Health Care is expensive and it is crucial that the money within Health care is spent effectively and efficiently.
There will be competing Priorities within Health-Immunisation of children versus Cardiac surgery.
An effective Health Care System will improve the Health and Well-being of the people and in turn their productivity and the wealth of the country. Health care is a good long term investment.
In particular the tools of health economics enable there to be
1. A Health Needs Assessment
2. A Health Impact Assessment
Thus the Health gain for a particular investment in Health can be calculated.