ABSTRACT

This book concerns itself with the key question: how to improve health in a cost effective and politically acceptable way. What makes people healthy? Why are the poor less healthy than the rich? Why do some countries have a better health record than others? An Introduction to Health is divided into four parts comprising the determinants of health, health service planning, health service financing, and controlling costs and securing user-friendly services.

part One|61 pages

The determinants of health

chapter Chapter 1|16 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter 2|14 pages

Inequity in health

chapter Chapter 3|14 pages

Lifestyle and health promotion

chapter Chapter 4|15 pages

Planning health policy

part Two|83 pages

Planning health services

chapter Chapter 6|14 pages

Methods of health service planning

chapter Chapter 7|15 pages

Planning the health work-force

chapter Chapter 8|15 pages

Planning primary health care

chapter Chapter 9|13 pages

Planning pharmaceuticals

chapter Chapter 10|12 pages

Planning hospitals

part Three|42 pages

Health services financing

chapter Chapter 11|15 pages

Public health expenditure and the economic crisis

chapter Chapter 12|14 pages

Private health expenditure

chapter Chapter 13|11 pages

Compulsory health insurance

part Four|41 pages

Controlling costs and securing user-friendly services

chapter Chapter 14|12 pages

Methods of paying providers

chapter Chapter 15|16 pages

The efficient use of health resources

chapter Chapter 16|11 pages

Facing up to the future