The Political Economy of Health Care [Hardcover]

Some goods and services are normally left to the market mechanism. Health care is often described as an exception to the rule. Society wants care to be allocated equitably; it wants the financial burden to be kept within bounds; it wants treatments to be both medically effective and economically efficient. These shared concerns lead to a demand for State intervention which this book seeks impartially to appraise and evaluate.Introduction - PART 1: EQUITY - Equality and Health - Health Status and Social Life - Society, Health and Policy - Geographical Location - PART 2: ECONOMY - The Cost of Care - Charges and Fees - Purchasers and Providers - State Regulation - PART 3: EFFICACY - Effectiveness - Efficiency - Notes - IndexDAVID REISMAN