Health Economics and the Expansion of the Healthcare Sector

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<p>Health economics provides concepts and tools to understand difficult trade-offs involved in organizing the allocation of healthcare resources, which may help to improve health policy and health system designs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Health economics studies the allocation of resources to and within the health sector.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The demand response for mental care refers to the behavior of individuals facing higher prices, who demand less care.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Health care is different because healthcare resources are scarce and need to be produced and distributed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The implications of health care being different include the need to understand the trade-offs involved in resource allocation and the design of health policies and systems.</p> Signup and view all the answers