Health Economics in Iceland

The paper describes the base of health economics. Health, well-being, accidents and death are prevalent concepts in the health sector. Health economics is concerned with analysing the financial impact of improvements. Health economics has not been given much attention in Iceland. This paper describe...

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Main Author: Einarsson, Ágúst
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Icelandic
Published: Research in applied business and economics 2003
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Online Access:https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/efnahagsmal/article/view/a.2003.1.1.6
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spelling fticelandunivojs:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/2284 2023-08-20T04:07:21+02:00 Health Economics in Iceland Heilsuhagfræði á Íslandi Einarsson, Ágúst 2003-06-15 application/pdf https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/efnahagsmal/article/view/a.2003.1.1.6 isl ice Research in applied business and economics Tímarit um viðskipti og efnahagsmál https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/efnahagsmal/article/view/a.2003.1.1.6/pdf https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/efnahagsmal/article/view/a.2003.1.1.6 Copyright (c) 2016 Tímarit um viðskipti og efnahagsmál Research in applied business and economics; Vol. 1 No. 1 (2003); 5-26 Tímarit um viðskipti og efnahagsmál; Bnd. 1 Nr. 1 (2003); 5-26 1670-4851 1670-4444 Health Expenditure Health Care Health Economics Cost-Benefit Analysis D61 H51 I12 I18 Heilbrigðisútgjöld heilsugæsla heilsuhagfræði kostnaðarábatagreining info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2003 fticelandunivojs 2023-08-01T12:29:31Z The paper describes the base of health economics. Health, well-being, accidents and death are prevalent concepts in the health sector. Health economics is concerned with analysing the financial impact of improvements. Health economics has not been given much attention in Iceland. This paper describes basic economic models for production in health care and the major indicators of the health sector in Iceland are explained, e.g. public expenditures and labour participation. The health sector in Iceland is compared with the health sectors of other countries, primarily the Nordic countries, but also the OECD countries. The situation in health care in Iceland is good, but the health expenditures are high compared to other countries, particularly in light of the relative young age of the Icelandic population. Finally, four evaluation methods in the health sector are briefly demonstrated, i.e. minimum-costs-analysis, cost-effectiveness-analysis, cost-utility-analysis and cost-benefit-analysis. Í greininni er lýst grunnatriðum í heilsuhagfræði. Þættir eins og heilsufar, vellíðan, sjúkdómar, slys og dauði eru algeng viðfangsefni innan heilbrigðisþjónustunnar. Í heilsuhagfræði er m.a. lagt fjárhagslegt mat á leiðir til úrbóta. Heilsuhagfræði hefur enn ekki hlotið mikla umfjöllun hérlendis. Í greininni er m.a. lýst grunnlíkönum í heilsugæslu og fjallað er um umfang heilbrigðismála í hagkerfinu hérlendis, svo sem opinber útgjöld og starfsmannafjölda. Einnig er staða heilbrigðismála á Íslandi rædd í samanburði við önnur lönd, einkum Norðurlönd en jafnframt innan OECD. Þar kemur m.a. í ljós að staðan í heilsugæslu hérlendis er góð en útgjöld til heilbrigðismála eru veruleg miðað við önnur lönd, sérstaklega sé tekið tillit til tiltölulega lágs aldurs íslensku þjóðarinnar. Að lokum er stuttlega fjallað um fjórar matsaðferðir innan heilsuhagfræðinnar, þ.e. lágmarkskostnaðargreiningu, kostnaðarárangursgreiningu, kostnaðarnytjagreiningu og kostnaðarábatagreiningu. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland University of Iceland: Peer Reviewed Journals Lönd ENVELOPE(-13.828,-13.828,64.834,64.834) Mikla ENVELOPE(-6.300,-6.300,62.350,62.350)
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topic Health Expenditure
Health Care
Health Economics
Cost-Benefit Analysis
D61
H51
I12
I18
Heilbrigðisútgjöld
heilsugæsla
heilsuhagfræði
kostnaðarábatagreining
spellingShingle Health Expenditure
Health Care
Health Economics
Cost-Benefit Analysis
D61
H51
I12
I18
Heilbrigðisútgjöld
heilsugæsla
heilsuhagfræði
kostnaðarábatagreining
Einarsson, Ágúst
Health Economics in Iceland
topic_facet Health Expenditure
Health Care
Health Economics
Cost-Benefit Analysis
D61
H51
I12
I18
Heilbrigðisútgjöld
heilsugæsla
heilsuhagfræði
kostnaðarábatagreining
description The paper describes the base of health economics. Health, well-being, accidents and death are prevalent concepts in the health sector. Health economics is concerned with analysing the financial impact of improvements. Health economics has not been given much attention in Iceland. This paper describes basic economic models for production in health care and the major indicators of the health sector in Iceland are explained, e.g. public expenditures and labour participation. The health sector in Iceland is compared with the health sectors of other countries, primarily the Nordic countries, but also the OECD countries. The situation in health care in Iceland is good, but the health expenditures are high compared to other countries, particularly in light of the relative young age of the Icelandic population. Finally, four evaluation methods in the health sector are briefly demonstrated, i.e. minimum-costs-analysis, cost-effectiveness-analysis, cost-utility-analysis and cost-benefit-analysis. Í greininni er lýst grunnatriðum í heilsuhagfræði. Þættir eins og heilsufar, vellíðan, sjúkdómar, slys og dauði eru algeng viðfangsefni innan heilbrigðisþjónustunnar. Í heilsuhagfræði er m.a. lagt fjárhagslegt mat á leiðir til úrbóta. Heilsuhagfræði hefur enn ekki hlotið mikla umfjöllun hérlendis. Í greininni er m.a. lýst grunnlíkönum í heilsugæslu og fjallað er um umfang heilbrigðismála í hagkerfinu hérlendis, svo sem opinber útgjöld og starfsmannafjölda. Einnig er staða heilbrigðismála á Íslandi rædd í samanburði við önnur lönd, einkum Norðurlönd en jafnframt innan OECD. Þar kemur m.a. í ljós að staðan í heilsugæslu hérlendis er góð en útgjöld til heilbrigðismála eru veruleg miðað við önnur lönd, sérstaklega sé tekið tillit til tiltölulega lágs aldurs íslensku þjóðarinnar. Að lokum er stuttlega fjallað um fjórar matsaðferðir innan heilsuhagfræðinnar, þ.e. lágmarkskostnaðargreiningu, kostnaðarárangursgreiningu, kostnaðarnytjagreiningu og kostnaðarábatagreiningu.
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title Health Economics in Iceland
title_short Health Economics in Iceland
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op_source Research in applied business and economics; Vol. 1 No. 1 (2003); 5-26
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