The LSE Companion to Health Policy

Edited by Alistair McGuire and Joan Costa-Font

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The LSE Companion to Health Policy covers a wide range of conceptual and practical issues from a number of different perspectives introducing the reader to, and summarising, the vast literature that analyses the complexities of health policy. The Companion also assesses the current state of the art.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Politics and Public Policy Social Policy and Sociology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
ISBN: 9781781004234
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Inequalities in Health: Why Do We Care? How Do We Care? What Can We Do About Them?

Cristina Hernández-Quevedo and Joan Costa-Font

Ch 2 Strengthening Community Participation in Primary Health Care: Experiences from South Africa

Andrew Gibbs and Catherine Campbell

Ch 3 Socioeconomic Status and Access to Health Care: The Quandary of Transition Economies

Heba A. Elgazzar

Ch 4 Quality of Ambulatory Care: Hospitalisations for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions

Lucia Kossarova

Ch 5 Choice in Health Care: Drivers and Consequences

Valentina Zigante, Joan Costa-Font and Zack Cooper

Ch 6 A Million Years of Waiting: Competing Accounts and Comparative Experiences of Hospital Waiting Time Policy

Alec Morton and R. Gwyn Bevan

Ch 7 Measuring Access to Health Care in Europe

Sara Allin and Cristina Masseria

Ch 8 How are Rising Health Care Expenditures Explained?

Alistair McGuire, Victoria Serra-Sastre and Maria Raikou

Ch 9 Providing Financial Incentives for Improved Quality and Efficiency. A Literature Review of the Effects of Payment for Performance (P4P) Policies

Irene Papanicolas

Ch 10 Social Health Protection: Policy Options for Low- and Middle-income Countries

Philipa Mladovsky

Ch 11 Technology Diffusion in Health Care: Conceptual Aspects and Evidence

Victoria Serra-Sastre and Alistair McGuire

Ch 12 Do International Launch Strategies of Pharmaceutical Corporations Respond to Changes in the Regulatory Environment?

Nebibe Varol, Joan Costa-Font and Alistair McGuire

Ch 13 Proximity to Death and Health Care Costs

Michael Murphy

Ch 14 The Health and Social Care Divide in the United Kingdom

Catherine Henderson

Ch 15 Barriers to Opportunities for Private Long-term Care Insurance in England: What Can We Learn from Other Countries?

Adelina Comas-Herrera, Rebecca Butterfield, Jose Luis Fernandez and Joshua M. Wiener

Ch 16 Historical Trends of Mortality and its Implications for Health Policies in England and Wales: The Cause of Death Approach

Mariachiara Di Cesare and Michael Murphy

Ch 17 Risk Research and Health-related Behaviours

Caroline Rudisill

Ch 18 Physician-patient Relationship: A Review of the Theory and Policy Implications

Charitini Stavropoulou

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