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An Undisciplined EconomistRobert G. Evans on Health Economics, Health Care Policy, and Population Health |
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Incisive analysis of health policy issues in Canada by a pioneering health economist.
For four decades Robert Evans has been Canada’s foremost health policy analyst and commentator, playing a leadership role in the development of both health economics and population health at home and internationally. An Undisciplined Economist collects Evans’ most important contributions and includes two new articles.
The topics addressed range widely, from the peculiar structure of the health care industry to the social determinants of the health of entire populations to the misleading role that economists have sometimes played in health policy debates. Written with Evans' characteristic clarity, candour, and wit, these essays unabashedly expose health policy myths and the special interests that lie behind them. He refutes claims that public health insurance is unsustainable, that the health care costs of an aging population will bankrupt Canada, that user charges will make the health care system more efficient, and that health care is the most important determinant of a population’s health.
An Undisciplined Economist is a valuable collection for those familiar with Evans’ work, a lucid introduction for those new to the fields of health economics, health policy, and population health, and a fitting tribute to an outstanding scholar.
The topics addressed range widely, from the peculiar structure of the health care industry to the social determinants of the health of entire populations to the misleading role that economists have sometimes played in health policy debates. Written with Evans' characteristic clarity, candour, and wit, these essays unabashedly expose health policy myths and the special interests that lie behind them. He refutes claims that public health insurance is unsustainable, that the health care costs of an aging population will bankrupt Canada, that user charges will make the health care system more efficient, and that health care is the most important determinant of a population’s health.
An Undisciplined Economist is a valuable collection for those familiar with Evans’ work, a lucid introduction for those new to the fields of health economics, health policy, and population health, and a fitting tribute to an outstanding scholar.
Details
Part of the Carleton Library Series (number 237 in series)
532 Pages, 6 x 9
10 tables, 40 diagrams
ISBN 9780773547162
September 2016
Formats: Cloth, Paperback, eBook
Robert G. Evans is professor emeritus of economics and a founding member of the Centre for Health Services and Policy Research at the University of British Columbia.
Morris L. Barer is professor in the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia.
Greg L. Stoddart is professor emeritus of clinical epidemiology and biostatistics at McMaster University.
Kimberlyn M. McGrail is an associate professor in the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia.
Chris B. McLeod is assistant professor in the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia.
Morris L. Barer is professor in the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia.
Greg L. Stoddart is professor emeritus of clinical epidemiology and biostatistics at McMaster University.
Kimberlyn M. McGrail is an associate professor in the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia.
Chris B. McLeod is assistant professor in the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia.
Contents
Editors’ Foreword ix
Acknowledgments xix
SECTION A ON ECONOMICS AND ECONOMISTS
Foreword by Anthony J. Culyer 3
1 Slouching Toward Chicago: Regulatory Reform as Revealed
Religion (1982) 9
2 Toward a Healthier Economics: Reflections on Ken Bassett’s
Problem (1998) 49
3 The TSX Gives a Short Course in Health Economics: It’s the Prices,
Stupid! (2010) 86
4 A New Paradigm for Health Economics? We Already Have Three!
(2012) 97
Further Reading 120
SECTION B HEALTH CARE FINANCING
Foreword by Jeremiah Hurley 123
5 Hang Together, or Hang Separately: The Viability of a Universal
Health Care System in an Aging Society (1987) 127
6 User Fees for Health Care: Why a Bad Idea Keeps Coming Back
(Or, What’s Health Got to Do With It?) (1995) 154
7 Going for the Gold: The Redistributive Agenda behind Market-Based
Health Care Reform (1997) 192
8 Modelling the Benefits of Insurance: Here Comes the Insurance
Salesman (2004) 235
Further Reading 264
SECTION C HEALTH CARE POLICY
Foreword by Theodore R. Marmor 267
9 Supplier-Induced Demand: Some Empirical Evidence and
Implications (1974) 273
10 Incomplete Vertical Integration in the Health Care Industry:
Pseudomarkets and Pseudopolicies (1983) 286
11 Aging and Health Care Utilization: New Evidence on Old Fallacies
(1987) 318
12 Political Wolves and Economic Sheep: The Sustainability of Public
Health Insurance in Canada (2005) 345
Further Reading 377
SECTION D POPULATION HEALTH
Foreword by John Frank and Alan Bernstein 381
13 Producing Health, Consuming Health Care 386
14 Introduction (Chapter 1) to the Book Why Are Some People
Healthy and Others Not? (1994) 429
15 Health, Hierarchy, and Hominids: Biological Correlates of
the Socioeconomic Gradient in Health (1996) 456
16 What, Me Worry? The Second Annual Gideon Rosenbluth
Memorial Lecture (2013) 491
Further Reading 506
Editors’ Postscript 507
Contributors 509
Index 511
Editors’ Foreword ix
Acknowledgments xix
SECTION A ON ECONOMICS AND ECONOMISTS
Foreword by Anthony J. Culyer 3
1 Slouching Toward Chicago: Regulatory Reform as Revealed
Religion (1982) 9
2 Toward a Healthier Economics: Reflections on Ken Bassett’s
Problem (1998) 49
3 The TSX Gives a Short Course in Health Economics: It’s the Prices,
Stupid! (2010) 86
4 A New Paradigm for Health Economics? We Already Have Three!
(2012) 97
Further Reading 120
SECTION B HEALTH CARE FINANCING
Foreword by Jeremiah Hurley 123
5 Hang Together, or Hang Separately: The Viability of a Universal
Health Care System in an Aging Society (1987) 127
6 User Fees for Health Care: Why a Bad Idea Keeps Coming Back
(Or, What’s Health Got to Do With It?) (1995) 154
7 Going for the Gold: The Redistributive Agenda behind Market-Based
Health Care Reform (1997) 192
8 Modelling the Benefits of Insurance: Here Comes the Insurance
Salesman (2004) 235
Further Reading 264
SECTION C HEALTH CARE POLICY
Foreword by Theodore R. Marmor 267
9 Supplier-Induced Demand: Some Empirical Evidence and
Implications (1974) 273
10 Incomplete Vertical Integration in the Health Care Industry:
Pseudomarkets and Pseudopolicies (1983) 286
11 Aging and Health Care Utilization: New Evidence on Old Fallacies
(1987) 318
12 Political Wolves and Economic Sheep: The Sustainability of Public
Health Insurance in Canada (2005) 345
Further Reading 377
SECTION D POPULATION HEALTH
Foreword by John Frank and Alan Bernstein 381
13 Producing Health, Consuming Health Care 386
14 Introduction (Chapter 1) to the Book Why Are Some People
Healthy and Others Not? (1994) 429
15 Health, Hierarchy, and Hominids: Biological Correlates of
the Socioeconomic Gradient in Health (1996) 456
16 What, Me Worry? The Second Annual Gideon Rosenbluth
Memorial Lecture (2013) 491
Further Reading 506
Editors’ Postscript 507
Contributors 509
Index 511
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