Essentials of health economics: Part I--What is economics?

Essentials of health economics: part III--developing health care policies.

The previous part of the series (part II)' was concerned with the questions of choice in the context of financing systems. This and the next two parts are again concerned with choice, the central issue of economics. Here (part III) we discuss some of the ways in which economics has been and can be used within the National Health Service to assist in developing health care policy. How to plan th...

Essentials of health economics: Part IV--Challenges for the future.

The aim of this series of articles was to introduce doctors to the essentials of health economics and to assess the contribution of economic analysis to solving health service problems. Nevertheless , the Health Service is neither totally "economic" in its operation nor is economics as a discipline completely "healthy" in its development. Both could show signs of improvement. In this sixth and ...

Management School What is health economics ?

Economics is the science of scarcity. The application of health economics reflects a universal desire to obtain maximum value for money by ensuring not just the clinical effectiveness, but also the cost-effectiveness of healthcare provision. G Achieving 'value for money' implies either a desire to achieve a predetermined objective at least cost or a desire to maximise the benefit to the populat...

Essentials of health economics: Part III (continued)--developing health care policies.

1329 surgical pathology of St Thomas's Hospital (now the department of histopathology) for their willing support, collaboration, and help with this scheme and to the deans and staff of the medical school for their encouragement.

Essentials of health economics. Part IV (continued)--organising health care resources.