Health economics worldwide
- 作者： Zweifel, Peter
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- 其他題名：
- Developments in health economics and public policy ;
- 出版： Dordrecht ;Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers
- 叢書名： Developments in health economics and public policy ;v. 1
- 主題： Medical economics--Congresses
- ISBN： 0792312198 :: US$92.07
- 資料類型: 圖書
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- 系統號： 005152818 | 機讀編目格式
館藏資訊
This volume contains a selection of outstanding papers presented at the second World Congress on health economics, held in september 1990. It covers the topics that have gained eminence in the course of the last decade and are likely to preocuppy health policy-makers for many years to come. In health insurance a major challenge addressed is how to prevent cream skimming when both private and social insurers are allowed to compete for subscribers. Another area of considerable progress is the measurement of health, a crucial precondition for developing criteria for the allocation of resources in health care. Important contributions deal with the disturbing question of whether rationing of health care has occurred in accordance with stated medical criteria and objectives of social policy, both in the U.S. and in European countries. Finally, progress in the comparative analysis of health care expenditure of industrial countries is documented by papers analysing the roles of the political process in democracies and the ageing of the population. In all, this book is essential for those who wish to be kept informed about the policy issues confronting health care systems worldwide.