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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|61 pages
The determinants of health
part Two|83 pages
Planning health services
part Three|42 pages
Health services financing
part Four|41 pages
Controlling costs and securing user-friendly services