HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT: EMERGING ISSUES IN INDIA

This present edited monograph opens a debate over the new dimensions of health economics. The contributors in the present volume demonstrated the various dimensions of health economics. The scholars from a wide range of disciplines such as social health and public policy have contributed in the present monograph. This monograph will be helpful for the policy makers researchers and academicians involved in the research related to various dimensions of health economics. It will explore the relationship between policy making and health economics through new paradigms of economic growth. This book presents a comprehensive overview of todays approaches to health economic evaluation. Written in an accessible style the present monograph offers an important background both for those who will undertake evaluations and those who will use them as the bases for decisions. This publication provides an introduction to health economics for health professionals and students with no previous economics background. Through the various contributions related to health status medical tourism morbidity pattern out of pocket health expenditure women health trade intensity and export specialization of healthcare sector and health security the readers will learn the importance health economics and its relevance to more general analysis of health policy issues. The various dimensions of health economics have been demonstrated in a very simple and lucid language. This book will be very helpful n programs of public health health administration and allied health professions as it conveys the essence of the economic issues at hand while avoiding complicated methodological issues that would interest only students of economics.