Health Economics (First Edition)

Hurley, Health Economics, First Edition, is unique in its focus and will provide the market with the only available Canadian book of its kind to date. The text is written with no economics prerequisites, reviewing each of the appropriate economic models as it is required. The text places strong emphasis on policy issues relating to public and private health care.
The purpose of this text is to make sense of the health sector, to be able to critically analyze, from an economic perspective, commonly debated health issues in modern societies. Its strong policy orientation emphasizes the application of economic concepts and methods to analyze policy problems in the health sector. Because health economics is an applied field, one must have some understanding of how the health system works. Consequently, although it draws examples from countries around the world, it emphasizes the design and institutional features of the Canadian health system. In this respect, it fills an important gap in the resources available to Canadian students and professors.
Author Jeremiah E. Hurley, is very well known, both in Canada and internationally. In 1999 he lead a team that produced a special program for the World Bank Institute, Washington D.C. Thousands of individuals from around the world have followed this evidence-based and case-oriented program either at Washington offices or at regional partnerships around the globe. Jeremiah Hurley is also a contributor to the prestigious Handbook of Health Economics edited by Culyer and Newhouse.