Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy
|
Buy Now
Markets vs Public Health Systems - Perspectives from the Austrian School of Economics (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R1,575
Discovery Miles 15 750
|
|
Markets vs Public Health Systems - Perspectives from the Austrian School of Economics (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Focus on Economics and Finance
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
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 Austrian Economics to
provide a theoretical framework to support greater involvement of
the private sector to improve inefficiencies in public healthcare.
The Austrian School of Economics has a solid theoretical output
describing and explaining the functioning of many aspects of the
market economy (e.g. money, prices, interest rate, or capital).
This work applies those principles to a market-based healthcare
system and its individual elements, including health insurance. The
study in these chapters is divided into two parts. The first part
contains the theoretical aspects of the functioning of a complete
market system. Particular importance is placed on presenting health
insurance as a market institution and exploring its role in the
market system. This examination also includes an analysis of
alternative forms of financing access to medical services, such as
direct payments, medical savings accounts, medical subscriptions,
and charity. Additionally, solid counterarguments are provided for
so-called market failures: asymmetric information, public goods,
and monopolies. The second part of the book explores the
theoretical aspects of interventionism and the functioning of
public systems, and aims to better highlight the sources of the
associated problems. This work provides an important contribution
to the literature on health economics, healthcare management and
policy, and Austrian Economics more broadly. It is essential
reading for health economists and those holding key public
positions related to healthcare. Winner of the Award of the
President of the Lublin Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences
for Humanities and Social Sciences for books published in 2021
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.