Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 277 g
Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 277 g
ISBN: 978-0-415-70578-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
The book includes a theoretical but non-technical section that distinguishes between the stock of health and functional health, proposes a utility maximizing/behavioural framework to explain behaviour and the role of health policy and investigates the nature of risk and alternative insurance mechanisms. The book illustrates with a number of country studies, covering a large range of healthcare systems from the American and the European systems to various Asian systems as well as those of Australia and New Zealand. The survey of country experiences reinforces the theoretical conclusions about the role of the public healthcare sector and social insurance and that of the private market.
The book highlights the importance of and the workability of "pricing right" and "capping right": pricing standard or basic healthcare services at the right price can contain both demand-side and supply-side moral hazard and lead to more efficient production and consumption of healthcare services; capping annual eligible healthcare expenses will provide effective protection against financial risks. The proposal of lifetime healthcare supplement offers greater choice. Private caregivers and insurers supplement the public healthcare system by offering more choices and premium services, as well as additional protection.
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1. Functional Health and the Health Stock 2. A Framework for Risk and Health Policy Analysis 3. Insurance, Moral Hazard, and Adverse Selection 4. Health Policy Evaluation 5. Health Policy in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan 6. Publicly Funded Healthcare Systems: UK and Canada 7. Singapore: Medisave, Medishield, Medifund, and Elderfund 8. Universal Publicly Funded Basic Healthcare in Australia and New Zealand 9. Three European Countries: France, Switzerland, and Sweden 10. The American Market-based System 11. The Way Forward