Introduction to health economics /
David Wonderling, Reinhold Gruen, Nick Black
- Maidenhead, UK: Open UniversityPress, 2005
- 265 p.
- Understanding public health .
International perspective on the various factors that affect the economics of health care provision. Looks at how economic theory applies in a health setting, the concepts of supply and demand, markets, financing of health care, and economic evaluation or cost benefit analysis - how to achieve the maximum positive impact on health with limited resources.