Ebook: Financing Health Care: New Ideas for a Changing Society

Discussing international issues of health care financing, this is the first volume in a completely new public health book series, edited by the Institute of Health Economics (IHE) in Edmonton, Canada.
Starting with various funding methods, the reference also features sections on different health care payment and purchasing mechanisms, as well as equity issues.
Of interest to medical and allied health professionals, and those working in health care industries, insurance, and economics.Content:
Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 1–15): Prof. Ake Blomqvist and Professor Egon Jonsson
Chapter 2 Social Health Insurance: Government Funding of Health Care (pages 17–47): Prof. Ake Blomqvist
Chapter 3 Private Financing Outside the Publicly Funded System (pages 49–79): Prof. Mark Stabile
Chapter 4 Prescription Drug Financing (pages 81–103): Prof. Steve Morgan
Chapter 5 The Economics of Consumer?Directed Health Care (pages 105–123): Prof. Ching?To Albert Ma
Chapter 6 Medical Savings Accounts: Promises and Pitfalls (pages 125–147): Prof. Jeremiah E. Hurley and G. Emmanuel Guindon
Chapter 7 Physician Payment Mechanisms (pages 149–176): Prof. Pierre Thomas Leger
Chapter 8 Risk Adjustment in Health Care Markets: Concepts and Applications (pages 177–222): Prof. Randall P. Ellis
Chapter 9 Inducing Quality from Health Care Providers in the Presence of Adverse Selection (pages 223–243): Prof. Jacob Glazer and Prof. Thomas G. McGuire
Chapter 10 Equity in Health and Health Care in Canada in International Perspective (pages 245–272): Eddy van Doorslaer