Table of Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: Measuring Health and the "Effectiveness" of Health Care
Chapter 2: Cost-Effectiveness, Well-Being, and Freedom
Chapter 3: Conceptual, Technical, and Ethical Problems with Cost Effectiveness
Chapter 4: Theories of Fair Distribution
Chapter 5: What Constitutes a Fair Allocation of Health Care?
Chapter 6: Fair Chances
Chapter 7: Does Cost-Effectiveness Fail to Give Sufficient Priority to Severity?
Chapter 8 To Aggregate or Not to Aggregate
Chapter 9: Discrimination
Chapter 10: Health Care: Respectful, Cost Effective, and Fair
Acknowledgments and Sources
References
Index

About the Author

Daniel M. Hausman is Research Professor at the Center for Population-Level Bioethics, Rutgers University. His research addresses various issues between economics and philosophy, the measurement of health, and the allocation of health care.

Reviews

A landmark theory of fairness and cost effectiveness in health care by a virtuoso of ethics and economics. Hausman's authoritative, comprehensive, and insightful analysis blends intricate philosophical argumentation with a firm grasp of economic reality
*Richard Cookson, Professor of Health Economics, University of York*

Dealing with the central value and economic questions of health policy, this book is astonishing in both its breadth and depth. All those involved in health policy-making should read it. They will discover that there are no easy answers. But they will acquire a profound understanding of the issues involved in all their complexity - and the outcome will be health care policies that are both much fairer and far more effective
*Julian Le Grand, author of Motivation, Agency, and Public Policy: Of Knights and Knaves, Pawns and Queens*

The book is well organized, providing chapter summaries and smooth transitions, with signposts pointing out what is coming up next... Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals.
*Choice*

The book is well organized, providing chapter summaries and smooth transitions,...the text is consistently well written.
*Choice*