Health Economics in Dental Public Health and Clinical Practice

Health economics is a scientific discipline that applies economic principles to health and health care. Health economic aspects include, among other things, health policy and regulation, the organization and financing of health care, international comparisons of health care systems, the supply of and demand for health care, inequalities in health, the supply of and demand for health insurance. One specific aspect of health economics involves the assessment of a health technology. Such an assessment may consist of a cost study, a budget impact analysis and/or an economic evaluation.