Abstract
The Elgar Companion to Health Economics is a comprehensive and accessible look at the field, as seen by its leading figures.' - Joseph Newhouse, Harvard Medical School, US Acclaim for the first edition: 'This Companion is a timely addition... It contains 50 chapters, from 90 contributors around the world, on the topical and policy-relevant aspects of health economics... there is a balanced coverage of theoretical and empirical materials, and conceptual and practical issues... I have found the Companion very useful.' - Sukhan Jackson, Economic Analysis and Policy 'This encyclopedic work provides interested readers with an authoritative and comprehensive overview of many, if not all, of the current research issues in health economics. Highly recommended. Upper-level undergraduates and above.' - R.M. Mullner, Choice
