Health economics is concerned with the alternative uses of resources in the health services sector and with the efficient utilization of economic resources such as Human resource, material and financial resources. Every health worker needs to acquaint him/ herself with the basic concepts of economics and its application to the health sector in order to manage health institutions and health delivery system efficiently.
“Health economics” as a course is meant to give medical, health officer and other paramedical students basic principles regarding economics and its application to the health sector. Therefore, this material should be regarded as an introduction to health economics rather than to economics. The lecture note on “Health Economics” is prepared in line with the set curriculum, which is currently in use in health professionals training institutes.
The materials in this lecture note are compiled from different books that are published by different authors and also from internet. Most books in the field emphasize only on some detailed and specific aspects of health economics. The objective of updating this lecture note is, therefore, to improve the basic ii concepts of economics and their application to the health sector and not to exhaustively present all that is important about the subject matter of health economics. Thus, the need for supplementary reference books could be of paramount importance.
Concepts and the analyses presented in this document will help to serve as working material so that students and others could understand and apply basic ideas of economics to the health sector.
Updating of the document should be understood as a process of making amendments of lecture materials. I do not claim that the material is an original work, hence due gratitude is extended to the previous authors of those lecture notes and books that served as sources for this instruction material.
“Health economics” as a course is meant to give medical, health officer and other paramedical students basic principles regarding economics and its application to the health sector. Therefore, this material should be regarded as an introduction to health economics rather than to economics. The lecture note on “Health Economics” is prepared in line with the set curriculum, which is currently in use in health professionals training institutes.
The materials in this lecture note are compiled from different books that are published by different authors and also from internet. Most books in the field emphasize only on some detailed and specific aspects of health economics. The objective of updating this lecture note is, therefore, to improve the basic ii concepts of economics and their application to the health sector and not to exhaustively present all that is important about the subject matter of health economics. Thus, the need for supplementary reference books could be of paramount importance.
Concepts and the analyses presented in this document will help to serve as working material so that students and others could understand and apply basic ideas of economics to the health sector.
Updating of the document should be understood as a process of making amendments of lecture materials. I do not claim that the material is an original work, hence due gratitude is extended to the previous authors of those lecture notes and books that served as sources for this instruction material.
