Advances in Health Economics医疗卫生经济学进展

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Health Economics Research Unit (HERU)this book brings together contributions from existing and foFiner HERU staff which draw on their specialist interests and work records．The chapters reflect the‘state of the art’methodologies in which HERU has played，and still plays，a leading developmental role．Themes covered include：methodologies，performance and behaviour，and equity in health care．HERU was established at the University Of Aberdeen in 1977 to develop new methods within health economics and to encourage the use of the techniques of economic appraisal within the health service．As such、it was the first research unit in Europe focussing solely 011 Health Economics．The importance of the Unit’Swork cannot be underestimated and all health economists as well as those working within the health service and the field of health policy will benefit from reading this text and appreciating HERU’S contribution to the field．Advances in Health Economics does not only reflect on the past 25 years，but is also a driving force for the next 25．

Llst 0f Contributors
About the Authors
Preface
Workshop Participants
Acknowledgements
1 Willingness to Pay for Health Care
2 Using Discrete Choice Experiments in Health Economics：Moving Forward
3 Methods for Eliciting Time Preferences Over Future Health Events．
4 Economic Evaluation for Decision-making
5 Incentives in Health Care
6 The Nursing Labour Market
7 The Economics of the Hospital：Issues of Asymmetry and Uncertainty as they Affect Hospital Reimbursement
8 Measuring Efficiency in Dental Care
9 Ageing．Disability and Long-term Care Expenditures
10 Economic Challenges in Primary Care
11 Equity in Health Care：The Need for a New Economics Paradigm?
12 Economics of Health and Health Improvement
Index