Health Economics: An International Perspective is the only textbook to provide a truly international, comparative treatment of health economics. Offering an analysis of health systems across borders, the fourth edition of this key text has been fully updated and revised to take account of changes in a host of countries.

1. Introduction: health economics in international perspective PART 1 Introductory health economics 2. The demand for health and health services 3. Production, health and health care: efficient use of inputs 4. Cost of delivering health services 5. Basic market models 6. Supplier-induced demand and agency 7. Market failure and government PART 2 Further economics of markets and market intervention 8. Contracting 9. Market structures 10. Hospital and health provider behaviour and motivation 11. The economics of regulation 12. Incentives and agency PART 3 The economics of health systems 13. Health systems: a framework for analysis 14. Tax and social health insurance mechanisms 15. Private financing mechanisms 16. Health systems around the world: an introduction to variation and performance 17. The economics of health in an era of global transition PART 4 Tools and techniques for measurement and analysis PART 4a Economic evaluation 18. The theoretical bases of economic evaluation 19. Issues in the measurement of costs 20. Measuring benefits in economic evaluation 21. Practical steps in economic evaluation 22. Economic evaluation as a framework for choice PART 4b Applied econometrics and other tools 23. Introductory applied health econometrics 24. Methods and applications for causal analysis 25. Equity in access to health care: key measurement issues.