Public Health Care

Name: Public Health Care
Brand: Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press

Public Health Care\n\nThis Element discusses the role of the government in the funding and the provision of public health care.\n\nLuigi Siciliani (Author), Kurt Brekke (Author), Mathias Kifmann (Author), Odd Rune Straume (Author)\n\n9781108718189 (SKU 3293095), Cambridge University Press\n\nPaperback / softback, published 3 July 2025\n\n78 pages\n22.8 x 15.1 x 0.4 cm, 0.13 kg\n\nThis Element discusses the role of the government in the financing and provision of public health care. It summarises core knowledge and findings in the economics literature, giving a state-of-the-art account of public health care. The first section is devoted to health system financing. It provides policy rationales for public health insurance which rely on both equity and efficiency, the co-existence of public and private health insurance, how health systems deal with excess demand, and the effect of health insurance expansion. The second section covers the provision of health care and the effect of policy]