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August 01, 2004
Economics of Health Care Financing: The Visible Hand
Authors: Cam Donaldson, Karen Gerard, Craig Mitton, Stephen Jan and Virginia Wiseman
ISBN: 0-333-98431-5
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
The new edition of this popular text examines the economics of health care systems in a manner that is non-technical, and so accessible for economists and non-economists alike. It is very timely and includes the latest research into the implications of health care reforms across a number of different countries and systems.
August 2004 296 pages 234x156mm
Second edition
Economics of Health Care Financing: The Visible Hand 2nd edition
Authors: Cam Donaldson and Karen Gerard with Craig Mitton, Stephen Jan & Virginia
Wiseman
ISBN: 0333984315
Publisher: Palgrave Orders
Price: £24.99
August 2004, 296 pp, Paperback (2nd Ed.)
‘Economics of Health Care Financing’ takes a fresh look at the key global health care reforms of the last 20 years. The authors draw conclusions based on the available evidence about whether governments should intervene in health care, about who is best placed to mediate on health care financing issues and about the challenges the future presents. The book has international appeal as an increasing number of countries are introducing health care reforms. The inspiring new empirical research that has taken place since the first edition is documented in the second part of the book, making it essential reading for health care policy makers and students of health care reform throughout the world.
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What Could be Nicer Than NICE?
Author: A Williams
ISBN: 1 899040 03 X
Publisher: Office for Health Economics
Published: August 2004
This book provides the full text of Professor Alan Williams' OHE Annual Lecture 2004. He discusses a number of controversial issues about the role of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE). He argues that: NICE is not a quasi-judicial authority dispensing justice, as commonly believed, but rather is a watchdog protecting the interests of the general public. The £30,000 per QALY threshold in NICE's technology appraisals needs further investigation given that in the UK average national income per person is £18,000, which provides for all the needs of an average citizen (food, shelter, transport, education) in each year. NICE's clinical guidelines need strengthening with decision-analytic expertise, mapping the whole health care territory in a systematic way. This should include information on everyone who enters the system even if they choose to opt out of the NHS. NICE's Clinical Guidelines, and not just their technology appraisals, should be based on cost-effectiveness criteria, including QALYs, so that NICE can make comparative judgements across diseases and so that the clinical and technology appraisal cost-effectiveness benchmarks are consistent
Price: GBP £10.00
To order contact Liz Aulsford (44-207-930-9203) or visit the OHE Web Site