Health Care and Public PolicyEdward Elgar Publishing, 1 ene 2009 - 362 páginas Health care is absorbing an increasing share of resources in all countries. It is the task of public policy to ensure that the nation secures good quality attention at an affordable price. This book, distinguishing clearly between health status and health |
Índice
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3 Needs and wants | 39 |
4 Payment for health | 76 |
5 The value of life | 108 |
6 Efficiency | 143 |
7 Utility | 187 |
8 Equity and equality | 214 |
9 Equality and health | 236 |
10 Cost | 274 |
containing the cost | 292 |
Bibliography | 328 |
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