| An Introduction to Health: Policy, Planning and Financing Contributor(s): Abel-Smith, Brian (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138172995 ISBN-13: 9781138172999 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $217.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Health Care Delivery - Social Science | Sociology - General - Political Science | Peace |
| Dewey: 362.1 |
| Physical Information: (1.01 lbs) 246 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |