Financing health care : new ideas for a changing society /
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| Imprint: | Weinheim : Wiley, c2008. |
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| Description: | xii, 279 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Health care and disease management, 1864-9947 Health care and disease management. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7297228 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- List of Contributors
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1. Health Systems Reform
- 1.2. Aging Populations and Advanced Medical Technology
- 1.3. Decentralization
- 1.4. The Content of this Book
- References
- 2. Social Health Insurance Government Funding of Health Care
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. Health Services, Health Insurance, and Market Failure
- 2.3. Different Models for Government Funding of Health Care
- 2.4. Conclusion: The Future of Social Health Insurance in Canada
- References
- 3. Private Financing Outside the Publicly Funded System
- 3.1. Introduction and the Evolution of Private Financing in Canada
- 3.2. Reviewing Economic Theory and Evidence on Parallel Public and Private Financing Structures
- 3.3. OECD Evidence on Private Financing
- 3.4. Overall Conclusions and Directions for Further Study
- References
- 4. Prescription Drug Financing
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Drug Expenditures and Financing in Canada and Abroad
- 4.3. Unique Aspects of Pharmaceuticals and the Pharmaceutical Sector
- 4.4. Considerations for Pharmaceutical Financing Reform
- 4.5. Conclusion
- References
- 5. The Economics of Consumer-Directed Health Care
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Consumer-Preventive Care Decisions
- 5.3. Selection and Cross-Subsidization
- 5.4. Health Care Demand and Non-Linear Prices
- 5.5. Empirical Studies of Consumer-Directed Health Care
- 5.6. Conclusion
- References
- 6. Medical Savings Accounts: Promises and Pitfalls
- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. MSA Financing Internationally
- 6.3. MSA Financing and System Performance
- 6.4. Conclusions
- References
- 7. Physician Payment Mechanisms
- 7.1. Introduction
- 7.2. A Basic Model of Health-Care Provision and Consumption
- 7.3. Traditional Fee-For-Service (FFS)
- 7.4. Capitation and Fully Prospective Payments
- 7.5. Mixed-Payment Systems
- 7.6. Concluding Remarks
- References
- 8. Risk Adjustment in Health Care Markets: Concepts and Applications
- 8.1. Overview
- 8.2. Introduction
- 8.3. Theory
- 8.4. Estimation Issues
- 8.5. Country Experience with Risk Adjustment
- 8.6. Conclusions
- References
- 9. Inducing Quality from Health Care Providers in the Presence of Adverse Selection
- 9.1. Introduction
- 9.2. The Basic Adverse Selection Problem
- 9.3. Dealing with Adverse Selection
- 9.4. The Regulator Can Observe Quality, but Consumers Cannot: Choosing What to Report
- 9.5. Consumers Can Observe Quality and the Regulator Can Observe "Signals" about Consumers' Types: Risk Adjustment
- 9.6. Concluding Remarks
- References
- 10. Equity in Health and Health Care in Canada in International Perspective
- 10.1. Overview
- 10.2. Introduction: Canada's Health Care System and Equity
- 10.3. Income-Related Inequity in Access to, and Delivery of, Care
- 10.4. Inequalities in Health and Health Outcomes
- 10.5. Conclusion and Discussion
- References
- Index
