Economic research into health service growth
İÇİNDEKİLERCONTENTS Introduction......................... Resource availability as a factor of health service growth Health care consumption: patient-initiated or physician-induced? Evaluation of cost-containment measures.............. Policy implications........................... Budget and finance systems as factors in health service growth . . . The phenomenon of moral hazard................ The influence of co-payment schemes on the growth of costs The influence of remuneration on the growth of costs New financing mechanisms for hospitals ............ The influence of budgeting systems in health care....... Policy implications......................... New technology as a factor in health service growth Basic and applied research............ Adoption and diffusion of new technology . . The benefits of new technology........ Policy implications................ Methods of studying resource allocation effects in health care..... Suggestions for future research....................... Summary................................... References .................................. Annex I Glossary of terms employed in the context of the workshop Annex II List of participants........................  |
