The authors explain the economic attributes of health assets and the various fields of research in the economics of health. Also, they describe the insurance, demand and supply theories for the health insurance sector, and examine the structure of various forms of public health systems.

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The authors begin by explaining the economic attributes of health assets and the various fields of research in the economics of health. Following this, they describe the insurance, demand and supply theories for the health insurance sector, and then examine the structure of various forms of public health systems. The book concludes with a description of the methodology in economic evaluation studies.

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Geboren 1965; 1998 Promotion; 2003 Habilitation; Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Gesundheitsökonomie und Gesundheitsmanagement an der Universität Bielefeld; Mitglied im Board der EuroQol-Foundation (Rotterdam); seit 2010 Mitglied im Sachverständigenrat zur Begutachtung der Entwicklung im Gesundheitswesen.