Challenging health economics / by Gavin Mooney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mooney, Gavin H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical economics.

Public health--Economic aspects.

Public health.

Public health--Political aspects.

Medical policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (267 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book mounts a critique of current health economics and provides a better way of looking at the economics of health and health care. It argues that health economics has been too dominated by the economics of health care and has largely ignored the impact of poverty, inequality, poor housing, and lack of education on health. It is suggested that some of the structural issues of economies, particularly the individualism of neo liberalism which is becoming more and more pervasiveacross the globe, need to be addressed in health economics. The author instead proposes a form of collective decisi

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; PART I: Background and Critique; 1 Why a New Paradigm?; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Some problems with the current paradigm; 1.3 A path through the book; 2 Some Problems in Existing Health Economics; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Health economics in health care; 2.3 Health economics in health; 2.4 The commodity health care; 2.5 Two other issues; 2.6 Health economics and health policy; 2.7 Conclusion; 3 The Lack of a Comprehensive Paradigm; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Market failure, but then what?; 3.3 Market failure-yes but...; 3.4 Extra-welfarism's health maximand

3.5 Consequentialism3.6 Conclusion; 4 The Need for a New Paradigm; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Institutional economics, health care, and public health; 4.3 Individualism (with dignity as an example); 4.4 Varying perspectives; 4.5 Public health; 4.6 Compassion; 4.7 Conclusion; 5 Neo-liberalism and its Impact on Health; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Neo-liberalism, compassion, and institutions; 5.3 International organisations; 5.4 Impact of neo-liberal globalisation; 5.5 Global public goods for health; 5.6 Conclusion; PART II: A New Paradigm; 6 Building the Base for the New Paradigm

6.1 Introduction, values, and a constitution6.2 Building a constitution; 6.3 Anderson's expressive theory; 6.4 Reflective and group preferences; 6.5 Conclusion; 7 Communitarianism; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Community and citizenship; 7.3 The essence of communitarianism; 7.4 An economist's approach to communitarianism; 7.5 Communitarianism and liberalism; 7.6 Communitarianism, choice, and culture; 7.7 Conclusion; 8 Communitarian Claims; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 The new paradigm; 8.3 Levels of preference; 8.4 Communitarian claims; 8.5 Communitarian claims and the objectives of health care

8.6 Bases for communitarian claims beyond ''simple'' need8.7 Conclusion; 8.8 Epilogue; PART III: Some implications of the new paradigm; 9 A Future Health Policy: Nationally and Internationally; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Constitution in health; 9.3 Valuing institutions; 9.4 Mackintosh and Navarro on health care institutions; 9.5 Global health economics; 9.6 Conclusion; 10 Priority Setting Under the New Paradigm; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Some problems with PBMA; 10.3 Communitarianism and priority setting; 10.4 Community capabilities-and compassion; 10.5 Whither priority setting?

11 Equity under the New Paradigm11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Defining equity with reference to cultures; 11.3 Whose values for equity?; 11.4 Cultural issues; 11.5 Other cultures; 11.6 Conclusion; 12 Some Further Implications for Health Economics and the Economics of Health Policy; 12.1 Introduction; 12.2 Economic evaluation; 12.3 The economics of health policy; 12.4 Can the new paradigm work in practice?; 12.5 Conclusion; PART IV: Conclusion; 13 Conclusion

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Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

0-19-160800-9

9786611981358

1-281-98135-4

0-19-155307-7

OCLC:

316065263