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

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 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.

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 ...

Health Economics in Developing Countries

This article reviews the ways in which neoclassical economics is applied to health issues in developing countries. It identifies some of the problems that arise from the application of standard neoclassical theory to the health sector of developing countries. This theory, while helpful in some respects, does not seem to be adequate for understanding the complexities of the health issues facing ...