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Economic research into health service growth
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Book : Economic research into health service growth Language : English Library : Social Phsician Publish Place : Copenhagen ISBN : 92 890 1218 8 Publish Date : 00 1981 Publisher : World Health Organization WHO Book Type : Report Book Number : 3595 |
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INDEX
CONTENTS
Introduction.........................
Resource availability as a factor of health service growth
Health care consumption: patient-initiated or physician-induced?
Evaluation of cost-containment measures..............
Policy implications...........................
Budget and finance systems as factors in health service growth . . .
The phenomenon of moral hazard................
The influence of co-payment schemes on the growth of costs The influence of remuneration on the growth of costs
New financing mechanisms for hospitals ............
The influence of budgeting systems in health care.......
Policy implications.........................
New technology as a factor in health service growth
Basic and applied research............
Adoption and diffusion of new technology . .
The benefits of new technology........
Policy implications................
Methods of studying resource allocation effects in health care.....
Suggestions for future research.......................
Summary...................................
References ..................................
Annex I Glossary of terms employed in the context of the workshop Annex II List of participants........................
