"Problems related to the functioning of public healthcare systems encourage the search for alternative solutions, for example to ensure improved access to medical services. However, these proposals also require appropriate theoretical support to better present and apply them. This book draws on...

IntroductionPART 1. MARKET PROCESSES IN THE HEALTH SYSTEM 1. Insurance as a market institution 2. Alternative market forms of financing access to medical services 3. The health system as an element of the market economy PART 2. UNIVERSAL (PUBLIC) HEALTH SYSTEM AS AN EFFECT OF STATE INTERVENTIONS...

"Presenting a wide range of topics and written 150 years since Carl Menger's Principles of Economics was published, this timely book reviews Menger's life and theories and explains how his insights on the creation of money are still inspiring and relevant today. Highlighting state-of-the-art...