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Culture is an important determinant of health in a number of ways. People"s attitudes towards foods and what they eat, for example, are closely related

Chapter 3: health, education, poverty, and the economy. Health and economic matters are intimately linked in a number oof ways. First, health is an imp

Non-communicable are of immense and growing importance worldwide. Nc diseases is greater than the burden of comm. Diseases in low and middle income cou

Theories provide complex and comprehensive conceptual understandings of things that cannot be pinned down: how societies work, how organizations operat

Normal rubbish don"t think its important for the exam . This paper describes typifications of good and bad patients made by staff working in 3 english

Interviews are a particular kind of conversation, and are probably the most common source of qualitative data for health researchers. Selecting intervi

Chapter: the principles and goals of global health. Over the last fifty years, the world has made significant progress in improving human health. Death

Global health exam review [reworded into my own words] #1: discuss global trends in the burden of cardiovascular diseases. 20% describe the important o

Group interviews have the advantage over one-to-one interviews of providing access to interactions between participants, thus some insight into how soc

Doctors and their patients, even if they come from the sm social and cultural background view ill health in very different ways. Their perspectives are

Health" and illness" have long been topics of interest for social science disciplines such as sociology, social anthropology, and history. It has tradi

Annual cost: the cost of an intervention, calculated on a yearly basis, including all the capital and recurrent costs. Annualized costs: the annual sha

5 supply: production in the long and short run. Diminishing returns to scale: a situation when a proportionate increase in all inputs yields a less tha

1. 2. 2 demand for health care, demand for health and need. If we are considering the market for health care, we will be interested in the demand for h

A method of economic evaluation where the monetary value of the resources consumed by a health intervention (costs) is compared with the monetary value

Cost-benefit analysis: an economic evaluation technique in which outcomes are expressed in monetary terms. Cost-effectiveness analysis: an economic eva

Efficiency: a general term used to describe the relationship between inputs and outputs. It is concerned with maximizing benefits with the resources av

It is important to emphasise that there is no single correct answer or solution to the problem and that health economics has the ability to deliver uto

Insurance, particularly associated with ownership of assets outside of healthcare (ex. Not the assets themselves but the warranties (summary: durable f

It is important to remember that divergences from perfect markets are not necessarily bad things in themselves positive externality is a good example (

Allocative efficiency: a situation in which the factors of production have been allocated so as to reflect what people demand (i. e. demand matches sup

6 supply: costs, economies of scale and the supply curve. Economic (productive) efficiency: a situation in which a producer cannot produce more without

Actuarially fair premium: an insurance premium that is set where the expected payouts equal the premiums paid by the insured (plus the cost of administ

8. 1 adding up costs and benefits: the need for a conceptual basis. Efficiency in exchange: in a world of two individuals and two goods, individuals wi

Adverse selection: when a party enters into an agreement in which they can use their own private information to the disadvantage of another party. Asym

Appreciate: when a currency is rising relative to other currencies, it is appreciating in value. Balance of payments (bop): measures currency flows bet

This chapter contain some frameworks for descrbing different organizations as to provide insight into the effects organizations are likely to have on p

Weber"s principal contribution to the study of organizations was his theory of authority structures which led him to characterize organziations in term

Particular concern was with studies of different types of organizations and their effects on communication patterns and on the activities of managers.

Miles and snow ask how and why organizations differ in strategy, in structure in technology and in administrations. The aim should be an effective adap