International trade in health services and the GATS : : current issues and debates / / edited by Chantal Blouin, Nick Drager, and Richard Smith |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | xii, 312 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm |
Disciplina | 338.4/73621 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BlouinChantal <1971->
DragerNick SmithRichard <1968-> |
Soggetto topico |
Medical economics
Medical policy - International cooperation International trade |
ISBN |
1-280-28062-X
9786610280629 0-8213-6212-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Contributors; Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1 Trade in Health Services and the GATS: Introduction and Summary; 2 Strategic Considerations for Developing Countries: The Case of GATS and Health Services; 3 Update on GATS Commitments and Negotiations; 4 Ten Steps to Consider Before Making Commitments in Health Services under the GATS; 5 Making Commitments in Health Services under the GATS: Legal Dimensions; 6 Economic Dimensions and Impact Assessment of GATS to Promote and Protect Health
7 Trade in Health Services under the Four Modes of Supply: Review of Current Trends and Policy Issues8 Trade in Health Services and the GATS: What Next?; Appendix Trade in Health Services and GATS: A Framework for Policymakers; Index |
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Irrationality in health care [[electronic resource] ] : what behavioral economics reveals about what we do and why / / Douglas E. Hough |
Autore | Hough Douglas E |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stanford, Calif., : Stanford Economics and Finance, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.4/73621 |
Soggetto topico |
Medical economics - United States
Medical care - United States Health behavior - United States Economics - Psychological aspects |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8047-8574-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | What is behavioral economics--and why should we care? -- Keeping what we have, even if we don't like it -- Managing expectations and behavior -- Understanding the stubbornly inconsistent patient -- Understanding the stubbornly inconsistent consumer -- Understanding the medical decision making process, or, Why a physician can make the same mistakes as a patient -- Explaining the cumulative impact of physicians' decisions -- Can we use the concepts of behavioral economics to transform health care? |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463112003321 |
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Stanford, Calif., : Stanford Economics and Finance, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2013 | ||
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Irrationality in health care [[electronic resource] ] : what behavioral economics reveals about what we do and why / / Douglas E. Hough |
Autore | Hough Douglas E |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stanford, Calif., : Stanford Economics and Finance, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.4/73621 |
Soggetto topico |
Medical economics - United States
Medical care - United States Health behavior - United States Economics - Psychological aspects |
ISBN | 0-8047-8574-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | What is behavioral economics--and why should we care? -- Keeping what we have, even if we don't like it -- Managing expectations and behavior -- Understanding the stubbornly inconsistent patient -- Understanding the stubbornly inconsistent consumer -- Understanding the medical decision making process, or, Why a physician can make the same mistakes as a patient -- Explaining the cumulative impact of physicians' decisions -- Can we use the concepts of behavioral economics to transform health care? |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786713203321 |
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Stanford, Calif., : Stanford Economics and Finance, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2013 | ||
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Irrationality in health care : what behavioral economics reveals about what we do and why / / Douglas E. Hough |
Autore | Hough Douglas E |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stanford, Calif., : Stanford Economics and Finance, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.4/73621 |
Soggetto topico |
Medical economics - United States
Medical care - United States Health behavior - United States Economics - Psychological aspects |
ISBN | 0-8047-8574-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | What is behavioral economics--and why should we care? -- Keeping what we have, even if we don't like it -- Managing expectations and behavior -- Understanding the stubbornly inconsistent patient -- Understanding the stubbornly inconsistent consumer -- Understanding the medical decision making process, or, Why a physician can make the same mistakes as a patient -- Explaining the cumulative impact of physicians' decisions -- Can we use the concepts of behavioral economics to transform health care? |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816013403321 |
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Medical tourism in developing countries [[electronic resource] /] / Milica Z. Bookman and Karla R. Bookman |
Autore | Bookman Milica Zarkovic |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2007.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Palgrave MacMillan, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (258 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.4/73621 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BookmanKarla R |
Soggetto topico | Medical tourism - Developing countries |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-36609-9
9786611366094 0-230-60565-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; List of Acronyms; 1 Introduction to Medical Tourism; 2 Plastic Surgery is Not Peanuts: Economic Growth and Dependency; 3 Offshore Doctors: The Demand for Medical Tourism; 4 Would You Like a Safari With Your Lasik Surgery? The Supply of Medical Tourism; 5 Promoting Medical Tourism: The Advantages; 6 Promoting Medical Tourism: The Obstacles; 7 Inequalities in Health Care and the Role of Macroeconomic Policy; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458422903321 |
Bookman Milica Zarkovic
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New York, : Palgrave MacMillan, 2007 | ||
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Medical tourism in developing countries [[electronic resource] /] / Milica Z. Bookman and Karla R. Bookman |
Autore | Bookman Milica Zarkovic |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2007.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Palgrave MacMillan, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (258 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.4/73621 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BookmanKarla R |
Soggetto topico | Medical tourism - Developing countries |
ISBN |
1-281-36609-9
9786611366094 0-230-60565-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; List of Acronyms; 1 Introduction to Medical Tourism; 2 Plastic Surgery is Not Peanuts: Economic Growth and Dependency; 3 Offshore Doctors: The Demand for Medical Tourism; 4 Would You Like a Safari With Your Lasik Surgery? The Supply of Medical Tourism; 5 Promoting Medical Tourism: The Advantages; 6 Promoting Medical Tourism: The Obstacles; 7 Inequalities in Health Care and the Role of Macroeconomic Policy; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784869903321 |
