Readership: University students on health economics and public health courses, health economists, academics and teachers of public health, community health, prevention and promotion courses
Paul Dolan, Sheffield Health Economics Group, University of Sheffield, UK, and Jan Abel Olsen, Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tromso, Norway
"The book succeeds in explaining how health economics can be useful and how a better understanding of the depth of the problems that society faces in the distribution of health care can help us address problems in a systematic and incremental fashion... it is a remarkably comprehensive yet accessible text and should prove to be a valuable addition to [the] bookshelf." - International Journal of Epidemiology
"... interesting, easy to read, and enlightening about economic theory and its application to healthcare... The subjects are presented in a logical, easy to follow sequence, each chapter building appropriately on those that precede it." - Doody's Journal
Health care and health Economics and efficiency Justice and fairness Efficiency-motivated responses to market failures Equity-motivated responses to market failures Providing health care: finance and regulation Economic evaluation techniques The ethics of economic evaluation in priority setting Towards a new health economics?
