{"product_id":"9783527320271","title":"Financing Health Care New Ideas for a Changing Society","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHealth Care and Disease Management\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eFinancing Health Care\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eNew Ideas for a Changing Society\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMingshan Lu | Egon Jonsson\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eMedical \/ Health Policy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eDiscussing international issues of health care financing, this is the first volume in a completely new public health book series, edited by the Institute of Health Economics (IHE) in Edmonton, Canada.\u003cbr\u003e Starting with various funding methods, the reference also features sections on different health care payment and purchasing mechanisms, as well as equity issues.\u003cbr\u003e Of interest to medical and allied health professionals, and those working in health care industries, insurance, and economics.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e At present Mingshan Lu is Professor at the Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Science at University of Calgary\/Canada. Her research focuses on health economics, health care financing and economics of substance abuse. Besides a number of excellence awards she received numerous outstanding research grants, for example from the Institute of Health Economics or the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research in Canada.\u003cbr\u003e Dr. Jonsson is director and CEO of the Institute of Health Economics, and professor at the University of Alberta, Public Health Sciences. For 20 years he was a professor of Health Economics at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. Dr. Jonsson was also director of the Swedish Council on Health Technology Assessment (SBU), worked for WHO Euro, was a Health Policy Advisor at the Ministry of Health in Hanoi, Vietnam. His main field of research has been in health economics: cost-effectiveness analysis, and health technology assessment. Jonsson has co-edited 2 well-selling Wiley-VCH titles during his SBU times, \"Treating and Preventing Obesity\" and \"Treating Alcohol and Drug Abuse\".\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11 February 2008\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783527320271\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e291\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23.68\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44310343647372,"sku":"9783527320271","price":111.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783527320271_5ea0b4c1-ffec-452c-b8d8-23306c8b30e2.jpg?v=1780617952","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783527320271","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}