第一部分什么叫卫生经济学人们对卫生经济学的兴趣日益浓厚,这已是大势所趋,不足为奇。英国国家卫生服务处的基金近年来相对地增长缓慢。但与此同时,医学上的技术进展却导致医疗费用猛增,这是由于新技术的发展需要采用费用昂贵的诊断方法,而且是由于技术进展扩大了就医人口,这些人却有可能从中得到治疗上的好处。所有这些都给保健服务增加了压力,而保健服务原来有它的多种优先项目,例如对老年人、精神疾病和智力迟钝的社会 The first part is called health economics. People are increasingly interested in health economics. This is a general trend and it is not surprising. The National Health Service’s funds in the UK have been growing relatively slowly in recent years. At the same time, technological advances in medicine have caused medical expenses to soar. This is due to the fact that the development of new technologies requires the use of expensive diagnostic methods, and that because of the advancement of technology, the number of medical workers has increased, and these people may be able to obtain treatment from them. On the benefits. All these have put pressure on health services, and health services have had its various priorities, such as those for the elderly, mental disorders and mental retardation.