Interactive Discussion Forum on Lecture-01

Health Economics & Financing

Health Economics & Financing

by Sabitry Edbar -
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Define Health Economics in your Language.?
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Health economics is a branch of economics concerned with issues related to efficiency, effectiveness, value and behavior in the production and consumption of health and healthcare. Health economics is important in determining how to improve health outcomes and lifestyle patterns through interactions between individuals, healthcare providers and clinical settings. In broad terms, health economists study the functioning of healthcare systems and health-affecting behaviors such as smoking, diabetes, and obesity.

Health economists evaluate multiple types of financial information: costs, charges and expenditures