Challenging health economics /

This text mounts a critique of health economics, arguing it has been too dominated by the economics of health care and has largely ignored the impact of poverty, inequality, and lack of education on health. The author proposes a form of collective decision making through communitarianism as a basis...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mooney, Gavin H.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Subjects:	Medical economics. Public health > Economic aspects. Public health > Political aspects. Medical policy. Economics, Medical Public Health > economics Health Policy Économie de la santé. Santé publique > Aspect économique. Santé publique > Aspect politique. Politique sanitaire. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General. Medical economics Medical policy Public health > Economic aspects Public health > Political aspects Gezondheidszorg. Economie. Hälsoekonomi. economie economics gezondheid health gezondheidszorg health care kosten van de gezondheidszorg health care costs onderwijs education wereldbank world bank internationaal monetair fonds international monetary fund armoede poverty liberalisme liberalism Economic Policy Economische beleid Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements; Preface; PART I: Background and Critique; 1 Why a New Paradigm?; 2 Some Problems in Existing Health Economics; 3 The Lack of a Comprehensive Paradigm; 4 The Need for a New Paradigm; 5 Neo-liberalism and its Impact on Health; PART II: A New Paradigm; 6 Building the Base for the New Paradigm; 7 Communitarianism; 8 Communitarian Claims; PART III: Some implications of the new paradigm; 9 A Future Health Policy: Nationally and Internationally; 10 Priority Setting Under the New Paradigm; 11 Equity under the New Paradigm.