Health care and public policy / David Reisman.
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TextPublication details: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2007.Description: vi, 362 p. ; 25 cmISBN: - 9781845429249
- 1845429249
- 362.1 22
- RA393 .R44 2007
- 2007 I-977
- W 74
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 328-351) and index.
Health status
Health care
Health capital
Prosperity and progress
The patient
The practitioner
The public
The logic of insurance
Private health insurance
The state sector
Payment beyond insurance
The patient
The practitioner
The public
Medical effectiveness
Cost-effectiveness analysis
The cost-benefit approach
The patient
The practitioner
The public
Equality and health
A human right
Maximin
Generosity and compassion
The structural imperative
Social distance
Geographical location
Narrowing the gap: social policy
Narrowing the gap: medical care
Payment
Social and medical change
Countervailing forces
Rationing by money and time
Purchase and provision
State intervention
Distinguishing clearly between health status and health care, this text examines the ways in which goverments can keep down morbidity and mortality while also ensuring that treatments are medically justifiable, economically cost-effective and socially equitable
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