Konrad Obermann is Senior Staff Scientist at the Mannheim Institute of Public Health, Heidelberg University. He is a medical doctor and economist with over 25 years experience in clinical care, research and strategic planning. His particular research interests are in international health economics, health system development and healthcare financing. Christian Thielscher is Director of the Competence Center for Medical Economics at FOM University, Essen, Germany. He is editor of the successful 2-volume textbook on health economics, Medizinokonomie (Springer, 2015).
Highly recommended. An excellent reference for policy-makers, public health workers and social reformers seeking to improve healthcare for their citizens. -- Manuel M. Dayrit MD, former Secretary of Health, Republic of the Philippines A fascinating introduction to health economics, blending genuine expertise in both medicine and economics. Everything that medics need to know about economics, and everything that economists need to know about medicine. -- Richard Cookson, Professor of Health Economics, University of York Obermann and Thielscher provide us with a novel take on the messy, complex business of health policy, compiling perspectives from economics, epidemiology, medicine and psychology. From Markov models, price elasticity, uncertainty and marginal analysis to theories of political justice, strategies to nudge healthy behaviour, and questions such as whether a dictatorship in health is on the rise, this book is essential reading for those looking for a tour de force of medical economics. -- Matthew Jowett, Senior Health Financing Specialist, World Health Organization