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100			_aCosta-Font, Joan _97227
245			_aThe political economy of health and healthcare: the rise of the patient citizen
260			_bCambridge University Press _aNew York _c2020
300			_axiv, 222 p.
365			_aGBP _b22.99
504			_aTable of Contents Part I. Political incentives in healthcare systems: 1. The political design of health systems Part II. The political contexts of health care policies: 2. The multilevel nature of health care governance 3. 'Collective Action' and global health care Part III. Political institutions and health: 4. Constitutional health system design 5. Democracy and the health of the patient citizen 6. Political markets in health care 7. Ideology and healthcare Part IV. Political allocation in health care: 8. Health care waste and corruption 9. Interest groups and health policy 10. Political sustainability of health innovation Bibliography Index.
520			_aThe healthcare sector is one of the fastest growing areas of social and public spending worldwide, and it is expected to increase its government shares of GDP in the near future. Truly global in its scope, this book presents a unified, structured understanding of how the design of a country's health institutions influence its healthcare activities and outcomes. Building on the 'public choice' tradition in political economy, the authors explore how patient-citizens interact with their country's political institutions to determine the organisation of the health system. The book discusses a number of institutional influences of a health system, such as federalism, the nature of collective action, electoral competition, constitutional designs, political ideologies, the welfare effects of corruption and lobbying and, more generally, the dynamics of change. Whilst drawing on the theoretical concepts of political economy, this book describes an institution-grounded analysis of health systems in an accessible way. We hope it will appeal to both undergraduate and graduate students studying health economics, health policy and public policy. More generally, it can help health policy community to structure ideas about policy and institutional reform.
650			_aMedical economics _9919
650			_aMedical policy _95801
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