Handbook on the Political Economy of Health Systems

Edited by Joan Costa-Font, Professor of Health Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, Alberto Batinti, Assistant Professor of Economic Policy, La Sapienza University of Rome and Gilberto Turati, Professor of Public Finance, Department of Economics and Finance, School of Economics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy

This ground breaking Handbook brings together a number of chapters into one comprehensive book on the timely subject matter of the political economy of health and health care. The book contains up-to-date discussion on the state of the art of the key questions of the subject matter, and it provides a unique understanding of health policy making by drawing on an interdisciplinary approach to political economy.

‘Health systems and reforms in the health sector play a fundamental role in policy-making and in the political process, as emphasized during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. This book collects important contributions to develop an innovative view of the political economy of health systems, where political and economic factors interact in determining policy decisions in the health care domain. The book provides an excellent unified, broad, and thorough vision of one of the most promising and interdisciplinary areas of the current and future political economy debate.’
——Paola普罗费,博科尼大学、意大利