Adam
The Royal Commission Report on National Health Insurance of - the date
escapes me, but possibly 1929. A really excellent read - if you think
the introduction of National Health Insurance in the UK during the
second decade of the C20 was a straightforwardly progressive step
towards the NHS, this gives some support to the plausible (I think) view
that NHI was very much (at least in how it was designed) about shoring
up what was a pretty awful system of exclusive club financing.
It also happens to present one of the first arguments I know of for risk
adjustment among purchasers, making the case for transferring resources
from funds which were able to achieve surpluses to those in constant
financial crisis (these being, as ever, the higher-risk profession
[therefore] poorer person funds) - and making the case in a way that
draws (again, for the first time that I'm aware of in the health
financing literature) a link between equity in financing and public
health.
I suppose this would count as an 'undiscovered classic' really - I'm not
sure if it's had much influence in the policy literature, at least
post-1948.
Tom
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Subject: Question regarding Health Economics, Policy and Law
Hi
I have a quick question. We're keen to start a new section in Health
Economics, Policy and Law that revisits and reviews some of the classic
texts in health policy (economics, political science or law-related)
from the past. Books we have in mind so far are Bob Evans' 'Strained
Mercy', one of Brian Abel-Smith's books, Victor Fuchs' 'Who Shall
Live?', and "The Gift Relationship" by Titmuss.
We were wondering if any of you could suggest some classic texts that
you think we might usefully review in this series?
Best,
Adam
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