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Chapter 17
Chapter 17
Chapter 17
ECONOMICS
PRESENTED BY M SARMAD RASHEED
PRESENTED TO DR SAJID NAZIR
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
• Demand of health
• Need of health
• Demand and Supply of Healthcare
EVALUATING EFFICIENCY VERSUS EQUITY
• The proportion of GDP devoted to health care in the United States and other high income
countries is likely to continue to rise with improving medical technology.
• The rising costs of health care does not at present appear to be primarily the result of market
failure.
• Technology, rather than market failure, appears to be the main cause of the increase in the cost
of health care.
• Countries that have succeeded in controlling healthcare costs to a greater extent than the
United States have done so largely through direct price controls and/or limiting the diffusion
of technology.