Introduction to health economics / edited by Lorna Guinness and Virginia Wiseman.

Previous edition: published as by David Wonderling, Reinhold Gruen and Nick Black. 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section 1: Economics and health economics -- Key concepts in health economics -- Macroeconomics, globalization and health -- Section 2: Demand and supply -- A simple model of demand -- Measuring demand -- Supply: production in the long and short run -- Supply: costs, economies of scale and the supply curve -- Section 3: Markets -- A simple market model -- Health care markets and efficiency -- Section 4 : Health care financing -- The changing world of health care finance -- Provider payments -- Private health insurance -- Achieving universal coverage -- Section 5 : Economic evaluation -- What is economic evaluation and what can it help to answer? -- Counting the costs -- Identifying, measuring and valuing consequences -- Economic evaluation and decision-making -- Section 6 : Equity -- Promoting equity and the role of government.