Subdomain

Health Systems

Health systems economics studies how care is financed and organised and how providers are paid, along with how efficiently services turn resources into health. Its concepts run from insurance and risk pooling to hospital payment, provider accounts and measures of quality. These arrangements set the incentives and budget limits within which health economic decisions are made and carried out.

Topics

• Organisation and governance

  Academic Detailing, Administrative Feasibility, Advance Care Planning and more

• Health financing and insurance

  Actuarial Analysis, Actuarial Projection, Actuarial Value and more

• Provider payment

  Accountable Care Organization, Activity-Based Funding, All-Payer System and more

• Provider finance

  Activity-Based Budgeting, Current Ratio, Days Cash on Hand and more

• Performance, productivity and quality

  Administrative Simplification, Administrative Waste, Adverse Drug Event and more

Glossaries

• Health Financing & Insurance glossary