Health Economics Core Concepts and Essential Tools Steph L. Bernell

Explore the Financial Establishment for Key Principles and Vital Instruments in Health Economics by Steph L. Bernell

• ISBN-10: 1567937551
• ISBN-13: 978-1567937558

The landscape of healthcare is changing rapidly. A solid foundation in economics empowers healthcare administrators to make informed and thoughtful decisions amidst evolving market and regulatory demands.

Health Economics: Key Principles and Vital Tools offers a distinctive and simplified approach to explaining the foundational elements of health economics. Instead of blending complex details with introductory content, each chapter is segmented into two primary sections: Key Principles and Technical Resources. This structure enables students to develop an intuitive grasp of every chapter theme before delving into advanced graphs, equations, and other technical specifics.

Health Economics: Key Principles and Vital Tools emphasizes nine critical subjects that play a crucial role in comprehending health economics and its intersection with health policies:

The objective of health economics The correlation between health and prosperity Health production Production of health-related goods and services Healthcare demand Perfect competition and alternative market frameworks Physician conduct The insurance marketplace Cost-effectiveness analysis

The Key Principles segment within each chapter presents educational goals and a simplistic yet thorough overview of the chapter’s theme. The Technical Resources portion allows for a deeper exploration of the chapter subject through discussion of pertinent literature as well as illustrative examples and mathematical techniques.