THE ECONOMICS OF RESOURCE-ALLOCATION IN HEALTHCARE by Andrea Klonschinski ( 9781138184169 )

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THE ECONOMICS OF RESOURCE-ALLOCATION IN HEALTHCARE
COST-UTILITY, SOCIAL VALUE AND FAIRNESS

By:

Andrea Klonschinski

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1138184160

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9781138184169

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

4 April, 2016

Series:

Routledge Advances in Social Economics

Pages:

252

Synopsis:

The question of how to allocate scarce medical resources has become an important public policy issue in recent decades. Cost-utility analysis is the most commonly used method for determining the allocation of these resources, but this book counters the argument that overcoming its inherent imbalances is simply a question of implementing methodological changes. The Economics of Resource Allocation in Health Care represents the first comprehensive analysis of equity weighting in health care resource allocation that offers a fundamental critique of its basic framework. It offers a critique of health economics, putting the discourse on economic evaluation into its broader socio-political context. Such an approach broadens the debate on fairness in health economics and ties it in with deeper-rooted problems in moral philosophy. Ultimately, this interdisciplinary study calls for the adoption of a fundamentally different paradigm to address the distribution of scarce medical resources. This book will be of interest to policy makers, health care professionals, and post-graduate students looking to broaden their understanding of the economics of the health care system.

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5 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white tables, 5 black & white line

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