Beschreibung:
The credit crunch continues to threaten publicly-funded health care. In this timely and accessible book, Cam Donaldson considers value for money in the NHS and what can be achieved through reform and priority setting.
Foreword by Sir Michael Rawlins; Introduction: the quid pro quo of health care; Market failure in health care; Charging the public: exception or anomaly?; Reform, privatisation and those damn doctors; The fiscal future of health care: an economist's rant; Economic evaluation; What's your health worth?; Conclusion; Appendix: 'What's your health worth?' A questionnaire