Economics of Health Care Financing : The Visible Hand (Paperback, 2nd ed. 2004)

PART ONE: MARKETS AND MARKET FAILURE IN HEALTH CARE.- Health Care Financing Reforms: Moving into the New Millenium.- Markets and Health Care: The Basic Theory.- Market Failure in Health Care.- PART TWO: HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS AND THEIR OBJECTIVES.- Methods of Funding Health Care.- Economic Objectives of Health Care.- PART THREE: A REVIEW OF EMPIRICAL FINDINGS.- Countering Consumer Moral Hazard.- Countering Doctor Moral Hazard.- Countering Moral Hazard in the Hospital Sector.- Achieving Equity.- PART FOUR: FUTURE CHALLENGES.- Future Considerations: Setting The Health Care Budget.- Health Care Financing Reforms: Where Are We Now?.