Health economics

Author: China Education Press
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Publish Date: 2003-03-01
Features: This book systematically introduces the new frontier knowledge of health economics, focusing on the optimization development, mobilization, allocation, and utilization of health resources. It applies economic theories and methods to elucidate the various economic patterns in health and health services, continuously improving the performance of health systems to serve public health and the construction of socialist modernization. The main content of the book includes the measurement of equity and efficiency, the roles of government and market, regional health planning, urban and rural health security systems, performance evaluation of hospitals and health systems, cost and pricing, health investment and disease burden, economic evaluation methods, and the evaluation of health economic policies. Additionally, it covers advancements in pharmaceutical economics and pharmaceutical policy, the application of welfare economics and econometrics in the health field, and how to find health economics-related information online. This book can serve as a teaching text for doctoral and master's students, as well as a reference for health management cadres and undergraduate students in health management.