Front cover -- Half title -- Series page -- Dedications -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- The editors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- SECTION 1 : Economics and health economics -- 1 Key concepts in health economics -- 2 Macroeconomics, globalization and health -- SECTION 2: Demand and supply -- 3 A simple model of demand -- 4 Measuring demand -- 5 Supply: production in the long and short run -- 6 Supply: costs, economies of scale and the supply curve -- SECTION 3: Markets -- 7 A simple market model -- 8 Health care markets and efficiency -- SECTION 4: Health care financing -- 9 The changing world of health care finance -- 10 Provider payments -- 11 Private health insurance -- 12 Achieving universal coverage -- SECTION 5: Economic evaluation -- 13 What is economic evaluation and what questions can it help to answer? -- 14 Counting the costs -- 15 Identifying, measuring and valuing consequences -- 16 Economic evaluation and decision-making -- SECTION 6: Equity -- 17 Promoting equity and the role of government -- Glossary -- Index -- Advert -- Back cover.