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

Health Expenditures in Developing Countries: Determinants and Guidelines

Background: In this paper, the health expenditures function of developing countries is estimated with a panel data model.  Methods: All credible determinants of health expenditures in these countries are probed and their coefficients are found out. Variables that affect health expenditures in developing countries are income, demographic features, social characteristics, and technological progr...

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 care expenditure in the Islamic Republic of Iran versus other high spending countries

Background: In all countries, health expenditures are a main part of government expenditure, and governments try to find policies and strategies to reduce this expenditure. Overall expenditure index has been raised 30 times during the past 20 years in Iran, while in the health sector, the growth in health expenditures index has been 71 times. The present study aimed at examining health care exp...