Across the globe every nation wrestles with how it will pay for, provide, regulate and administer its healthcare system. Health economics is the field of economics that deals with every one of those issues and the difficult issue of allocating resources where the allocation can literally mean...

Die Ausgaben für Gesundheitsdienstleistungen sind in Deutschland im internationalen Vergleich außergewöhnlich hoch. Aber trotz der hohen Aufwendungen erreichen die Bürger eine eher mäßig lange Lebenserwartung bei Gesundheit. Das heißt, die ökonomische Effizienz des Gesundheitssysstems...

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Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- TABLES -- Part I: SOURCES AND RESEARCH METHODS -- CHAPTER I. RESEARCH IN PAYMENT FOR MEDICAL CARE -- CHAPTER II. SOURCE MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES USED FOR THE STUDY -- Part II: HEALTH, MEDICAL CARE, AND PAYMENT -- CHAPTER III: THE PROBLEM...

part Section I: Pressures for Change -- chapter 1 Access -- chapter 2 Cost -- chapter 3 Quality -- chapter Conclusion to Section I -- chapter Introduction -- chapter 4 Align Incentives via Payment System Design -- chapter 5 Managed Care Organizations, Accountable Care Organizations, and...

Part I: Basic Ideas of Managed Care -- Definitions and Concepts -- Main Characteristics of the American Healthcare System -- Theoretical Concepts for the Assessment of Managed Care -- Part II: Managed Care Organisations and Products -- Preliminary Remarks -- Insurance-Based Managed Care...