@article{Blaug_2005, title={Were are we now in british health economics ? Mark Blaug}, volume={4}, url={https://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/gerepolsal/article/view/2758}, abstractNote={<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: xx-small;"><p>Health economics took off in 1970 or thereabouts, just after the take-off date for the economics</p> <p>of education. Although early health economics made use of human capital theory as did the</p> <p>economics of education, it soon took a different route inspired by Arrow’s work on medical</p> <p>insurance. The economics of education failed to live up to its promising start in the 1960s and</p> <p>gradually ran out of steam. The economies of health, however, has made steady theoretical and</p> <p>empirical progress since 1970 principally in coming to grips with the implications of supplierinduced</p> <p>demand and the difficulties of evaluating health care outcomes. Some of the best work</p> <p>on British health economics has been in the area of normative welfare economies, defining</p> <p>more precisely what is meant by equity in the delivery of health care and measuring the degree</p> <p>of success in achieving equity. Recent efforts to reform the NHS by the introduction of “quasi</p> <p>markets” have improved the quality and quantity of health care in Britain. In short, British</p> <p>health economics has been characterized by the use of Pigovian piecemeal rather than Paretian</p> <p>global welfare economics, retaining a distinctive style that sets it apart from American health</p> <p>economies. ©1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.</p></span></span>}, number={8}, journal={Gerencia y Políticas de Salud}, author={Blaug, Mark}, year={2005}, month={jun.} }