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Economics of Health Care Financing

The Visible Hand

Authors:

  1. Cam Donaldson

    1. University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

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  2. Karen Gerard

    1. Health Care Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences, University of Southampton, UK
      Health Economics Research Centre, University of Oxford, UK

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  3. Stephen Jan

    1. Health Economics and Financing Programme, Health Policy Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK

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  4. Craig Mitton

    1. Centre for Healthcare Innovation and Improvement, British Columbia Research Institute for Children’s and Women’s Health, UK
      Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, UK

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  5. Virginia Wiseman

    1. Gates Malaria Programme and Health Policy Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK

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About this book

This new edition examines the economics of health care systems in a non-technical manner. It is written in a highly accessible manner for economists and non-economists alike. It is very timely and includes the latest evidence of health care reforms and their implications from a number of countries with different systems.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    Cam Donaldson

  • Health Care Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences, University of Southampton, UK

    Karen Gerard

  • Health Economics Research Centre, University of Oxford, UK

    Karen Gerard

  • Health Economics and Financing Programme, Health Policy Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK

    Stephen Jan

  • Centre for Healthcare Innovation and Improvement, British Columbia Research Institute for Children’s and Women’s Health, UK

    Craig Mitton

  • Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, UK

    Craig Mitton

  • Gates Malaria Programme and Health Policy Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK

    Virginia Wiseman

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About the authors

CAM DONALDSON is Health Foundation Chair in Health Economics and ESRC Advanced Institute of Management Research (AIM) Public Service Fellow, Centre for Health Services Research, School of Population & Health Sciences and Business School (Economics), University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

KAREN GERARD is Senior Lecturer, Health Care Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences, University of Southampton and Senior Visiting Fellow, Health Economics Research Centre, Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oxford, UK.

CRAIG MITTON is a Research Scientist in the Centre for Healthcare Innovation and Improvement in the British Columbia Research Institute for Children's and Women's Health and Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

STEPHEN JAN is Lecturer, Health Economics and Financing Programme, Health Policy Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK.

VIRGINIA WISEMAN is Lecturer in Health Economics, Gates Malaria Programme, Health Policy Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Economics of Health Care Financing

  • Book Subtitle: The Visible Hand

  • Authors: Cam Donaldson, Karen Gerard, Stephen Jan, Craig Mitton, Virginia Wiseman

  • Publisher: Palgrave London

  • eBook Packages: Business and Economics

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2005

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-21573-3Published: 24 March 2017

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: 298

  • Topics: Health Economics

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