurementDonna Rowen and John Brazier
Concepts of Equity and Fairness in Health and Health CareJan Abel Olsen
Measuring inequality and Inequity in Health and Health CareEddy Van Doorslaer and Tom Van Ourti
Inter-Generational Aspects of Health CareLouise Sheiner
Econometric Evaluation of Health PoliciesAndrew M. Jones and Nigel Rice
Health Economics and Policy: the Challenges of ProselytizingAlan Maynard and Karen Bloor
End Matter
- Index

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The Oxford Handbook of Health Economics

Edited by Sherry Glied and Peter C. Smith

Abstract

Bibliographic Information

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