Health Systems Policy, Finance, and Organization

A systematic approach to health systems analysis that provides readers of various backgrounds with authoritative material relevant to their own field

Guy Carrin (Edited by), Kent Buse (Edited by), Kristian Heggenhougen (Edited by), Stella R. Quah (Edited by)

9780123750877

Hardback, published 22 July 2009

464 pages
27.8 x 21 x 2.9 cm, 1.5 kg

This volume is unique in its systematic approach to these three pillars of health systems analysis will give readers of various backgrounds authoritative material about subjects adjacent to their own specialties. Assembling such comparative materials is usually an onerous task because so many programs possess their own vocabularies, goals, and methods. This book will provide common grounds for people in programs as diverse as economics and finance, allied health, business and management, and the social sciences, including psychology.

Part I Health policy and public health Part II Health financing Part III Organization of health services Part IV Key features of health systems around the world

Subject Areas: Health systems & services [MBP], Public health & preventive medicine [MBN]