Health Economics in Development

Contents:
Foreword xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction 1
1 What Is the Minimum a Doctor Should Know about Health Economics? 23;
2 Public and Private Roles in Health 35;
3 The Rationale for Government Intervention in the Tobacco Market 77;
4 Measurement of Equity in Health 105;
5 What Should Consumers in Poor Countries Pay for Publicly-Provided Health Services? 121;
6 Compensatory Finance in Health: Geographic Equity in a Federal System 133;
7 An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth How Much Cure? 143;
8 DALYs and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis 153;
9 Criteria for Public Spending on Health Care 167;
10 Cost-Effectiveness and the Socialization of Health Care 187;
11 Is the Eradication of Polio in the Western Hemisphere Economically Justified? 203;
12 Cost-Benefit Analysis of a Regional Vaccination System 223;
13 Cost-Effective Malaria Control in Brazil 247;
14 Do the Poor in Brazil Pay More for Food? 277;
15 Do Brazilian Nutrition Programs Make a Difference? 297;
16 Economic Aspects of Food Fortification 325;
17 Malnutrition and Dietary Protein 341;
18 Family Health Care Spending in Latin America 361;
19 Basic Patterns in National Health Expenditure 375;
20 Economic Crisis and Health Policy Response 401;
Tables;
Figures;
Boxes.