Abel-Smith, Brian <br/><br/>
An introduction to health :  policy, planning and financing / 
Brian Abel-Smith ; consultant editor, Jo Campling. 
 - viii, 237 p. :  ill. ;  22 cm. 
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<br/><br/>Part One: The determinants of health -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Inequity in health -- 3. Lifestyle and health -- 3. Lifestyle and health promotion -- 4. Planning health policy -- Part two: Planning health services -- 5. The history of the organization and financing of services -- 6. Methods of health service planning -- 7. Planning the health work-force -- 8. Planning primary health care -- 9. Planning pharmaceuticals -- 10. Planning hospitals -- Part Three: Health services financing -- 11. Public health expenditure and the economic crisis -- 12. Private health expenditure -- 13. Compulsory health insurance -- Part Four: Controlling costs and securing user-friendly services -- 14. Methods of paying providers -- 15. The efficient use of health resources -- 16. Facing up to the future 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0582238668 058223865X (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Health planning<br/>Health Expenditures<br/>Health Policy
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>WA 530.1  / .B24 1994