Bookman Milica Zarkovic
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New York, : Palgrave MacMillan, 2007 | ||
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Medical tourism in developing countries / / Milica Z. Bookman and Karla R. Bookman |
Autore | Bookman Milica Zarkovic |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2007.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Palgrave MacMillan, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (258 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.4/73621 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BookmanKarla R |
Soggetto topico | Medical tourism - Developing countries |
ISBN |
1-281-36609-9
9786611366094 0-230-60565-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; List of Acronyms; 1 Introduction to Medical Tourism; 2 Plastic Surgery is Not Peanuts: Economic Growth and Dependency; 3 Offshore Doctors: The Demand for Medical Tourism; 4 Would You Like a Safari With Your Lasik Surgery? The Supply of Medical Tourism; 5 Promoting Medical Tourism: The Advantages; 6 Promoting Medical Tourism: The Obstacles; 7 Inequalities in Health Care and the Role of Macroeconomic Policy; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818609803321 |
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New York, : Palgrave MacMillan, 2007 | ||
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Public ends, private means [[electronic resource] ] : strategic purchasing of health services / / edited by Alexander S. Preker ... [et al.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (440 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.4/73621 |
Altri autori (Persone) | PrekerAlexander S. <1951-> |
Soggetto topico |
Medical economics - Developing countries
Medical care, Cost of - Developing countries Medical policy - Developing countries |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-85758-7
9786610857586 0-8213-6548-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Political economy of strategic purchasing / Alexander S. Preker and April Harding -- Policy design in strategic purchasing / Alexander S. Preker, John C. Langenbrunner, and Paolo C. Belli -- The organizational structure of purchasers / Alexander S. Preker ... [et al.] -- Institutional environment / by Hernán L. Fuenzalida-Puelma, Reinhard R. Hasslinger, and Alexander S. Preker -- Stewardship, governance, and management / Alexander S. Preker ... [et al.] -- Agency theory and its applications in health care / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- Doctors' and patients' utility functions / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- Economic models of doctors' behavior / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- Economic models of hospital behavior / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- Motivation and performance-related pay / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- Payment mechanisms and provider behavior / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- Supplier-induced demand and unnecessary care / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- The organization of publicly financed health care services / William Jack -- Contracting for medical care: providing incentives and controlling costs / William Jack -- Measuring efficiency in purchasing / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451640703321 |
Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2007 | ||
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Public ends, private means : : strategic purchasing of health services / / edited by Alexander S. Preker ... [and others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | xvii, 414 pages : illustrations ; ; 26 cm |
Disciplina | 338.4/73621 |
Altri autori (Persone) | PrekerAlexander S. <1951-> |
Soggetto topico |
Medical economics - Developing countries
Medical care, Cost of - Developing countries Medical policy - Developing countries |
ISBN |
1-280-85758-7
9786610857586 0-8213-6548-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Political economy of strategic purchasing / Alexander S. Preker and April Harding -- Policy design in strategic purchasing / Alexander S. Preker, John C. Langenbrunner, and Paolo C. Belli -- The organizational structure of purchasers / Alexander S. Preker ... [et al.] -- Institutional environment / by Hernán L. Fuenzalida-Puelma, Reinhard R. Hasslinger, and Alexander S. Preker -- Stewardship, governance, and management / Alexander S. Preker ... [et al.] -- Agency theory and its applications in health care / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- Doctors' and patients' utility functions / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- Economic models of doctors' behavior / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- Economic models of hospital behavior / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- Motivation and performance-related pay / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- Payment mechanisms and provider behavior / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- Supplier-induced demand and unnecessary care / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- The organization of publicly financed health care services / William Jack -- Contracting for medical care: providing incentives and controlling costs / William Jack -- Measuring efficiency in purchasing / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777404003321 |
Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2007 | ||
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Public ends, private means : : strategic purchasing of health services / / edited by Alexander S. Preker ... [and others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | xvii, 414 pages : illustrations ; ; 26 cm |
Disciplina | 338.4/73621 |
Altri autori (Persone) | PrekerAlexander S. <1951-> |
Soggetto topico |
Medical economics - Developing countries
Medical care, Cost of - Developing countries Medical policy - Developing countries |
ISBN |
1-280-85758-7
9786610857586 0-8213-6548-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Political economy of strategic purchasing / Alexander S. Preker and April Harding -- Policy design in strategic purchasing / Alexander S. Preker, John C. Langenbrunner, and Paolo C. Belli -- The organizational structure of purchasers / Alexander S. Preker ... [et al.] -- Institutional environment / by Hernán L. Fuenzalida-Puelma, Reinhard R. Hasslinger, and Alexander S. Preker -- Stewardship, governance, and management / Alexander S. Preker ... [et al.] -- Agency theory and its applications in health care / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- Doctors' and patients' utility functions / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- Economic models of doctors' behavior / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- Economic models of hospital behavior / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- Motivation and performance-related pay / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- Payment mechanisms and provider behavior / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- Supplier-induced demand and unnecessary care / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- The organization of publicly financed health care services / William Jack -- Contracting for medical care: providing incentives and controlling costs / William Jack -- Measuring efficiency in purchasing / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819755903321 |
Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2007 | ||
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